Our Partners

OUR PARTNERS

As a University Technical College, we work with a range of sponsors and partners to ensure our curriculum meets both the needs of local employers and the aspirations of our students.

Our employer engagement is based on the principle of real-life project-based learning, which engages students and develops their personal attributes. On leaving our UTC, students have already established connections with local employers, have applied practical skills through project-based learning and are used to working in a professional environment.

Employers know what skills are needed in the local business environment, and teach the students accordingly. Companies from a range of sectors, from the forces, to automotive to science and engineering, work with students in a range of ways – lessons, projects, workshops and challenges days for example – to develop our young people to be work ready. 

This makes them highly employable and sets them up for a broad choice of pathways at 18 – whether that’s going to university, higher and degree apprenticeships, or directly into a career. The impressive track record of student destinations after leaving UTCs is testament to the quality of this distinctive educational experience.