Junior Field Gun Challenge
Published 16/07/17
A huge congratulations to our Field Gun Team who soldiered on through the the Royal Navy Junior Field Gun Challenge and performed nothing short of heroically.
News
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Read MoreGreater Peterborough UTC is Full STEM Ahead
Published 25/06/17Students and staff at the Greater Peterborough UTC celebrated their first year full of achievements, milestones and highs at their celebration event ‘Full STEM Ahead’.
Read MoreRecord number of applications to the country’s 48 employer-led UTCs
Published 26/05/17With elections and Brexit looming, concerns over job prospects has led to a record number of applications this term to Britain’s 48 UTCs.
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Read MoreStudents race to success
Published 15/05/17Year 12 students at the Greater Peterborough UTC took part in the season opener of the acclaimed Greenpower Education Trusts (GET) Formula 24+ category.
Read MoreLarkfleet donates model home to GPUTC
Published 10/04/17The Larkfleet Group of Companies has handed over a model house to GPUTC. The scale model of a typical timber-framed house built by Larkfleet Homes can be taken apart and re-assembled using a set of drawings which Larkfleet has also supplied.
Read MoreNestle Purina Visit
Published 30/03/17Year 12 students at the Greater Peterborough UTC got an insight into all things Nestle Purina, when a team from the company came into deliver Business Studies students an interactive lesson. Emily, Katie and Aoife from Nestle Purina are all on the graduate scheme with the company and wanted to inform our students on the manufacturing side of Nestle's business.
Read MoreUTC's preparing students for STEM careers
Published 28/02/17A new report released today by the charity that promotes University Technical Colleges like the Greater Peterborough UTC reveals that nearly half (45%) of 20-35 year olds working in STEM related roles (science, technology, engineering and maths) believe the subjects they studied at school are useless in the world of work. A greater number (61%) thought that learning technical skills would have been more useful than studying traditional academic subjects
Read MoreStudents get hacking
Published 07/02/17GCSE Computer Science students took part in the third round of a 6-hour long (legal) hackathon earlier this month as part of the national Cyber Security Challenge UK. The aim of the challenge was to test our students' cyber security skills by getting them to defend a virtual PC from threats and viruses. The team had to play a series of online qualifying rounds, which challenged their networking, coding and cyber security skills.
Read MorePeterborough to hold the second free STEM Festival
Published 06/02/17Following a very successful and well received event in 2016, Digital People in Peterborough and Allia Future Business Centre are delighted to announce another STEM festival for 2017. The main Festival day will be on Sunday 1st October with a dedicated School’s Day on Friday 29th September.
Read MoreYear 12 students get networking
Published 25/11/16Our Year 12 Built Environment students networked their way around the Peterborough Construction Network earlier this week.
Read MoreUTC Co-Founder Lord Baker visits Greater Peterborough UTC
Published 14/11/16Students and staff were delighted to receive a visit from former Conservative Education Secretary and UTC Co-Founder Lord Baker. Lord Baker spent the day with students and staff, where he had the opportunity to see the first cohort of Engineering and Built Environment students in action.
Read MoreUN International Day of the Girl
Published 11/10/16Tuesday 11th October marked the annual UN International Day of the Girl. Students and staff took some time out to reflect on what it means to be a girl in today's world.