Five reasons why online learning is the future
…outside of the traditional classroom setting is becoming ever-greater, and since the dawn of the digital age education seems to be moving in one clear direction: online. Online learning is…
UCEM’s brush with world leaders in online education at prestigious conference in Toronto, Canada: Guest blog by UCEM Chair of the Online Learning Research Centre, Dr Tharindu Liyanagunawardena
…Zhadko (Director of Online Education at Lehman College, City University of New York) was very interested in the work we do on accessibility. Well-known academics within online learning such as…
A case study: Progressing my career in the Built Environment through online learning – Paul Whittle, Quantity Surveyor
…materials at times which best suit them. However, as online learning is a fairly new, albeit vastly growing learning method, we are often asked about what online learning is really…
Principal Thoughts: How are the delayed apprenticeship standards affecting the Built Environment skills crisis?
…standards since 2014 – but only 27 of the 75 standards submitted have been approved for delivery. So what’s happened? The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and various trade bodies…
Principal Thoughts: a look back at National Apprenticeship Week 2018
…ministers (recapped below). Monday: a letter to Anne Milton, Minister of State at the Department for Education, on the falling number of apprenticeship starts and lack of approved standards…
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
…leading provider of supported online education for the Built Environment – so we asked our Vice Principal – Online Education, Lynne Downey, to sift through the Education Secretary’s press release…
Introducing… Our Online Learning Research Centre
…includes making it exciting and accessible.” To read up on the latest from the Online Education Department, visit https://blog.ucem.ac.uk/onlineeducation/. To learn more about our supported online learning model, visit ucem-dev.onebite-dev.co.uk/supported-online-learning/….
Online Academy Update: UCEM launches new website and courses
…Academy provides and outlines the courses available. What is the Online Academy? Our Online Academy is an online training academy designed for professionals seeking continual professional development (CPD) for their…
A case study: enhancing our talent pool by investing in apprentices – Colas
…other aspect of UCEM’s apprenticeships offer please complete our online apprenticeship enquiry form or contact Meryl Bonser or Martin Cawley. For more information on Colas visit http://www.colas.co.uk/ or contact careers@colas.co.uk…
UCEM to present at 27th ICDE World Conference on Online Learning: Guest blog by Dr. Tharindu Liyanagunawardena
…study illustrating the success of our Online, Flipped, Blended Approach to Apprenticeship Education at the prestigious International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) World Conference on Online Learning in…
Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Diversity, building innovation and a positive for social housing
…an online workflow management tool. We are hoping to implement the DCS for next semester to help improve student experience especially in relation to our scanned resources. Other developments included…
Student stories: Ashley’s passion for sustainability
…the ladder to where I am now: At 18, I was in Document Control, scanning paper into a machine for a large online retailer; At 21, I was running an…
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