UCEM Property Awards 2018: Alumni of the Year – Meet the nominees

UCEM Property Awards 2018: Alumni of the Year – Meet the nominees

Scores of guests will head to Haberdashers’ Hall in London this Thursday for the 31st UCEM Property Awards. As well as the main Property Award – which goes to a...

Principal Thoughts: More should be done for international students and EEA workers in the UK

Principal Thoughts: More should be done for international students and EEA workers in the UK

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. In this edition, Ashley comments on the two recent reports by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), which assessed the impact...

Principal Thoughts: Higher Education Policy must cater for part-time students too

Principal Thoughts: Higher Education Policy must cater for part-time students too

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. In this edition, Ashley calls upon the government and media to include alternative learning routes when discussing higher education, urging...

Top tips for Clearing: Guest blog by Jade Dunstan, Admissions Officer

Top tips for Clearing: Guest blog by Jade Dunstan, Admissions Officer

In this latest guest blog, we speak with Jade Dunstan, UCEM Admissions Officer, about some top tips she has for students entering Clearing. Jade manages the team that responds to...

Introducing the UCEM Teaching Excellence Awards: What are they and who were the inaugural winners?

Introducing the UCEM Teaching Excellence Awards: What are they and who were the inaugural winners?

UCEM is committed to academic excellence and recruits experts from industry and academia to ensure students have the very best chance of passing their degrees and pursuing fulfilling careers within...

Technology within education is great and ever-improving but the students must come first: UCEM’s Vice Principal – Online Education, Lynne Downey, responds to the Education Secretary

Technology within education is great and ever-improving but the students must come first: UCEM’s Vice Principal – Online Education, Lynne Downey, responds to the Education Secretary

Damian Hinds, the UK’s Education Secretary, yesterday challenged the tech industry to launch an ‘education revolution’ for schools, colleges and universities. The MP is calling upon tech organisations to develop...

From Recruitment to Quantity Surveying: how leveraging the benefits of an apprenticeship can help you reach your career goals

From Recruitment to Quantity Surveying: how leveraging the benefits of an apprenticeship can help you reach your career goals

In our latest student case study blog, we speak with Tim Whitcher, Assistant Quantity Surveyor at Evolution5, who’s studying the Chartered Surveyor Quantity Surveying Pathway apprenticeship with UCEM. Realising my...

Our students in focus: Debunking the myths surrounding online education

Our students in focus: Debunking the myths surrounding online education

Everything is online now. You want to catch up with the latest news? Go online. You want to buy your weekly shopping? Order it online. You want to set up...

Our students in focus: Enhancing careers within the Built Environment

Our students in focus: Enhancing careers within the Built Environment

            Moving on up: UCEM alumnus, Dean Knowland “At the age of 35 I was being overlooked for Commercial Management positions due to a lack...

Our students in focus: Changing career path to pursue a future within the Built Environment

Our students in focus: Changing career path to pursue a future within the Built Environment

Aiming high: UCEM student, James Cannon, in action for Connacht Rugby James Cannon is eyeing silverware with Connacht Rugby in rugby union’s Pro 14 competition but the 6 ft 8...

My life in Real Estate: Guest blog by John Mansfield, Programme Leader for the BSc (Hons) Real Estate Management programme

My life in Real Estate: Guest blog by John Mansfield, Programme Leader for the BSc (Hons) Real Estate Management programme

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...

Developed knowledge and structured thinking focuses Manal’s determination to always move forward

Developed knowledge and structured thinking focuses Manal’s determination to always move forward

In this blog post, former UCEM student and alumni member Manal Abdo, who is now the Founder and President of MA Cluster LLC, shares her experiences of studying with UCEM,...