As keen supporters of the Diploma, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is offering a cash prize to motivate and encourage young people to take up careers in the built environment. CIOB will be presenting the special award to an exceptional C&BE Level 3 Diploma student who has achieved an overall grade B to A* and a good profile of grades for their Principle Learning and Project modules.
Winner wins £1000 © Lorna Maguire, CABE
About the Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment (C&BE)
The Diploma teaches students about professions such as architecture, civil engineering and building services, the regulatory framework, design processes, and the enterprise and management challenges which construction poses. Alongside compulsory modules, students have the opportunity to choose from a range of other subject options, whilst continuing to develop core skills in english, maths and IT. This learning is advanced by work experience, which provides a chance for young people to learn from and be mentored by professionals working in their chosen field.
Bridget Boreham, the CIOB’s Chief Operating Officer, said: “The Diploma places the built environment at the heart of mainstream secondary education and a whole generation will now see opportunities for careers that, until now, they were hardly aware of. Too often the brightest pupils in schools are not aware of the positive difference this industry makes to people’s lives and the environment around us.”
The winning entry will be judged by a representative from the CIOB and the Diploma Delivery Partnership team and will receive their award at a red-carpet ceremony held on 14 October in the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane.
Further information on the diploma
The following websites and organisations offer more information on the C&BE diploma:
- ConstructionSkills.
- CBE diploma.
- Directgov diploma site.
- Bconstructive – a site about construction careers for students, developed by ConstructionSkills, the sector skills council for the construction industry.
- Guidance on teaching the C&BE diploma.
