Keep updated on Built Environment industry insights and thoughts from UCEM Principal: Ashley Wheaton.
Universities’ fears about the quality of online learning and retaining an institutional identity when moving resources online have won a lot of column inches since COVID-19 changed the world we…
Studies I grew up surrounded and influenced by a lot of people who worked in the construction industry. I have always been fascinated by the Built Environment, construction plant and…
The news that UCEM achieved an 83% overall student satisfaction rate in this year’s National Student Survey (NSS) is a landmark moment for the institution. The result is UCEM’s best…
Among many other impacts, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a worldwide downturn in the economy creating a harsher landscape in the jobs market. Whilst the nature of this downturn…
Timing is everything. Whilst it’s true that many of the projects announced by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, in his recent ‘build, build, build’ speech reiterated the plans contained in…
Having launched our Construction Site Management Degree Apprenticeship earlier this week, Programme Leader, Dr Afolabi Dania, took the time to discuss the apprenticeship in more detail. Afolabi discussed the benefits…
Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley looks back at Mental Health Awareness Week and shares his reflections on an initiative which can be…
Early interest From a fairly early age, I have been interested in buildings and thought that it was important to understand how they were constructed. I found that a great…
Are you considering studying on an MBA? If so, you might enjoy this podcast with our MBA Construction and Real Estate Programme Leader, Marios Konstantinidis, who discusses his own experience…
We asked MBA Construction and Real Estate Programme Leader, Marios Konstantinidis, to select a module unique to the MBA to give us a flavour of the programme. Marios chose the…
Potted history I was born in 1968 and lived in Greece until I was 16. I moved to Kuwait in 1984 and graduated from the American School of Kuwait in…
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