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Proposed Bristol Technology & Engineering Academy in Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Tuesday 3rd July 2012 SH (Editor)

Employers welcome plans for new engineering college

Local engineering companies are getting involved in shaping the curriculum of Bristol and South Gloucestershire’s new University Technical College (UTC), planned to open on a site in Stoke Gifford in September 2013. UTCs are a new concept in education, offering 14-19 year-olds a course of full time study that is very technically orientated. Employers are key to the success of

Friday 14th October 2011 SH (Editor)

UTC bid progress welcomed by Conservatives

Labour councillors have been urged to get behind a local bid to build a new aerospace University Technical College (UTC) in South Gloucestershire, following a government announcement that it has passed the latest approval stage. The call from the Council’s Conservative education chief, Cllr Sheila Cook, follows criticism from Labour councillors at council meetings that the UTC will just add

Wednesday 10th August 2011 SH (Editor)

Councillors concerned about impact of new technical college on existing schools

South Gloucestershire’s Conservative administration has come under pressure to say what impact a new college might have on neighbouring schools. Labour councillors representing the Filton and Patchway areas are seeking assurances about future educational provision following the recent bid for a University Technology College (UTC) for 14 to 19 year olds to be located on land adjoining Abbeywood Community School.