My Construction Role Model: What inspired me to work for BRE

My curiosity with our surrounding environment and general sustainability topics was sparked during my high-school education years. I learnt to understand the growing importance and need for people who care about the environment, the future of our planet and its dwindling natural resources. Ultimately, this drove me to study Environmental Science at the University of … Continue reading “My Construction Role Model: What inspired me to work for BRE”

Final Week: Farewell

Hi all! It has been a while since I last posted here, but here I am! However, this will sadly be my last post on this blog. Indeed, my internship at BRE is now finished! It was only five weeks but sincerely, everything happened so quickly, I feel like it was way less. What a … Continue reading “Final Week: Farewell”

Week 2: Alive and Kicking!

Greetings, Mathieu reporting! This week has been an interesting one so far, I met another few people, and thankfully the sun is finally out! Perhaps a bit too much, there is unfortunately no way to escape the heat. Even the fans cannot help us withstand such temperatures. Terrible, isn’t it? But you know, as the … Continue reading “Week 2: Alive and Kicking!”

First week overview

Hello again!   I am presently on the last day of my first week, and well, time flies! All happens so quickly, I met a lot of great people, I had the chance to see very interesting projects and give my opinion on them. Long story short, everything goes well, and I get to do … Continue reading “First week overview”

BRE: First impressions

Hi, I am Mathieu, a newly arrived BRE intern, coming straight from France!   I will be blogging quite a bit during my five weeks long internship, to share my impressions with you all! I arrived on Monday the 11th, and my supervisor, Orivaldo, showed me around the buildings and Innovation Park. How surprising! I don’t … Continue reading “BRE: First impressions”

Success for the BRE Apprenticeship scheme

In October 2014 Aaron Glazebrook joined the BRE’s apprenticeship scheme. This week he has become the first on our scheme to complete the Administration Apprenticeship and he has achieved this four months early. He completed his apprenticeship whilst working in the BRE Academy e-learning team. We caught up with him to find out how he has found it. Aaron, why did you … Continue reading “Success for the BRE Apprenticeship scheme”