🆕 We would like to thank The Peter Cundill Foundation for making an incredibly generous donation to Baker Dearing, which will directly support young people into technical education opportunities that lead to fulfilling work and lives.
More information through the link. #thinkUTC
More information through the link. #thinkUTC
Peter Cundill Foundation makes generous donation - Baker Dearing
We would like to thank The Peter Cundill Foundation for making an incredibly generous donation to Baker Dearing, which will directly support young people into technical education opportunities that le...
bakerdearing.org
November 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
🆕 We would like to thank The Peter Cundill Foundation for making an incredibly generous donation to Baker Dearing, which will directly support young people into technical education opportunities that lead to fulfilling work and lives.
More information through the link. #thinkUTC
More information through the link. #thinkUTC
🎉Happy #thinkUTC week!
On Friday, we were immensely pleased to launch the UTC Sleeve in Barrow-in-Furness. The launch, attended by multitudes of stakeholders and supporters, was covered in @thetimes.com today.
On Friday, we were immensely pleased to launch the UTC Sleeve in Barrow-in-Furness. The launch, attended by multitudes of stakeholders and supporters, was covered in @thetimes.com today.
How Barrow is training pupils to bridge skills divide
The shipyard town is adding workshops to secondary schools in a national push to give teenagers practical skills alongside GCSEs
www.thetimes.com
November 9, 2026 at 9:29 AM
🎉Happy #thinkUTC week!
On Friday, we were immensely pleased to launch the UTC Sleeve in Barrow-in-Furness. The launch, attended by multitudes of stakeholders and supporters, was covered in @thetimes.com today.
On Friday, we were immensely pleased to launch the UTC Sleeve in Barrow-in-Furness. The launch, attended by multitudes of stakeholders and supporters, was covered in @thetimes.com today.
🆕 We would like to thank the @westonfdn.bsky.social for making an enormously generous donation towards Baker Dearing's work providing high-quality, employer-led technical education to young people, helping them to thrive in life and work. #thinkUTC
November 2, 2026 at 3:12 PM
🆕 We would like to thank the @westonfdn.bsky.social for making an enormously generous donation towards Baker Dearing's work providing high-quality, employer-led technical education to young people, helping them to thrive in life and work. #thinkUTC
🙏 Thank you to the committee for taking and using our evidence. Baker Dearing firmly believes that placing the learning of core academic skills such as numeracy in workplace contexts can help engage and educate students. #thinkUTC
November 3, 2026 at 10:59 AM
🙏 Thank you to the committee for taking and using our evidence. Baker Dearing firmly believes that placing the learning of core academic skills such as numeracy in workplace contexts can help engage and educate students. #thinkUTC
…and the Baker Award for Employability.
🙏 Thanks again to the foundation for this hugely generous and much appreciated donation. #thinkUTC
🙏 Thanks again to the foundation for this hugely generous and much appreciated donation. #thinkUTC
November 2, 2026 at 3:12 PM
…and the Baker Award for Employability.
🙏 Thanks again to the foundation for this hugely generous and much appreciated donation. #thinkUTC
🙏 Thanks again to the foundation for this hugely generous and much appreciated donation. #thinkUTC
📣 In the House of Commons today, Education Secretary Lucy Powell recognised the role of UTCs in progressing young people to positive destinations, in answer to a question from Crewe and Nantwich's Connor Naismith MP about the work of Crewe Engineering & Design UTC. #thinkUTC 🧵
September 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
📣 In the House of Commons today, Education Secretary Lucy Powell recognised the role of UTCs in progressing young people to positive destinations, in answer to a question from Crewe and Nantwich's Connor Naismith MP about the work of Crewe Engineering & Design UTC. #thinkUTC 🧵
🎉 The Baker Dearing Educational Trust, which represents England’s University Technical College (UTC) secondary schools, is delighted to share the news that a 45th UTC has been created in Darwen, Lancashire. #thinkUTC
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Baker Dearing welcomes Aldridge UTC Darwen - Baker Dearing
The Baker Dearing Educational Trust, which represents England's University Technical College (UTC) secondary schools, is delighted to share the news that a 45th UTC has been created in Darwen, Lancash...
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September 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM
🎉 The Baker Dearing Educational Trust, which represents England’s University Technical College (UTC) secondary schools, is delighted to share the news that a 45th UTC has been created in Darwen, Lancashire. #thinkUTC
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📣 Lord Baker yesterday pushed the UTC Sleeve initiative with the Skills Minister Baroness Smith in the House of Lords, arguing: "We need technical and vocational education in our schools." #thinkUTC
September 4, 2026 at 1:22 PM
📣 Lord Baker yesterday pushed the UTC Sleeve initiative with the Skills Minister Baroness Smith in the House of Lords, arguing: "We need technical and vocational education in our schools." #thinkUTC
🆕 A huge thank you to Tes for interviewing our CEO Kate Ambrosi about the government's new school technical education pathways.
