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Work Experience Turns to Employment
Photography and football enthusiast Jack has secured a position as a regular match reporter after a successful week’s work experience. Fifteen-year-old Jack, who is a Creative and Digital Media student at UTC Sheffield City Centre, recently undertook work experience at Rotherham United. During the placement, which was initially for one week but was extended to […]
UTC Sheffield Engineering Team Win WorldSkills UK Medal
UTC engineering students have won a medal at a prestigious national competition. It aims to develop the next generation of global skills talent. Five teams from the City Centre UTC, competed in WorldSkills UK in Birmingham during November. The competition aims to inspire and equip the next generation with lifelong, world-class skills that the economy […]
City Students Meet Industry Experts
Businesses from across the engineering and creative and digital sectors visited UTC Sheffield City Centre on Friday 9th November for another one of our fantastic termly ‘Employer Mentor Programmes’. This term, students had the opportunity to meet with employees from the following companies; Jaywing, WanDisco, Newburgh Precision, Linbrooke Total Network Solutions and CTL Seal. The […]
Region unites to welcome new McLaren Composites Technology Centre
Sheffield City Region’s excellence in advanced manufacturing and engineering was showcased to the world today, November 14th with the official opening of McLaren Automotive’s new Composites Technology Centre. The £50m innovation and manufacturing facility, on the border of Sheffield and Rotherham at the heart of the Advanced Manufacturing Park, aims to become a world-leader in lightweight […]
UTC Sheffield Hosts US Ambassador Visit
UTC Sheffield has hosted a visit from the US Ambassador who spoke to business leaders about the ways in which the city is investing in young people to create a thriving digital economy. Ambassador Robert Wood Johnson attended a business roundtable at UTC Sheffield City Centre campus, Matilda Street, to hear employers’ views on training […]
Engineering Students Spend the Day with Rolls Royce
Engineering students at UTC Sheffield recently spent a day working with Rolls-Royce employees designing an aeroplane refuelling pump. In September UTC Sheffield City Centre Year 10 engineering students enjoyed a jam-packed day of activity with UTC employer partner Rolls-Royce. Staff and apprentices from Rolls-Royce visited the campus and ran a session focusing on designing a […]
UTC Sheffield City Centre Celebrates GCSE and Technical Results
UTC Sheffield City Centre students are celebrating strong GCSE and excellent technical results this year. At UTC Sheffield City Centre, on Matilda Street, students complete academic and technical qualifications in engineering or creative and digital media, backed by employers. A total of 87 students sat GCSE exams this year. Of these, 61% of students achieved […]
UTC Sheffield City Centre Celebrates Technical and Academic Results Increase
UTC Sheffield City Centre students are celebrating a strong set of A Level and technical results with a higher pass rate in both types of qualifications. At UTC Sheffield City Centre, on Matilda Street, students complete academic and technical qualifications in engineering or creative and digital media, backed by employers. A total of 114 students […]
South Yorkshire Teenagers Invited To Get On Track For Engineering Careers
Teenagers interested in finding out more about career opportunities in the engineering and rail industry are invited to attend an open evening in Doncaster next week backed by employers. UTC Sheffield and the National College for High Speed Rail are running a joint event on Tuesday August 7th for young people, aged 16, who are […]
UTC Sheffield Hosts Northern Powerhouse Roundtable With Business Leaders
The North can lead the next industrial revolution and business leaders need to work more closely with educationalists to achieve that. That was the message from one of the UK’s leading employers at a Northern Powerhouse Partnership (NPP) skills roundtable event hosted by UTC Sheffield. Juergen Maier, CEO of Siemens UK and NPP Board member, was […]
“If Channel Four were a city it would be Sheffield” … UTC students back distinctive and diverse bid for national headquarters
Media and creative students from three of the city’s leading academic institutions have thrown their weight behind the city’s bid to bring Channel 4 to Sheffield. Mia Fidment and Mia Rehman who are both at the UTC Sheffield City Centre and specialise in creative & digital media, joined journalism students from The Sheffield College, Moses […]
UTC Paves Kamil’s Road to Success at Toyota Derby
Kamil Zmich has just started work on the factory floor at Toyota’s hi-tech car manufacturing plant in Burnaston, Derby. Aged 19, he is training to be able to maintain all the hi-tech equipment used in car production at the plant. Kamil was one of only 14 candidates to be selected from hundreds of applicants for […]