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Pioneering new UTC for Westminster

Editorial Type: News     Date: 01-2014    Views: 3158   




A NEW University Technical College [UTC] to train and inspire a new generation of engineers, technicians and business leaders for transport engineering and construction jobs has been given the green light by the Department for Education and will be established in Westminster by September 2015

Based close to Victoria, the Sir Simon Milton University Technical College will welcome 175 14-16 year olds in the first year and will offer students a combination of vocational and academic qualifications.

Employers led by Network Rail have been actively involved in shaping the curriculum to ensure that students emerge well-equipped for jobs in the construction, transport and engineering industries. Learners will be able to go on to further study or jobs through specialist routes combining work experience and business challenges with national qualifications.

The University of Westminster will continue to lead the educational plan for the UTC offering mentors, teaching support and progression to undergraduate courses. Westminster City Council will connect the UTC to other high-performing schools and colleges in Westminster.

The Sir Simon Milton Foundation will offer bursaries each year to support some students through their studies. The UTC will be based in an area with 7.5% of young people not in education, employment or training [NEET] - higher than the London average - and will help to encourage young people from across London into vocational training in vital industries, further study and onto the job ladder.

Sir Peter Rogers, Chairman of the Sir Simon Milton Foundation, which initiated and directed the bid to establish the Sir Simon Milton UTC said: "The Foundation is delighted to be successful in its bid to establish a UTC in the centre of London. ...We are working closely with some of the country's leading infrastructure, construction and engineering firms, including Network Rail, BT Fleet, Transport for London, Crossrail, Mace and Land Securities to offer something unique to young Londoners and fulfil the industry's requirement for more than 16,000 new technical specialists in the next three years alone."
www.utcolleges.org

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