While welcoming the revolutionary reform, Kate also calls for serious investment and a focus on quality so the provision properly supports and engages students. #thinkUTC
While welcoming the revolutionary reform, Kate also calls for serious investment and a focus on quality so the provision properly supports and engages students. #thinkUTC
Exclusive: While Andy Burnham’s flagship education policy of new technical routes from age 14 is welcome, there is a big risk that a lack of funding or specialist staff could end up harming vocational education, warns the CEO of @bakerdearing.bsky.social
Poor teaching risks putting students off vocational routes, warns UTC expert
Many believe Andy Burnham’s flagship education policy of new ‘technical routes’ shows the right ambition. But if specialist staff and funding are in short supply, it risks harming the subjects it seeks to promote, the CEO of a leading technical education charity tells Tes in an exclusive interview
www.tes.com
September 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
🆕 A huge thank you to Tes for interviewing our CEO Kate Ambrosi about the government's new school technical education pathways.
While welcoming the revolutionary reform, Kate also calls for serious investment and a focus on quality so the provision properly supports and engages students. #thinkUTC
While welcoming the revolutionary reform, Kate also calls for serious investment and a focus on quality so the provision properly supports and engages students. #thinkUTC
📢 Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has been featured in @theipaper.com calling for more young people to have access to high-quality technical education and employer engagement opportunities at school, as students receive in University Technical Colleges. #thinkUTC
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'I gambled and lost': University dropouts now owe £6bn in student loans
New data shows 200,000 people are paying back loans despite having never finished a degree
inews.co.uk
August 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
📢 Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has been featured in @theipaper.com calling for more young people to have access to high-quality technical education and employer engagement opportunities at school, as students receive in University Technical Colleges. #thinkUTC
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✒️ @igmansfield.bsky.social, Director of Research at Policy Exchange, has written for The Spectator, recommending the Prime Minister use established methods such as UTCs to deliver the technical education routes for school-age young people announced this week. #thinkUTC spectator.com/article/how-...
How to fix education
The new prime minister’s eye catching opening announcement on education contains important truths, interwoven with equally important misconceptions. In implementing his agenda, he has the potential to...
spectator.com
July 30, 2026 at 10:38 AM
✒️ @igmansfield.bsky.social, Director of Research at Policy Exchange, has written for The Spectator, recommending the Prime Minister use established methods such as UTCs to deliver the technical education routes for school-age young people announced this week. #thinkUTC spectator.com/article/how-...
Our thanks to The Manufacturer for including Kate's comment: www.themanufacturer.com/articles/gov... #thinkUTC
Government unveils technical education overhaul to strengthen manufacturing skills pipeline - The Manufacturer
The UK government will introduce new technical education pathways for 14-year-olds from 2028, aiming to strengthen manufacturing, engineering and digital skills.
www.themanufacturer.com
July 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Our thanks to The Manufacturer for including Kate's comment: www.themanufacturer.com/articles/gov... #thinkUTC
“The new Prime Minister supported developing UTC Sleeves in Greater Manchester and we will be pushing for his support for a nationwide rollout of this initiative, to tackle the country’s youth unemployment crisis.”
#thinkUTC
#thinkUTC
July 20, 2026 at 12:17 PM
“The new Prime Minister supported developing UTC Sleeves in Greater Manchester and we will be pushing for his support for a nationwide rollout of this initiative, to tackle the country’s youth unemployment crisis.”
#thinkUTC
#thinkUTC
🎤 Baker Dearing will be watching with interest Andy Burnham's major speech this morning, as Burnham has already made clear his support for the University Technical College model. See his comment for the 2025 From School to the Skilled Workforce report below #thinkUTC @igmansfield.bsky.social
June 29, 2026 at 8:31 AM
🎤 Baker Dearing will be watching with interest Andy Burnham's major speech this morning, as Burnham has already made clear his support for the University Technical College model. See his comment for the 2025 From School to the Skilled Workforce report below #thinkUTC @igmansfield.bsky.social
✒️ Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has written for Comment Central, arguing that students can be engaged in education and better prepared for employment if learning is placed in the context of careers and industry. #thinkUTC commentcentral.co.uk/context-is-k...
Context is key – to numeracy and to our youth unemployment programme
As Alan Milburn works at pace to investigate the surging youth unemployment rate, which topped one million young people in the latest statistics, what could ...
commentcentral.co.uk
June 19, 2026 at 2:25 PM
✒️ Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has written for Comment Central, arguing that students can be engaged in education and better prepared for employment if learning is placed in the context of careers and industry. #thinkUTC commentcentral.co.uk/context-is-k...
