Lucy Roper’s Built Environment blog: A new look for Knowledge Foundations

Lucy Roper’s Built Environment blog: A new look for Knowledge Foundations

Lucy Roper is UCEM’s Information Governance Manager. As part of her role, Lucy manages the e-Library on our virtual learning environment (VLE), ensuring our students have access to a wide...

Student stories: Surveying apprentice Ottilie’s tale of work, studies, world-class kayaking and being shortlisted for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year

Student stories: Surveying apprentice Ottilie’s tale of work, studies, world-class kayaking and being shortlisted for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year

Completing your studies as an apprentice while learning to master your job requires plenty of determination and dedication. On top of this, our Level 3 Surveying Technician (Residential Survey pathway)...

Introducing… Our Business Development Team

Introducing… Our Business Development Team

UCEM started offering apprenticeships in 2015 just around the same time as the institution’s Business Development Team was formed. Our Business Development Team is central to our work on apprenticeships...

My life in the Built Environment: Guest blog by UCEM BSc (Hons) Building Surveying Programme Leader, Dean Bieganek

My life in the Built Environment: Guest blog by UCEM BSc (Hons) Building Surveying Programme Leader, Dean Bieganek

Studies and early career I’m a Chartered Architectural Technologist (MCIAT), with 30 years of combined experience in the Built Environment. I have two related qualifications from Canada – a Poly-technical...

Introducing… Our Academic Programme Support Tutors

Introducing… Our Academic Programme Support Tutors

Our ‘Introducing…’ blog series profiles different teams or services across UCEM.   The latest team to feature in the series are the Academic Programme Support Tutors based at our Reading...

Student stories: Fidell’s journey to become a Chartered Surveyor

Student stories: Fidell’s journey to become a Chartered Surveyor

Our MSc programmes are all conversion programmes meaning they are suitable for students who have a degree in another discipline. One such student was Fidell Brown, who decided to leave...

Principal Thoughts: Making our founder, Sir William Wells, proud

Principal Thoughts: Making our founder, Sir William Wells, proud

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley reflects on our centenary year activity and examines how the past 100 years have achieved the aims...

Podcast: UCEM in conversation with… Emma Martinez – Episode 1

Podcast: UCEM in conversation with… Emma Martinez – Episode 1

Episode 1 of the UCEM in conversation with... podcast sees UCEM PR and Social Media Manager, Andrew Belt, speak to our MSc Building Surveying alumna, Emma Martinez - the winner...

December 2019 UCEM Graduation: In photos

December 2019 UCEM Graduation: In photos

We were delighted to welcome nearly 800 guests to Reading Town Hall for our latest round of Graduation ceremonies. From handing out our first Honorary Degrees to congratulating our newest...

RICS Matrics Surveyor of the Year Awards 2019: Our nominated alumni and apprentice’s reflections

RICS Matrics Surveyor of the Year Awards 2019: Our nominated alumni and apprentice’s reflections

Five UCEM alumni and three apprentices have been nominated in various categories at the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 2019. We spoke to our nominees to find...

#UCEM100 centenary blog: The two World Wars

#UCEM100 centenary blog: The two World Wars

With it being a month of remembrance, and following on from Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day, our latest centenary blog looks at the impact of the two World Wars on...

Dispelling the myths surrounding Librarian stereotypes: Guest blog by our Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper

Dispelling the myths surrounding Librarian stereotypes: Guest blog by our Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper

In 2018, Emerald (one of our UCEM e-Library subscription services) launched ‘International Librarian Day’ to celebrate the work librarians do. Emerald recently ran a survey with 2018 members of the...