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Young STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) workers would like to see a greater connection between employers and schools as a new report looks at their experiences as they made the journey from school to work. The report from Baker Dearing Educational Trust, the charity that promotes UTCs, found nearly half (45%) of 20-35 year-olds working in STEM related roles, believe the subjects they studied in school are useless in the world of work. A greater number (61%) found that learning technical skills would have been more useful than studying traditional subjects. Three out of five (60%)…

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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 March. Every Monday Greater Peterborough UTC #DropinMondays, 5:00pm-7:00pm West Midlands Construction UTC Meet the Principal Every Monday and Tuesday Humber UTC, Recruitment event, 4:00pm Every Wednesday The Leigh UTC, Facilities Tours; call 013 2262 6600 to book Cambridge UTC, Walk around Wednesdays, 4:30pm – 5:30pm Every Thursday The Greater Manchester UTC Principal Surgeries…

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Following the recent media attention around UTCs, Lord Baker, Chairman, Baker Dearing Educational Trust, wrote an article for The Telegraph which was published on 17 February 2017. Lord Baker covers a number of areas and highlights some of the successes of the UTC model including: Outstanding UTC student destinations data for 2016 Support from the Royal Navy and over 600 companies 11,000 students in 48 UTCs 5 new UTCs opening in September 2017 I am very proud of UTCs outstanding destination data. Last year, across all UTCs, we had 1,292 leavers at 18, only five…

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The first sixth formers to complete their studies at UTC Oxfordshire are celebrating receiving offers from some of the country’s top universities. A total of 18 Year 13 students – the first to complete their A-level and BTEC programmes since the UTC opened in 2015 – have applied to study at university next year. The group, referred to as ‘pioneers’ for taking up places before the school launched, have secured offers from Russell Group universities including Cambridge, Liverpool, Cardiff, Southampton and Warwick. Student Will Barnes received an offer to study computer science at the University…

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Young Engineers UK announced that Energy Coast UTC has been selected as a finalist for Young Engineer School of the Year 2017. 600 schools entered the competition this year and only 6 schools have been selected to go through to the final. Finalists were selected based on the strength of their student Engineering projects, their Engineering curriculum and how students are prepared for careers in Engineering. The Energy Coast UTC had a wealth of evidence to support their bid including, ‘The GreenPower Challenge’, winning the Royal Navy competition – ‘Operation Antarctica’, a trip to CERN,…

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Talented students at UTC Leeds are using the latest state-of-the-art technology to print prosthetic hands for people in need across the world. The students apply their technical training to create the hands using the school’s 3D printers. The prosthetic hands will be couriered to a global charity called Enable the Future and distributed to adults and children in countries such as Haiti, South Africa and Ghana as well as in the UK. After the first batch of hands are delivered, the students will receive bespoke measurements meaning each future hand can be perfectly tailored to…

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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 February. Every Monday Greater Peterborough UTC #DropinMondays, 5:00pm-7:00pm West Midlands Construction UTC Meet the Principal Every Monday and Tuesday Humber UTC, Recruitment event, 4:00pm Every Wednesday The Leigh UTC Facilities Tours; call 013 2262 6600 to book Cambridge UTC, Walk around Wednesdays, 4:30pm – 5:30pm Every Thursday The Greater Manchester UTC Principal Surgeries 4:45pm…

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust are delighted to announce that the founder of Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), Professor Lord Bhattacharyya is to become a trustee on the board. Lord Baker and Lord Dearing created the Baker Dearing Educational Trust in 2007 to develop and promote University Technical Colleges (UTCs). Professor Lord Bhattacharyya has already played an integral role in the development of two University Technical Colleges, WMG Academies for Young Engineers in Coventry and Solihull. WMG’s two state of the art learning campuses cater for students from Coventry, Warwickshire, Solihull, and Birmingham. Starting his career as…

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