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On Thursday 12 March 2020, the Irish government imposed the first national COVID-19 lockdown, closing all Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in the process. Since that day, I have made three fleeting visits to the ghost campus of Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT). Otherwise, I have been engaged in the remote delivery of lectures from the attic room in my house in rural Tipperary.
The University of Wolverhampton (pilot) project was initiated earlier this year. We want to pave the way for the workforce of the future and build the talent pipeline for leadership in the Construction and Built Environment sector.
No matter how much we all want to put 2020 behind us, it will be impossible to forget the impact COVID-19 has had on the education sector.
Having first heard about companies becoming Chartered back in 2010, we have always aspired to be a company that had achieved this amazing accolade...
Chris's blog, published on International Day of People With Disabilities, is a hard hitting look at how the focus on disability shouldn't be about the things people can’t do but about celebrating the things they can do.
Christina's blog, published to mark International Day of People With Disabilities, talks about the importance of inclusion and shares experience of working in construction while living with Chronic Panic Attacks.
Last year I wrote a blog covering the issues that construction businesses faced because of Brexit. With the transition period ending on 31 December 2020, there are concerns that many UK businesses are not yet fully prepared.
Lisa's blog shares her struggles associated with a ‘disability’ label, both in the way that she identifies with it and knowing the negative connotations that some others take from the word.
Everybody’s life has experienced some sort of shift, and as a member of the Chartered Institute of Building, you’ve got us to support you. Read to find out what we’ve done to support members so far this year, and what we’ll continue doing.
The CIOB Client Group does what it says on the tin. It’s a group of CIOB members who work for clients, and whose aims are to share best practice within the UK and internationally. It also has links to bodies such as Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), and in that way is quite an influential body.
In recent years, it has become staunchly apparent that the high-rise building market lacks properly qualified safety practitioners. Indeed, this lack of understanding around building quality and fire safety stretches beyond just high-rise projects.
An industry is only as good as its people. Improving diversity and inclusion in the workplace is a challenge for all sectors. As an industry faced with a significant skills shortages, it makes business – as well as ethical – sense to send out a strong message that construction is a viable and attractive career choice for people from all backgrounds. How can we make sure that they will be welcomed, encouraged and supported within the industry?