The reception was celebrating the emerging University Technical College (UTC) movement, led by the Baker-Dearing Trust, which aims to establish new schools for 14-19 year olds- focusing on one or two key areas in which there are skills shortages. NTU is involved in a bid with the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust to establish the Brackenhurst Greenskills Academy - for rural and environmental industries. The Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, John Hayes, addressed the reception and singled out our partner Barry Day - Chief Executive of the GDFT - as someone who has been pursuing excellence in this area for many years.
Although the recent allocation of funds for the first UTCs was dominated by projects aiming to deliver engineering skills, we are still considering progressing the partnership as the joint bid could create a really innovative school which tackles skills shortages of great relevance to rural Nottinghamshire. It remains to be seen whether, within this programme, the Government choose to fund green areas as well as motorsports for example!
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