Introducing… Our Careers Service

Introducing… Our Careers Service

Each month, we profile a different team or service across UCEM through our ‘Introducing…’ blog series. This month, it’s the turn of our Careers Service, which is led by our…

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Making things better, the gender pay gap and a pet’s playground

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Making things better, the gender pay gap and a pet’s playground

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. This week, Lucy looks at the latest RICS Modus magazine’s…

Attending an Open Doors event in Bracknell: Guest blog by our Disability and Wellbeing Administrator, Phoebe Hughes

Attending an Open Doors event in Bracknell: Guest blog by our Disability and Wellbeing Administrator, Phoebe Hughes

Each year, construction sites across the UK are opened to the public as part of Open Doors week – an initiative designed to encourage people to learn more about the…

Principal Thoughts: The apprenticeships agenda a year on (long read)

Principal Thoughts: The apprenticeships agenda a year on (long read)

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley reviews the progress, or lack of, since writing open letters to five government ministers about the apprenticeships…

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: The big stories in the sector

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: The big stories in the sector

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. This week, Lucy points us to concerning stories about Brexit-influenced…

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Brextension, Lidl’s sustainability efforts, VR and 3D zebra crossings

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Brextension, Lidl’s sustainability efforts, VR and 3D zebra crossings

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. This week, Lucy points us to stories looking at the…

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Inspiration and innovation

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Inspiration and innovation

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. Having looked at reasons to be cheerful last week, Lucy…

What we are doing to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week

What we are doing to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week

Today (Monday, 4 March) marks the start of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week. It is an annual celebration of the positive impact of apprenticeships in the UK and one which…

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Getting outdoors, planning for a no-deal Brexit and ‘Men at Work’

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Getting outdoors, planning for a no-deal Brexit and ‘Men at Work’

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. This week, in honour of the glorious weather which has…

#UCEM100 February centenary blog: Iconic buildings – Crossrail

#UCEM100 February centenary blog: Iconic buildings – Crossrail

Having launched our monthly centenary blog last month, this month’s blog is the first on one of our centenary themes – namely, iconic buildings. During the course of 2019, we…

Principal Thoughts: Advocating a more compassionate construction industry

Principal Thoughts: Advocating a more compassionate construction industry

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley surveys the UK construction industry and sees some encouraging signs in terms of protecting its workers and…

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Looking ahead to the near future

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Looking ahead to the near future

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. This week, Lucy looks at what’s on the horizon for…