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Surveying practice involvement in providing vocational skills training for undergraduate building surveyors : the ICZ way (2018)
Journal Article
building surveyors : the ICZ way. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 7(1), 85-92

The paper starts from a documented premise of there being a critical shortage of skilled building surveyors. It also uses a researched premise that all stakeholders to building surveying education favour the incorporation of vocational skills tra... Read More about Surveying practice involvement in providing vocational skills training for undergraduate building surveyors : the ICZ way.

The Disability Discrimination Act (Section 3) 20 years on : Has it been successful? (2015)
Journal Article
20 years on : Has it been successful?. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 3(4), 352-359

It is 20 years since legislation to make access to goods and services equal to both able bodied and disabled people became fully enabled. This paper seeks to establish if the last 20 years have seen significant improvement in access, and whether the... Read More about The Disability Discrimination Act (Section 3) 20 years on : Has it been successful?.

Are all tourist dependant businesses meeting their statutory obligations and taking full advantage of the entire economic value of the tourist budget (An investigation into statutory compliance for providing reasonable adjustment to facilitate equal access for disabled customers to goods and services) (2015)
Journal Article
McLean, S. (2015). Are all tourist dependant businesses meeting their statutory obligations and taking full advantage of the entire economic value of the tourist budget
(An investigation into statutory compliance for providing reasonable adjustment to facilitate equal access for disabled customers to goods and services). Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 4(3),

The paper identifies the economic impact of excluding disabled customers from goods and services offered at locations which are dependent upon tourist income. The economic value and spending power of disabled members of society is established. Sta... Read More about Are all tourist dependant businesses meeting their statutory obligations and taking full advantage of the entire economic value of the tourist budget (An investigation into statutory compliance for providing reasonable adjustment to facilitate equal access for disabled customers to goods and services).

How to manage the support role to ensure successful learning using industrial simulation (2013)
Presentation / Conference
McLean, S. (2013, April). How to manage the support role to ensure successful learning using industrial simulation. Presented at International Post Graduate Research Conference, University of Salford

The paper analyses the success of an industrial simulation delivered to final year BSc Building Surveying students. Research is undertaken using an action research approach. The analysis does not focus upon the assessment wording and the methodolog... Read More about How to manage the support role to ensure successful learning using industrial simulation.