Digital Futures Programme coming to UTC Reading

  ALET’s award-winning education Digital Futures Programme, designed to give students a head start into digital careers, is rolling out to all three of the Trust’s University Technical Colleges – UTC Reading, UTC Swindon and UTC Oxfordshire – following its...
Project day supports child victims of crime

Project day supports child victims of crime

UTC Reading rounded off the term with a fantastic project day led by a local charity, with the support of 25 employers. On Tuesday 5 December, students ‘dropped down’ from their normal lessons to take part in the project set by local charity Safe!, which provides...
Student awarded prestigious engineering scholarship

Student awarded prestigious engineering scholarship

A former UTC Reading student, Charlotte Austen, has been awarded a sought-after Arkwright Engineering scholarship – the first student from UTC Reading to do so! 16-year-old Charlotte, who specialised in engineering, went up against thousands of students to be in with...
Chemistry’s a scream!

Chemistry’s a scream!

A rather macabre experiment involving sweets and babies and screaming could be heard causing a ruckus in the chemistry lab last week… But fear not, no real babies were harmed – it was just Jelly Babies who met their noisy, sticky end, much to the enjoyment of Year 10...