Poets to be published in Young Writers competition

Poets to be published in Young Writers competition

Two UTC Swindon students have been selected to have their poems published in this year’s Through Their Eyes poetry competition.   The event is run annually by Young Writers, an organisation which aims to encourage young people to engage in creative writing, working...
Recognised for championing cyber skills

Recognised for championing cyber skills

UTC Swindon has been given special recognition for its high standard of cyber security teaching. The STEM-focused school, which specialises in engineering and cyber security, has received a CyberFirst School Bronze award from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)...
You’re hired! Students get Employability Ready

You’re hired! Students get Employability Ready

Students undergo Employability Ready day to hone their skills for their next steps. Year 10 and 12 students were put under pressure – in a good way – last Friday (8 March) when they took part in a whole-day Employability Ready event. Around 40 employers were on-site...
Lord Baker and Robert Buckland MP pay UTC a special visit

Lord Baker and Robert Buckland MP pay UTC a special visit

UTC Swindon welcomed a very special visitor last week, when the ‘driving force’ behind the UTC movement, Lord Kenneth Baker, came for a look round. Lord Baker is co-founder, along with Lord Dearing, of the Baker Dearing Educational Trust, set up in 2009 to promote the...
Digital Futures Programme coming to UTC Swindon

Digital Futures Programme coming to UTC Swindon

ALET Trust partners at the launch of the DFP roll-out. ALET’s award-winning education Digital Futures Programme, designed to give students a head start into digital careers, is rolling out to all three of the Trust’s University Technical Colleges – UTC Reading, UTC...
REME Engineering Cup competition launch

REME Engineering Cup competition launch

Sixth Formers had a ‘challenging’ afternoon on Wednesday 13 December attending the REME Engineering Cup Launch at MOD Lyneham. Students got to explore a range of military helicopters, and even climb inside Lynx, Apache and Gazelle helicopters! They (carefully) handled...