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.
By Linda Serck Ask most people who shapes a new housing development and they will probably point to planners, architects or developers. Yet behind every project that makes it from…
By Linda Serck Speaking at the University of the Built Environment’s summer 2026 graduation, Clare Johnson MBE, Regional Market Director for Central UK at RICS, told graduates that their non-traditional…
Speaking at the University of the Built Environment’s Winter Graduation Ceremony 2026, Justin Young traced a career from tank commander to Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) CEO. He told…
By Matthew Fedigan Lecturer in Construction Law When I joined the University of the Built Environment, I knew I wanted to do more than teach law - I wanted to…
By Tony Wallace Lecturer, BSc (Hons) Real Estate Management and MSc Real Estate The second edition of the RICS Professional Standard on service charges in commercial property promises greater transparency…
By Marc Fleming Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader, Architectural Design Technology More than one in four UK businesses fell victim to a building-linked cyber-attack last year, according to a RICS…
Here, our BSc (Hons) Building Surveying Programme Leader, Jane Ballantyne, writes about her journey into the building surveying profession, her career so far and the programme she leads… My first…
Nominations are open for this year’s UCEM Alumni Award, which goes to a former student of ours who has made an outstanding contribution in their early career towards creating a…
At UCEM, we want all our students to feel happy and supported in their studies. To help with this aim, each programme has one (or more) student representatives - a…
How exactly do you go about embedding sustainability across a university’s curriculum? This is the question we posed to our associate dean, Cathy Higgs, and building surveying programme leader, James…
Often, new UCEM students are returning to education after a long time away from studying. On top of this, they are studying part-time with us in addition to a full-time…
Episode 7 of our 'UCEM in conversation with...' series sees UCEM PR and social media manager, Andrew Belt, talk to Valuation Office Agency (VOA) lead surveyor, Roy Albert. Roy…
