Sustainable Futures Conference: Guest blog by our Research Assistant – Education and Sustainability, Dr Renuka Thakore

Sustainable Futures Conference: Guest blog by our Research Assistant – Education and Sustainability, Dr Renuka Thakore

UCEM recently hosted ‘Sustainable Futures: Progress through partnerships’ – an inaugural international research workshop for networking and partnership creation. Here, the organiser of the workshop, Dr Renuka Thakore, reports back...

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...

Housing for Good: The story of the evening in videos

Housing for Good: The story of the evening in videos

Didn't make it to our centenary Housing for Good event but wanted to find out what was discussed by our panel of experts from industry and government? Our Media Team...

Principal Thoughts: Putting people and communities first

Principal Thoughts: Putting people and communities first

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley finds hope from recent events that the Built Environment sector has turned a corner in its approach...

Our Hong Kong centenary event: Story of the evening in photos

Our Hong Kong centenary event: Story of the evening in photos

We recently held our final external centenary event in Hong Kong. More than 200 guests comprised from the sector, including many alumni, joined our Hong Kong-based staff and some senior...

Focus on our centenary: Volunteering at Courage Park

Focus on our centenary: Volunteering at Courage Park

Our third Reading-based centenary volunteering event (following the initiatives at Purley Park Trust and Launchpad’s allotment) saw 50 UCEM employees head to Courage Park in Coley to clean up its...

Lucy Roper’s Built Environment blog: Focus on housing and infrastructure

Lucy Roper’s Built Environment blog: Focus on housing and infrastructure

The latest blog from UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper, sees Lucy point us to stories on housing, including good news for the industry, recommendations for government reform on affordable...

Principal Thoughts: Weighing up the government’s proposed abolition of section 21

Principal Thoughts: Weighing up the government’s proposed abolition of section 21

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley considers the proposed abolition of England and Wales’s section 21 notice and weighs up the pros and...

Centenary vlog: The history of UCEM

Centenary vlog: The history of UCEM

Ever wanted to know how we reached our centenary year? Watch the short video below which details the journey so far from The College of Estate Management (CEM) being set...

UCEM’s centenary volunteering programme: Mucking in for Launchpad

UCEM’s centenary volunteering programme: Mucking in for Launchpad

UCEM staff are invited to take a charity day once a year. This contractual perk enables colleagues to arrange to volunteer for a charity or use a day’s work to...

Introducing… Our Online Learning Research Centre

Introducing… Our Online Learning Research Centre

As an online university college, our staff are not as visible as the staff you would encounter at a traditional university. Therefore, you may not know how many colleagues we...

UCEM’s centenary volunteering programme: Reflections from our staff on the first event at Purley Park Trust

UCEM’s centenary volunteering programme: Reflections from our staff on the first event at Purley Park Trust

UCEM staff are invited to take a charity day once a year. This contractual perk enables colleagues to arrange to volunteer for a charity or use a day’s work to...