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UTCs hold open events, taster days and free workshops for new and prospective students and their families throughout the year. UTC open events are the perfect opportunity for you to find out more about your local UTC. Below are the UTC event listings for January. Every Monday Greater Peterborough UTC #DropinMondays, 5:00pm-7:00pm Every Wednesday The Leigh UTC, Facilities Tours; call 013 2262 6600 to book Cambridge UTC, Walk around Wednesdays, 4:30pm – 5:30pm West Midlands Construction UTC, Meet the Principal Every Thursday The Greater Manchester UTC Principal Surgeries 4:45pm-6:00pm; call 016 1713 3620 or email enquiries@thegm.co.uk to book…

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Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm has joined forces with Humber UTC to help support the growth of a highly-skilled local workforce that would help uphold the future success of the renewables industry. Over the next three years, Triton Knoll will sponsor the UTC’s Electrical Workshop, and is also preparing to launch a new engineering challenge that will give their students a first-hand experience of work in the renewables sector. The Electrical Workshop is part of a suite of specialist workshops at Humber UTC, which is based in Scunthorpe, where students learn Science, Technology, Engineering and…

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Watford UTC IT students returned triumphant from Munich, as winners of a nationwide competition run by Fujitsu and partners Intel, Brocade and Kyocera. Operation Innovation was launched to help provide students with real-world commercial experience and opportunities, and give them a chance to interact with technology first-hand and be enthused by it. UK Students aged 16+ were asked to develop a Proof of Concept around the Internet of Things (IoT) – asking them to come up with a way to solve a real-world problem using IoT technology. Watford UTC’s three-student team presented their winning Proof…

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The Leigh UTC hosted its second annual awards evening on 17 November 2016. The event has become a highlight of the calendar for The Leigh UTC and is becoming increasingly popular, attracting a higher number of business participants and sponsors than last year’s inaugural event. The awards are an opportunity to recognise the outstanding achievements of its students. Proceedings were chaired by governor, Clive Barker, Chairman of CSB Logistics, with keynote speaker, Stewart Harris, a war veteran who talked about his experiences and how he overcame adversity. The winner of the first Business Partner of…

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UTCs hold open events, taster days and free workshops for new and prospective students and their families throughout the year. UTC open events are the perfect opportunity for you to find out more about your local UTC. Below are the UTC event listings for December. Every Monday Greater Peterborough UTC, #DropinMondays, 5:00pm – 7:00pm Every Wednesday The Leigh UTC Facilities Tours; call 013 2262 6600 to book Cambridge UTC, Walk around Wednesdays, 4:30pm – 5:30pm West Midlands Construction UTC, Meet the Principal Every Thursday The Greater Manchester UTC Principal Surgeries 4:45pm – 6:00pm; call 016 1713…

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Yipiyap in-school tutors is an academic support service which has been introduced for the first time this year in UTCs. Yipiyap stands for ‘Young Inspiring People Inspiring Young Aspiring People’ and the scheme combines all the benefits of formalised peer mentoring with a low maintenance and completely bespoke approach. The tutors are close in age to their students and have recently left school. This means that as well as the benefits in terms of improving outcomes, tutors help to raise aspirations among pupils. As of November 2016, there are two Yipiyap tutors working in UTCs:…

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UTC Warrington were honoured to welcome HRH The Duke of York, KG on Monday 7 November to officially open their state-of-the-art college. The Duke of York, was met by Lord Lieutenant, David Briggs, who introduced the Principal and Chief Executive of UTC Warrington, Lee Barber and several key project stakeholders alongside the Mayor and Mayoress of Warrington and local councillors. The Duke of York toured the facilities which included a visit to the 160-seat lecture theatre where a group of Year 10 students were taking part in an English lesson designed to test their knowledge…

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UTC Norfolk, which opened in September 2014, has seen the number of girls attending the school double from 24 (8pc) in 2015/16 to 47 (16pc) for the current academic year. Principal Alex Hayes said he was “absolutely delighted” with the figures, the second consecutive year of growth in girls at UTC Norfolk, and believes that the increase can be attributed to positive efforts to encourage more girls to consider careers in science and engineering. He says that this is aided by changing understandings of the opportunities that are available in the sector, which is helping…

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