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UTC Students Take Part in ARUP Work Experience
Five of our students recently undertook work experience at ARUP, a global engineering firm. The placement formed part of ARUPs work experience scheme, a week in the life, where 16 students from across the region are given the opportunity to experience working at ARUP. To secure a place students had to apply and be selected. […]
Engineering Students Design New Litter Storage System
Back in February 2021 our Year 9 Engineering students were tasked with designing a new litter storage system for members of the Canal & River Trust (CRT) to use while litter picking on the canal. The old storage system involved putting bin bags into canoes, which lead to foul canal water leaking into the canoes […]
New South Yorkshire Mayor hears the views of university technical college students
South Yorkshire’s newly elected Mayor has met students at one of Sheffield’s university technical colleges to hear about the issues that matter to them. Oliver Coppard visited UTC Sheffield City Centre, on Matilda Street, to find out more about young people’s views following his election as South Yorkshire Mayor this month. Mayor Coppard discussed topics […]
McLaren Automotive offers industry placements to promote STEM careers
In September we saw the launch of UTC Sheffield City Centre’s first employer-led project of the year, run by British luxury supercar maker McLaren who have established an innovation and manufacturing facility in the Sheffield region. Representatives from the McLaren Composites Technology Centre (MCTC) visited UTC Sheffield City Centre to present the opportunity to students […]
Steel City Media – Allez Maxime! – A Production Masterclass
UTC Sheffield CDM students were treated to a detailed insight into the production and development of a promotional film against the backdrop of Covid by Joe Bowman from Steel City Media. Joe guided the students through the process of having to re-locate countries, find crew and develop a look that fitted his client (Santa Cruz […]
UTC Sheffield City Centre student wins WorldSkills UK bronze medal
A student from UTC Sheffield City Centre is celebrating after winning a bronze medal in the prestigious WorldSkills UK national finals. Samuel Kearsley, 17, is studying a Level 3 Cambridge Technical Diploma in Engineering as well as two A Levels in maths and physics, at the technical school based on Matilda Street. He was among […]
Employer-led Project: Balfour Beatty ‘Shaping Better Futures’
Invited by Mr Newton, representing Balfour Beatty and it’s many sectors, Y9 students were given an insight into the varied and exciting world of working with one of the UKs largest employers. We were joined by; The event began with a dynamic audio-visual presentation that introduced the company and its many facets and branches not […]
UTC Sheffield City Centre students get set for WorldSkills UK national finals
Talented engineering students from UTC Sheffield City Centre are preparing to put their skills to the ultimate test in the WorldSkills UK national finals. Samuel Kearsley, 17, and Thomas Walshaw, 17, are among 400 students and apprentices going for gold, silver and bronze medals in a series of skills competitions this month. The national finalists […]
UTC Takes Part in Restart the Heart Campaign
On Friday 15 October UTC Sheffield City Centre Y10 students were involved in the national restart a heart campaign. Cardiac arrests have not stopped during the coronavirus pandemic. If you have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the UK, you have less than a one in ten chance of surviving. The restart a heart campaign want […]
Insight into Film Production with 505 Films
UTC Sheffield Media students were fortunate enough to get a film making masterclass from Luke Dale of 505 films on the process of bringing his award winning film ‘Jump’ to the screen. Luke, assisted by lead actor George Edwards, took the Post 16 cohort through the process of developing the film from a one man […]
Aerospace Engineering Graduate: Joshua Mitchell
UTC Sheffield City Centre Graduate Josh Mitchell is enthusiastic about pursing a career within the Engineering industry, after his positive experience at the UTC. Why did you join the UTC? I looked around the school and noticed that they had an excellent set of equipment, so that really appealed to me. I enjoy being creative […]
Graduate completed Automotive Engineering Master’s Degree after studying at the UTC
Why did you join the UTC? A UTC teacher came to my previous school and gave us a talk about the opportunities available there, including information about the IT and Engineering industries, which persuaded me to apply. I joined in the first year, which was an incredible experience. I wanted to progress my technical […]