Wigan UTC

The Wigan UTC can improve the economic chances of young people, through increasingly specialising in a technical curriculum of manufacturing engineering (food production) and the green economy, environmental technology, and providing academic qualifications.

There is a need to tackle low aspirations and ensure young people are upported to develop underpinning employability competencies and evelop skills of ICT and entrepreneurship.

"The specialist subjects proposed in this University Technical College fit well with our teaching and research disciplines and also support future areas of business growth in the region. I write to endorse the proposed UTC in Wigan which I believe will become a significant asset to the region."  Professor Martin Hall Vice Chancellor University of Salford

"I am keen to work with the local and regional community by ensuring that the students at the UTC develop the entrepreneurial skills needed for employment."  Martin Ainscough Chair Ainscough Group

"Wigan and Leigh College would be keen to share appropriate resources and specialist equipment; provide mentoring for students, work experience and progression routes; and give opportunities for continuous professional development of staff. We are committed to becoming the lead sponsor of the Wigan UTC."  Cath Hurst Principal Wigan and Leigh College