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UTC Sheffield Alumni Celebrate Cambridge University National First
UTC Sheffield alumni Oliver Smith and Jake Stuchbury-Wass have made history by achieving a regional and national first. The high achieving pair are the first students from UTC Sheffield to get to Cambridge University. They are also the first students nationally who have completed Cambridge Technicals in Engineering qualifications to study at the world leading […]
Parent Governor Vacancy – City Centre
Election of a Parent Governor to the Sheffield UTC City Centre Local Governing Body Would you like to be a Governor at your child’s UTC? Membership of the UTC’s Local Governing Body includes two Parent Governors and an election is to be held soon to fill these vacancies. It is a chance for you as […]
UTC Sheffield Students Enjoy Bauer Academy Summer School
During the summer holidays five Y12 students from UTC Sheffield City Centre took part in the Bauer Academy Summer School, where they went behind the scenes at popular South Yorkshire radio station, Hallam FM. Over two days during August the students, Abigail, Matthew, Fran, Chloe and Kai, who all specialise in Creative and Digital Media, […]
New Research Shows Technical Schools Get Teenagers Out Of Bed
Teenagers attending University Technical Colleges (UTCs) are willing to get up earlier and travel further for the state of the art facilities and the chance to study technical subjects. According to a national survey commissioned by Baker Dearing Educational Trust, nearly half (47%) of UTC students travel more than five miles each way to get […]
UTC Sheffield Students Celebrate their GCSE Results
UTC Sheffield students are celebrating their GCSE results today – Thursday, August 24th. A total of 82 students at UTC Sheffield City Centre campus on Matilda Street sat GCSEs and technical qualifications this summer. Students have achieved a good set of results in the technical subjects of Engineering and Creative Digital Media, Mathematics and Sciences […]
UTC Sheffield Students Celebrate Another Year Of Strong Technical and Academic Results
UTC Sheffield students are celebrating another year of strong A Level and technical results including a significant rise in the top grades today, Thursday August 17th. At UTC Sheffield City Centre campus, students complete academic and technical qualifications in engineering or creative and digital, backed by employers. The technical qualification pass rate this year for […]
UTC City Students Enjoy Termly Employer Mentoring
Every term students from UTC Sheffield City Centre meet with mentors from an array of Creative & Digital and Engineering sector businesses as part of the exciting ‘Employer Mentor Programme’. Local, national and multi-national businesses continue to support UTC Sheffield City Centre by providing project support and mentoring to students throughout their programme. These Employer […]
Government Performance Table Results: Q&A
Introduction: the new performance measures The government has changed the way that schools are measured. The first set of new data was published this month, January 2017. The progress 8 score for UTC Sheffield City Centre – which is Ofsted graded ‘good’ – has ranked as ‘underperforming’. This does not reflect on the wider experience […]
Top Performing UTC Sheffield Students Win WorldSkills Medal Haul
Top performing UTC Sheffield engineering students have won a haul of medals in the prestigious national WorldSkills UK competition. UTC Sheffield City Centre campus students clinched four competition team medals overall comprising one gold, two silver and one bronze. The students are among the top performers for engineering skills after competing against colleges, employers and […]
UTC Supported Virtual Reality and Prosthetics Project Opens to the Public
Last week UTC Sheffield City Centre students enjoyed an exclusive first look around the Virtual Reality and Prosthetics Exhibition, a collaboration between Sheffield Hallam University and UTC Sheffield funded by the Wellcome Trust. The exhibition will soon move to the Millennium Galleries and then onto Weston Park Museum and will be open to the public. […]
UTC Sheffield Students Celebrate Successful Set of GCSE Results
UTC Sheffield students are celebrating a successful set of GCSE results today – Thursday, August 25th. A total of 102 students at UTC Sheffield City Centre campus on Matilda Street sat GCSEs and technical qualifications this summer. Students have achieved excellent results in mathematics and science with 75% of cohort achieving A* to C in […]
UTC Sheffield Students Celebrate Excellent Technical and Academic Results
A Level results have risen at UTC Sheffield and students have also achieved an excellent set of technical results today, Thursday August 18th. At UTC Sheffield City Centre campus, on Matilda Street, all students complete a technical qualification backed by employers, equivalent to one-and-half or two A Levels. Students also have the opportunity to take […]