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Helen Draycott Advertiser 17 Feb 11
The principal of Walsall’s new multi-million-pound university technology college (UTC) has been appointed.
Chris Hilton will be at the helm of the £9.5 million Black Country UTC which will open on the current Sneyd School site in September.
Mr Hilton, who will give up his current post as headteacher at Kingsmead Technology College in Cannock for the new job, said he felt “very privileged” to be handed the role…
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Helen Draycott Advertiser 3 Feb 11
A leading global engineering company has thrown its weight behind a new multi-million pound academy in Walsall which will open later this year.
Siemens has given its backing to the Black Country University Technical College (UTC) by becoming a partner of the project, due to open on the site of Sneyd Community School this September.
Company representatives met with other key partners and stakeholders at an ‘Engineering Our Future’ seminar held at Walsall College this week to share their visions for the new school for 14 to 19-year-olds…
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Duncan Tift BusinessDesk 24 Dec 10
Government approval for a new £9.5m technical college in Walsall has been welcomed by council and academic leaders in the borough.
The new University Technical College (UTC), which is designed to serve the whole of the Black Country, will open on the site of Sneyd Community School in September 2011.
UTCs are a new concept in education. They offer 14 to 19 year olds the opportunity to take technical courses at a specialist school equipped to the highest standards, increasing their chances of a university place or higher end jobs…
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Express & Star 18 Dec 10
Forty new jobs will be created when the UK’s first university technical college opens in Walsall. The teaching and support staff positions will be available at the multi-million pound engineering college, which will replace doomed Sneyd Community School in Bloxwich from next September.
Staff currently working at Sneyd, in Vernon Way, will not automatically be transferred to the UTC but have been invited to apply for the new jobs…
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Walsall Advertiser 8 Apr 10
Plans to replace the soon-to-be closed Sneyd School with a University Technical College (UTC) have moved a step closer to materialising after they received government support.
The proposed UTC would operate as part of a national network offering 14 to 19-year-olds a range of vocational courses in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Walsall Advertiser 25 Nov 09
A brand new technology college is set to be built in Walsall aimed at boosting careers in areas such as engineering and construction. At the official opening of Walsall College’s Wisemore Campus last week, former Education Secretary Kenneth Baker announced the project was awaiting final government funding approval…