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Students take UTC to Parliament
Two of our female students said they felt 'welcomed, heard and empowered' when they visited the Houses of Parliament in July, alongside students from other UTCs to represent the Baker Dearing founding board. On the day they represented female and non-binary students....
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...
Student Solomon’s on track for career as an architect
Channelling his boyhood Lego-building skills, Y13 student Solomon Wilkinson is looking forward kicking off a creative career as an architect. Solomon, who has been a student at UTC Reading since Year 10, is off to Plymouth University, where he will spend three years...
First time lucky for student who lands degree apprenticeship
Daniel Taraszov is looking forward to building a career brick by brick when he begins his Construction Management apprenticeship with global building firm ISG in September. To support his five-year degree apprenticeship Daniel will be studying at the University of...
Maths whizz excels in national competition
A budding young mathematician has scooped the high numbers, placing in the top 100 Year 11 students in a nationwide maths challenge. Nelson Wong, received a bronze medal for his achievements in the Intermediate Maths Olympiad last month. The Olympiad is a tough...
UTC puts on a display of Pride
The very talented Evelyn Kelly (Y12) has been helping us mark Pride Month with these beautiful posters, which are displayed in school along with the FLAGs of Pride. Evelyn is on the UTC Reading student exec board. Great job Evelyn!
Student Leader lands Rolls Royce of apprenticeships
“Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it.” Sir Henry Royce Research and preparation are the magic ingredients that have helped Y13 student and Student Leader Salih Pervaiz to land one...
SSEN delivers Transition to Net Zero drop-down day
Can you come up with a way of delivering electricity to a growing population that works towards Net Zero? In one working day? That was the problem put to Year 12 when members of energy provider SSEN (Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks) came in to deliver a...
‘Work ready skills’ honed at employer drop down day
UTC Reading was even more of a hive of activity than usual on Tuesday, 28 March, when the whole school went off curriculum for an employer-led drop-down day. Some 55 of the UTC's employer partners kindly gave up their time to run workshops and interview sessions with...
GCSE study skills masterclass for parents
To help in the run-up to GCSE exam season for our Year 11 students, we asked Maximise Your Potential, a company specialising in study skills, to run a webinar to help parents support their children in the run up to and through the exams.
We know that not everyone could attend so wanted to share the headlines, key resources and main tips from Jeremy’s session. We have run sessions with Jeremy many times in some of our schools and feedback from the students has always been very positive, so we hope you find this useful.
You can find the guide here