CICES Education Panel: Setting the bar and taking responsibility for education

CICES Education Panel: Setting the bar and taking responsibility for education

Alison Watson MBE, president of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors, discusses the launch of the CICES Education Panel, which is bringing together academics and industry to create a clearer, more coherent path into the industry The launch of my 2024-25 CICES presidential theme: Make Space for Education, was a challenge – to our institution, the wider surveying community and the entire construction industry. A challenge to ta…

Education panel to create pathways into construction and surveying sectors

SEVERAL major contractors back initiative established by CICES president Alison Watson MBE.Employers in the built environment, from SMEs to large organisations including Balfour Beatty and Strabag, have committed to taking on at least one geospatial apprentice in the September 2025 intake, thanks to a drive by the newly formed Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) education panel.The institution’s president, Alison Watson …