UTC Swindon to hold recruitment open evening

UTC Swindon, voted one of the UK’s top engineering education institutions, is hosting a recruitment open evening on Wednesday 11 February 2015 from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm. The college is looking to fill 10 key positions as it prepares to meet growing demand for its courses. UTC Swindon has received three times as many applications for places than at this time last year.

Prospective candidates for the roles are invited to visit UTC Swindon’s £10 million state-of-the-art Bristol Street site and meet principal, Angela Barker-Dench, deputy principal, John Oliver and directors of curriculum.

Looking ahead to the recruitment open evening, Barker-Dench said: “These new positions, which are part of our planned growth, will enhance our ability to educate the next generation of engineers. After an outstanding first year, UTC Swindon is ready to welcome even more students into the world of engineering.”

Candidates for the new roles will be outstanding teachers who have the necessary vision to make a difference to young people’s lives.

The teaching positions are:

·        four teachers of engineering

·        teacher of business

·        teacher of computing

·        teacher of English

·        teacher of mathematics

·        teacher of science

·        director of curriculum: engineering

UTC Swindon is acknowledged by the charity, Young Engineers as one of the top schools in the country for nurturing students.

Young Engineers encourages young people to study STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). Its recognition demonstrates that UTC Swindon is already one of the UK’s top 15 secondary schools, despite only being open since September 2014.

The college enjoys productive relationships with its partners. It recently hosted engineers from Bloodhound SSC, who showed off its simulator of a car capable exceeding 1,000 miles per hour.

As part of the original Great Western Rail works, the UTC Swindon site creates a link between the historic engineering and the engineering 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 caters for 600 students aged 14 to 19, providing courses for young people who aspire to a career in engineering. Students at the college can gain the skills necessary across all sectors of the engineering industries.

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 vacancies at UTC Swindon, visit www.utcswindon.co.uk/staff-vacancies/. To apply for any of the positions, contact Helen Crawford at hcrawford@utcswindon.co.uk. The deadline for applications is 26 February 2015.

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