Get your career on course at UTC Swindon’s sixth form opening evening 

If you’re planning a career in engineering and wondering what your level 3 and A level options are, pop along to UTC Swindon’s sixth form open evening on Wednesday 2 December 2015.

The event, at the college’s award-winning Bristol Street site, from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm, is your chance to find out what UTC Swindon has to offer.

UTC Swindon’s sixth form curriculum offers a range of academic and skills-related qualifications. The college will help you choose the right course, based on your GCSE results and career aspirations.  We offer BTEC Level 3 in Engineering and ICT alongside a choice of A Levels including, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, business studies and maths. You’ll see UTC Swindon’s cutting edge learning facilities and get a feel for college life.

Angela Barker-Dench commented: “Since we have opened, our students have had some incredible experiences alongside their studies. They have had the chance to manufacture a car that accelerates from 0 to 60mph in approximately 4.4 seconds and every student has undertaken work experience. We recognise the skills shortage for engineers in the UK and we are combining core subjects with essential vocational skills. Our open evening will demonstrate why this is the crucial formula for students to take that step from education into work or university. Many of our current Year 13 students have offers of either a university place or apprenticeships.”

To follow a level 3 course, you’ll need a minimum of five GCSEs or equivalent at grades A*-C, to include English language and maths. A level subjects generally require a minimum of grade B at GCSE.

You can also take a guided tour around the £10 million state-of-the-art building. This will take you through light-filled workshops and classrooms that reflect the workplace, the college’s lecture theatre and a hub area where students generate ideas, socialise and inspire others.

If you can’t make the 2 December event, make a note of the open days UTC Swindon has planned for 2016. These are on:

• Saturday 16 January
• Saturday 16 April
• Saturday 25 June

Open since September 2014, UTC Swindon caters for 600 students aged 14 to 19, providing courses for young people who aspire to a career in engineering, computing and business. Students at the college gain skills demanded in all sectors of the engineering and computing industries.

As part of the original Great Western Rail works, the UTC Swindon site creates a link between the engineering history and the engineering and computing future of the local area, with the Old School Building and the iconic Water Tower featuring prominently. Both structures, which are Grade II listed, were treated sympathetically, with the Water Tower being restored and brought back into educational use.

UTC Swindon is run by a trust sponsored by Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells and Oxford Brookes University. There are over 90 different industry partners involved with the University Technical College.

For more information about the open evening and careers day, call UTC Swindon on 01793 207920.

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