University of the Built Environment
A monthly exploration into the world of sustainability in the built environment with commentary and input from University of the Built Environment’s Vice Chancellor and academics.
The University of the Built Environment’s Vice Chancellor, Ashley Wheaton, has urged the sector to let learners flexibly pause and restart their degree and higher-level apprenticeships so the built-environment…
“I think a postgraduate apprenticeship is a great way to learn because you've gained experience at undergraduate level and you've been able to learn about a topic that interests you,…
“Since Grenfell and the changes that are going through the industry, I think apprenticeships have been revived." Name: Philip Castagnette Company: Salus Building Control Approvers Philip mentors an apprentice at…
“I try to help as many people get onto apprenticeships as possible because I think it's a brilliant way to progress in your career.” Name: Philippa Brown Company: Exigere Philippa…
“We want to inspire people like us, because in the real estate sector, there aren’t many people that look like us." Name: Kadra Abdi Company: CBRE Kadra Abdi is a…
If you're only recruiting people from the same schools, or who look the same, then you're doing something wrong in my eyes. Apprentices are a great way of building that…
“I wanted to make sure I still felt immersed within a university and still felt completely part of something. UCEM is able to provide that – I feel completely supported."…
“If I went into a bar and said to someone, ‘can you guess my job?’ I can guarantee you even on 10 guesses they're not getting it right”. Name: Courtney…
Like many young people, Querida Matondo heard about apprenticeships not through school, but by knowing someone who’d been through the experience: in this case, her sister. Name: Querida Matondo Company:…
Taran’s path to his quantity surveying degree apprenticeship began six years ago when he secured work experience at Arcadis: the same company that now employs him. Name: Taran Barard Company:…
“My manager always says I don’t blow my trumpet enough, but I feel lucky to be doing something that I truly love, and I just want to make a difference…
