What a brilliant day our students have had at the Rotary Technology Tournament hosted by Rotary International at the Royal Engineers Museum. We cannot thank the staff and volunteers enough for arranging such a great practical task for students to enable their problem solving and creativity skills...

The final week of term saw students partaking in a number of webinars and activities in honour of National Apprenticeship Week. Students received webinars and workshops from Bentley Motors, Orange Cyberdefense Norway, Network Rail and CXK ASK, meeting members of the team, hearing from previous appre...

We had an excellent morning yesterday where selected students were put into teams and set a task to build an electricity pylon using K-Nex. They had a list of specifications to follow and were also given challenges along the way which needed to be resolved. The teams then needed to present their...

We're going to space! This morning, students had the opportunity to attend an RAL Space Early Careers Conference, where space professionals shared their experiences with those who are interested in space careers. Students were able to hear space-skills-focused careers talks along with a panel...

Waterfront UTC hosted a project supplied from the Institute of Civil Engineering (ICE) called CityZen, which was designed to show students what a career in civil engineering offers, while supporting STEM subjects including design and technology and geography. The game consisted of four weeks with di...

Throughout Term 6, Year 9 students partook in a Boat Race project. In this project, students were expected to work as part of a team to design and manufacture a vessel that can move in a straight line through/on water as quickly as possible. Each team was responsible for quality controlling other...