🆕 Baker Dearing is today releasing its impact report for 2025, showcasing how our suite of technical education options has tackled the skills shortages, youth unemployment, and low growth that are challenging the country. #thinkUTC
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June 18, 2026 at 11:43 AM
🆕 Baker Dearing is today releasing its impact report for 2025, showcasing how our suite of technical education options has tackled the skills shortages, youth unemployment, and low growth that are challenging the country. #thinkUTC
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📻 Speaking to Times Radio last Friday, UTC South Durham head of maths Andy Blackett praised his students' "positive, professional" mindset after they sat a controversial A Level maths paper. #thinkUTC
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M4TH5 interview about 2026 Edexcel P1, and predicted paper 2
YouTube video by M4TH5 Resources
www.youtube.com
June 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
📻 Speaking to Times Radio last Friday, UTC South Durham head of maths Andy Blackett praised his students' "positive, professional" mindset after they sat a controversial A Level maths paper. #thinkUTC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvDl...
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🆕 Baker Dearing is thrilled to be launching for the next academic year the Walney UTC Sleeve in Barrow-in-Furness, in collaboration with Walney School, Furness Education Trust, and Barrow Rising. Find out more through the below link. #thinkUTC bakerdearing.org/resources/ne...
Barrow school to launch UTC Sleeve - Baker Dearing
Walney School in Barrow-in-Furness will this September introduce an innovative employer-led technical education pathway to equip young people with the skills for high-quality careers and to help local...
bakerdearing.org
June 5, 2026 at 11:24 AM
🆕 Baker Dearing is thrilled to be launching for the next academic year the Walney UTC Sleeve in Barrow-in-Furness, in collaboration with Walney School, Furness Education Trust, and Barrow Rising. Find out more through the below link. #thinkUTC bakerdearing.org/resources/ne...
"Baker Dearing is calling on the government to pilot UTC Sleeves, which would replicate a UTC education within a mainstream school, opening transformative benefits for more young people and pipelines of talent for skills-strapped employers." #thinkUTC
May 14, 2026 at 9:30 AM
"Baker Dearing is calling on the government to pilot UTC Sleeves, which would replicate a UTC education within a mainstream school, opening transformative benefits for more young people and pipelines of talent for skills-strapped employers." #thinkUTC
We look forward to the conversations inspired by these pages and beyond to shape positive change.
#PearsonSchoolAndCollegeReport #thinkUTC
#PearsonSchoolAndCollegeReport #thinkUTC
May 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM
We look forward to the conversations inspired by these pages and beyond to shape positive change.
#PearsonSchoolAndCollegeReport #thinkUTC
#PearsonSchoolAndCollegeReport #thinkUTC
🆕 In a contribution to a new report from Pearson, Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has stressed how highly young people value employability skills, work experience, and career pathways. #PearsonSchoolAndCollegeReport #thinkUTC
May 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM
🆕 In a contribution to a new report from Pearson, Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has stressed how highly young people value employability skills, work experience, and career pathways. #PearsonSchoolAndCollegeReport #thinkUTC
🤝 At the end of a jam-packed yesterday, Baker Dearing Chairman Stephen Phipson CBE and CEO Kate Ambrosi accompanied Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP on a visit to UTC Sheffield City Centre. Joining the visit was former home and education secretary Lord Blunkett. #thinkUTC
May 1, 2026 at 8:33 AM
🤝 At the end of a jam-packed yesterday, Baker Dearing Chairman Stephen Phipson CBE and CEO Kate Ambrosi accompanied Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP on a visit to UTC Sheffield City Centre. Joining the visit was former home and education secretary Lord Blunkett. #thinkUTC
🎊 Congratulations to South Devon UTC which has been praised by Ofsted for how students progress to careers in engineering, health or digital technologies, despite many of them starting with a fractured educational experience and gaps in their learning. #thinkUTC reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/...
South Devon UTC - Open - Find an Inspection Report - Ofsted
reports.ofsted.gov.uk
May 1, 2026 at 8:32 AM
🎊 Congratulations to South Devon UTC which has been praised by Ofsted for how students progress to careers in engineering, health or digital technologies, despite many of them starting with a fractured educational experience and gaps in their learning. #thinkUTC reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/...
🆕 Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi (pictured below, right) has today supported a visit by Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden MP to UTC Derby Pride Park. We facilitate engagement between UTCs and political leaders to raise the programme's profile and to build support for its expansion. #thinkUTC
April 30, 2026 at 3:19 PM
🆕 Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi (pictured below, right) has today supported a visit by Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden MP to UTC Derby Pride Park. We facilitate engagement between UTCs and political leaders to raise the programme's profile and to build support for its expansion. #thinkUTC