Podcast: Clearing Q&A

Podcast: Clearing Q&A

Ahead of A Level results day on Thursday (13 August), UCEM PR and Social Media Manager, Andrew Belt, spoke to our Assistant Admissions Officer, Jade Norris, and Certificate of Higher...

Principal Thoughts: A vocational online university bucking the trend and widening participation

Principal Thoughts: A vocational online university bucking the trend and widening participation

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley writes about the challenges created by UCEM’s unique identity and offers an insight into the work which...

Alumni stories: ‘Never too old to go back to school’ – Peter’s move into arbitration

Alumni stories: ‘Never too old to go back to school’ – Peter’s move into arbitration

We have educated more than 150,000 students in the Built Environment since being founded in 1919. We constantly monitor the market to deliver academic programmes which are needed by the...

My life in Construction Management: Guest blog by our BSc (Hons) Construction Management Programme Leader, Dr Afolabi Dania

My life in Construction Management: Guest blog by our BSc (Hons) Construction Management Programme Leader, Dr Afolabi Dania

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...

‘It’s not just about the IT’ – Retaining and enhancing institutional identity in the move to online

‘It’s not just about the IT’ – Retaining and enhancing institutional identity in the move to online

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...

My life in Construction Management: Guest blog by our MSc Construction Management Programme Leader, Dr Afolabi Dania

My life in Construction Management: Guest blog by our MSc Construction Management Programme Leader, Dr Afolabi Dania

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...

An opportunity for the Built Environment to lead the UK’s green and economic recovery – UCEM Principal, Ashley Wheaton’s response to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s ‘Build, build, build’ speech

An opportunity for the Built Environment to lead the UK’s green and economic recovery – UCEM Principal, Ashley Wheaton’s response to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s ‘Build, build, build’ speech

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...

My life and journey into teaching: Guest blog by our MBA Construction and Real Estate Programme Leader, Marios Konstantinidis

My life and journey into teaching: Guest blog by our MBA Construction and Real Estate Programme Leader, Marios Konstantinidis

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...

Podcast: Why study on our Postgraduate Access Programme?

Podcast: Why study on our Postgraduate Access Programme?

We recently launched our new Postgraduate Access Programme which will enable more people around the world to attain an MSc degree. For further insight, our Postgraduate Access Programme Leader, David...

Podcast: Why study on our Postgraduate Access Programme?

Podcast: Why study on our Postgraduate Access Programme?

We recently launched our new Postgraduate Access Programme which will enable more people around the world to attain an MSc degree. For further insight, our Postgraduate Access Programme Leader, David...

Podcast: The importance of good design in the Built Environment

Podcast: The importance of good design in the Built Environment

Why is good design so important in the Built Environment? How do you define 'good' when it comes to building design? And how does the design part relate to building...

My life in the Built Environment: Guest blog by our BSc (Hons) Building Control Programme Leader, Jon Hubert

My life in the Built Environment: Guest blog by our BSc (Hons) Building Control Programme Leader, Jon Hubert

First Built Environment experience I finished school at 18 but didn’t get the grades needed to undertake the Philosophy and Economic History degree at the University of Bristol I had...