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Student competition winners thrilled with industry intern prize
“I was so ecstatic when I found out that I had got the internship at Gleeds, I may have done a little dance in the room!” Roxanne Phillips, Nottingham Trent University
THREE NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WIN PLACES WITH GLEEDS The winning students are:
This summer three aspiring construction industry professionals Humma Khan from Nottingham Trent University Project will have the opportunity to work management alongside the experts to gain hands-on intern winner. experience and learn more about the Nottingham Trent University course: industry thanks to international property and construction consultancy MSc Project Gleeds and CIOB Novus. Management The scheme, launched last year, Martin Logue Cost management aims to help close the gap between undergraduates and their first paid intern winner. Nottingham Trent work opportunity. Interested students University course: were asked to submit a written BSc Quantity statement outlining what the position Surveying would mean to them, their best skill (1st year) and why they believe Gleeds is the Roxanne Phillips right company for them. Building surveying A shortlist of finalists then attended intern winner. an assessment day where the winners Nottingham Trent were announced, who will become University course: Gleeds interns between June and July. BSc Building The winners were chosen by by six Surveying judges in total: two people from each (2nd year) department offering a placement – ranging from apprentice level through to senior director level, to ensure all opinions and voices were heard across different business levels. Midlands
Members learn how to be carbon neutral FILM OF CPD TALK ONLINE
Northampton Hub hosted a highly topical CPD event on Becoming Carbon Neutral. Tom Reynolds, operations director at MES Building Solutions, and James Willcox, head of sustainability at
Cost management intern winner Martin Logue, who is in his first year of a BSc in Quantity Surveying, sees the win as a great way to kickstart his career: “I know previous students who have entered the industry through these competitive selection processes have gone forward to do big things. I wanted to follow in those footsteps. It’s an honour to have gained this position through this process.” Building Surveying student Roxanne Phillips had had her eye on a placement at Gleeds so was delighted to win the building surveying internship. “It honestly means the world to me, I was so ecstatic when I found out that I had got the internship at Gleeds, I may have done a little dance in the room!” Humma Khan, who is doing an MSc in project management, was also thrilled. “The whole process throughout has been great: the launch event provided a brilliant networking opportunity to meet and engage with industry professionals all the way throughout to the assessment day, where I thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the group activities and challenges.” ●
Willmott Dixon (pictured), covered definitions, approaches and how to make new and existing buildings carbon neutral. The presentation covered a number of examples of sustainable
builds, including the University of Leicester’s Centre for Medicine, and the lessons that could be learnt from them. The CPD was filmed and is now available on the CIOB Academy website.
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