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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best UCEM episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to UCEM for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite UCEM episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
03/12/21 • 63 min
Episode 6 of our ‘UCEM in conversation with...’ series sees UCEM PR and social media manager, Andrew Belt, talk to Nisha Chavda and Priya Raithatha – co-creators of Brown Girls Empowering. Friends, Nisha and Priya, recently set up Brown Girls Empowering – an Instagram page devoted to sharing tips for entering the world of work. Nisha, an alumna of our MSc Construction Management programme, is a senior project manager for built environment consultancy practice, Pick Everard, and Priya, an alumna of Henley Business School’s MSc in Real Estate Investment and Finance, is a manager for estate and letting agents, Priya Properties. Over the course of an hour’s conversation, Nisha and Priya explain why they set up Brown Girls Empowering, their thoughts on working in the built environment and much more!
07/23/20 • 27 min
Episode 3 of Digging Deeper looks at our journey into online learning. UCEM has been providing education for more than 100 years. Unsurprisingly, it is only for the latter part of our history that all teaching resources have been provided online. In this latest episode of Digging Deeper, UCEM PR and Social Media Manager, Andrew Belt, is joined by Lynne Downey (Vice Principal – Digital Education and Professional Services) who managed the institution’s transition to become fully online, and Kate Lindsay, our Head of Digital Education. Lynne discusses the process of transforming UCEM’s teaching provision to a wholly online model and Kate brings us up to date with where we are now and where we are headed as the leading provider of supported online education for the Built Environment. Lynne and Kate also offer advice for other institutions looking to move online and share their top entertainment picks and activities during lockdown! (Originally released: 19 June 2020)
08/05/21 • 15 min
How much of an impact does the built environment have on our daily lives? How does the sector address sustainability? What do you gain from a career in the built environment? Our construction management programme leader, Christine Gausden, answers all these questions and reflects on her own specialism and how studying on one of her programmes can benefit you going forward in this podcast. UCEM PR and social media manager, Andrew Belt, asks the questions.
Do we understand the impact the built environment has on our physical and mental health? Jason Ratcliffe, TedX Organiser, founder of The Home Health Expert and alumni of UCEM, doesn’t think so.
In the first of this three-part feature of the BE Sustainable podcast, Jason joins our host, Mike Speight, to dive into the relationship between human health and the buildings we inhabit, and how this remaining unexplored is affecting our daily lives.
The topics discussed in this episode include:
- How is the built environment impacting our health and wellbeing?
- How can we accommodate wellbeing in the lifecycle of design and construction?
- What are the different factors in a building that impact wellbeing?
- Is it possible to measure wellness against data on building performance?
Listen to the podcast via:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ucem/id1524980861
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Czk2mZlZmknjUZfwLmLTa
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/universitycollegeofestatemanagement
Guests
Jason Ratcliffe
Jason Ratcliffe is a Chartered Surveyor and an alumni of UCEM, where he completed a Master's Degree in Real Estate in 2020, and has since been active with the institution as a member of both the Student & Alumni Sustainability Committee and our Responsible Futures Working Group.
Jason has emerged as a prominent thought leader in both sustainability and wellbeing. He hosts his own podcast, Heal Your Home, and is in the process of launching The Wellbeing Surveyor, an educational platform and consultancy. He has patented his own portable climate chamber, the Elemental Cube, which led to him making an appearance at a Grand Designs Live event and winning Kevin McCloud's Green Hero Award earlier this year.
Do we understand the impact the built environment has on our physical and mental health? Jason Ratcliffe, TedX Organiser, founder of The Home Health Expert and alumni of UCEM, doesn’t think so.
For part two of our three-episode feature with Jason on the BE Sustainable Podcast, we take the previous episode’s topic of the built environment’s impact on wellbeing and explore it on a national scale. What does building well actually mean, and how can wellbeing be implemented through regulation into the building lifecycle?
The topics discussed in this episode include:
- What does building well actually mean?
- Does the government need to get involved?
- How can we start to bring some ownership to the problem?
- Has there been movement in the right direction?
Listen to the podcast via:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ucem/id1524980861
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Czk2mZlZmknjUZfwLmLTa
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/universitycollegeofestatemanagement
Guests
Jason Ratcliffe
Jason Ratcliffe is a Chartered Surveyor and an alumni of UCEM, where he completed a Master's Degree in Real Estate in 2020, and has since been active with the institution as a member of both the Student & Alumni Sustainability Committee and our Responsible Futures Working Group.
