The multi-million bid for the Warrington University Technical College has been successful. In September 2015 the first intake of students will be entering the brand new purpose-built building in the Stadium Quarter of Warrington.
The UTC is sponsored by the University of Chester with strong support from Warrington Borough Council and local employers including Sellafield Ltd, Tenet, Nuvia and AMEC. Warrington-based companies need the technical skills that these new workers will have for their businesses to be successful.
My own engineering education benefited from a mix of work experience, use of workshop facilities in a local college and laboratory provision at a polytechnic. I had to travel to access these. The UTC will make these elements accessible for 14-19 year olds in Warrington.
It will give students a strong grounding in maths, science and English (expectations for academic standards are high) and specialist knowledge critical for the success of UK technology and engineering industry. As an employee of the university and an engineer it will give me immense pride to see this project take shape and students receive quality education of a type that simply has not been available before.
STOP PRESS:
The Warrington School of Management is launching an exciting new business service that will include networking events and ‘Master Classes’ to help small and medium sized businesses grow. If you are interested in registering for more information, please send your details to Beth Morris at b.morris@chester.ac.uk
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