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So what is IWD? This year, the theme is #EachForEqual. With the website describing the aim of the day is:- An equal world is an enabled world.Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day.We can actively choose to challenge stereotypes, fight bias, broaden perceptions, improve situations and celebrate …
It’s a word that’s heavily loaded in many ways. The idea of privilege is that it’s something you’ve never had to work for, but you get treated better by others because of it. It’s often connected with social status, ‘the upper echelons’ of power, money, wealth, and more often than not, those with privilege are …
The days are getting longer, lighter and brighter and at this time of year I focus on the excitement of moving forward into a more prosperous and happier new year. Not that it has been an ‘annus horribilis’, this year has been much kinder to me than the last, but not so for many of …
Continue reading Realistically Optimistic Resolutions by Joanna Farnsworth
The Festive period is a time for reflection, for joy and gifting and spending time with friends and family. That's what we're all told from an early age, and this is what TV shows us we *should* be doing. Putting on a large spread of delicious food, drinking and eating too much, looking after those …
Continue reading Grief, loss and loneliness at Christmas – By Natasha Stone
It has been a busy time for inspiring the next generation of surveyors.... We, at Chartered ICES, have been involved recently in various initiatives to encourage children in to surveying as a career. It is clear from the ongoing needs of the construction industry that there will be a significant shortfall in the number of …
Continue reading Initiatives to get kids into Surveying – By Katie Holt