Jason has emerged as a prominent thought leader in both sustainability and wellbeing. He hosts his own podcast, Heal Your Home, and is in the process of launching The Wellbeing Surveyor, an educational platform and consultancy. He has patented his own portable climate chamber, the Elemental Cube, which led to him making an appearance at a Grand Designs Live event and winning Kevin McCloud's Green Hero Award earlier this year.
In the third instalment of our three-part feature with Jason Ratcliffe, TedX Organiser, founder of The Home Health Expert and alumni of UCEM, we turn our attention to major challenge fuelling the wellbeing crisis in the built environment – the skills gap.
Together with our host, Mike Speight, the two explore how our sector can do a better job attracting more young people to professions like architecture, construction and real estate, and what the next generation should look for and expect from employers.
The topics discussed in this episode include:
- What do you see as the biggest barriers to progress for young people in the industry?
- Do you find there is an expectation gap between how young people think it will be coming into the profession and how it actually is?
- What was it that made you passionate about the industry?
- What should young people entering the industry look out for and expect from employers?
Listen to the podcast via:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ucem/id1524980861
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Czk2mZlZmknjUZfwLmLTa
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/universitycollegeofestatemanagement
Guests
Jason Ratcliffe
Jason Ratcliffe is a Chartered Surveyor and an alumni of UCEM, where he completed a Master's Degree in Real Estate in 2020, and has since been active with the institution as a member of both the Student & Alumni Sustainability Committee and our Responsible Futures Working Group.
Jason has emerged as a prominent thought leader in both sustainability and wellbeing. He hosts his own podcast, Heal Your Home, and is in the process of launching The Wellbeing Surveyor, an educational platform and consultancy. He has patented his own portable climate chamber, the Elemental Cube, which led to him making an appearance at a Grand Designs Live event and winning Kevin McCloud's Green Hero Award earlier this year.
07/02/21 • 34 min
In the fourth podcast of our series looking at how COVID-19 has affected built environment professions and organisations, we speak to UCEM’s Principal, Ashley Wheaton, and head of facilities, Kathy Matthews, about the impact of the pandemic on the institution. What has it been like to lead an organisation through the COVID-19 pandemic? What has the past year and a bit been like for facilities managers? Ashley and Kathy answer these questions, respectively, and many more posed by UCEM’s PR and social media manager, Andrew Belt, as we shine the spotlight on UCEM during this challenging period.
What challenges does climate change bring to the Built Environment? How can Built Environment professionals meet these challenges? And what challenges are faced by our existing Built Environment in the face of changing sustainable requirements of the 21st century? Our MSc Building Surveying Programme Leader, James Ritson, answers these questions and more in this 20-minute podcast with UCEM PR and Social Media Manager, Andrew Belt. (Originally released: 18 June 2020)
03/18/21 • 50 min
Episode 5 of Digging Deeper focuses on neurodiversity. What is neurodiversity? What language should be used with neurodiversity? What opportunities are there for neurodivergent people in the property industry? These questions and plenty more are asked by our PR and social media manager, Andrew Belt, in this podcast where we hear what Homes England is doing to support neurodiversity. First to answer questions is Zoe Bacon – property apprenticeship manager at the Office of Government Property – who works with UCEM on apprenticeships. We then hear from Miranda Foster – senior manager affordable housing products at Homes England – and Jenny Offord – senior planning and enabling manager at Homes England and a student on UCEM’s MBA Construction and Real Estate programme. Miranda and Jenny discuss their experiences of neurodiversity and the Homes England Neurodiversity Network which Miranda set up a year ago and for which, Jenny is vice-chair.
12/01/21 • 11 min
With the dust settling on COP26, we are reflecting on the event and one of the questions posed in the media was whether the UK was the right choice of host. We got our building surveying programme leader, James Ritson, and CertHE programme leader, Hazel Lobo, to debate as to whether the UK was a good or bad host. James argued on behalf of the statement ‘the UK was a good host’ and Hazel argued in favour of the statement ‘the UK was a bad host’, with UCEM PR and social media manager, Andrew Belt, chairing the debate. Listen in and head to our website to vote in the poll - https://www.ucem.ac.uk/whats-happening/articles/podcast-cop-reflections-was-the-uk-a-good-or-bad-host/
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FAQ
How many episodes does UCEM have?
UCEM currently has 76 episodes available.
What topics does UCEM cover?
The podcast is about Higher Education, Real Estate, Construction, Podcasts and Education.
What is the most popular episode on UCEM?
The episode title 'The variety of roles within quantity surveying' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on UCEM?
The average episode length on UCEM is 26 minutes.
How often are episodes of UCEM released?
Episodes of UCEM are typically released every 11 days.
When was the first episode of UCEM?
The first episode of UCEM was released on Jul 22, 2020.
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