What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
On Thursday (8 February 2024) the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, launched a bold new movement called No Limits to help better support innovative talent across the UK: nolimits.ukri.org Indro Mukerjee, CEO of Innovate UK, visited UTC Leeds in Hunslet to launch the No Limits digital platform to an audience
Staff and students at University Technical College (UTC) Leeds have reason to celebrate this week after their latest Ofsted report was published. The UTC was rated ‘Outstanding’ in two areas and ‘Good’ overall, a marked improvement from its last inspection in 2019. UTC Leeds, based at the former Braime works
The South Leeds Big Bike Fix project has continued to grow and evolve this month. Running since June, the team have now refurbished and donated over 300 bikes back into the local community. Recent highlights have included: a feature on BBC Look North, conversations with others keen to set up
Teaching staff at UTC Leeds in Hunslet have stepped up provision for students still required to stay at home under current government Covid-19 guidance. Whilst the college is open for Year 10 and Year 12 students, other students continue to be based at home, so staff have been delivering live,
UTC Leeds has been graded ‘requires improvement’ by Ofsted following its first inspection, according to a report published this week. The report highlights some key strengths for the city’s first University Technical College (UTC) based on Sayner Road, in Hunslet, as well as areas for improvement. UTC Leeds has been
UTC Leeds students are putting their engineering and programming skills to the test in an innovative robotics programme led by the University of Leeds. PhD student Orla Gibson, from the University of Leeds, is working with UTC students to develop their maths skills through applied learning as part of the
Young people and their families are invited to a UTC Leeds open evening this week to find out how the technical school trains the next generation of talent. UTC Leeds specialises in advanced engineering and manufacturing and plays a key role as a talent pipeline meeting the skills needs of
UTC Leeds has appointed a new Principal. Alex Burnham has 21 years’ experience of working in education and started in post last month at UTC Leeds, which is based in the former Braime factory on Sayner Road, Hunslet. Alex said: “I feel honoured and privileged to be part of a
Teenagers are invited to find out more about careers in engineering at a UTC Leeds sixth form open evening for prospective students. UTC Leeds, on Sayner Road, in Hunslet, specialises in advanced engineering and manufacturing and recruits students from the age of 14 as well as at 16. UTCs provide
UTC Leeds students are counting down to the launch of an innovative rocket-inspired educational event supported by world leading space scientists. Rockets Week will be held at UTC Leeds on Sayner Road in Hunslet from 27 November to 1 December 2017, and bring space rocket, technology and engineering experts to