The Baker Dearing Educational Trust supports UTCs and other educational organisations to provide high-quality, employer-led technical education that prepares young people for successful futures.https://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mv3spzsin227📣 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 🧵09 Sep 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3spzsin227https://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3muwnee227s2d🎉 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 https://bakerdearing.org/resources/news/baker-dearing-welcomes-aldridge-utc-darwen/07 Sep 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwnee227s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mup2owbzn22o📣 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." #thinkUTC04 Sep 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup2owbzn22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mumbmbwecs2w🆕 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 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumbmbwecs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3msiwj7hczs2k📢 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 https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/university-dropouts-6bn-student-loans-468599607 Aug 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiwj7hczs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mruaqerrlk26✒️ @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 https://spectator.com/article/how-to-fix-education/30 Jul 2026 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruaqerrlk26https://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mroymoe5hc26🧵Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has issued the following response to the government's announcement today that 14 year olds will be able to access technical education routes and employer engagement opportunities. https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/government-unveils-technical-education-overhaul-to-strengthen-manufacturing-skills-pipeline/28 Jul 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mroymoe5hc26https://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mr3bljzzvk2u🧵Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has issued the following response to Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister. “We welcome Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister and wish him the best of luck.20 Jul 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3bljzzvk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mpg35wp3d22t🎤 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.social29 Jun 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpg35wp3d22thttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3monkbiksrk2z✒️ 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 https://commentcentral.co.uk/context-is-key-to-numeracy-and-to-our-youth-unemployment-programme19 Jun 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3monkbiksrk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mokqs4yrrk2j🆕 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 https://bakerdearing.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2025-impact-report-FINAL.pdf18 Jun 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokqs4yrrk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mns45blmfc2q📻 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvDlTk5h81U08 Jun 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mns45blmfc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mnjznlntgk2b🆕 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 https://bakerdearing.org/resources/news/barrow-school-to-launch-utc-sleeve-to-boost-towns-youth-employment-and-skills-base/05 Jun 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnjznlntgk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mlsizngc522e🆕Following yesterday's King's Speech, where the government announced new investment for apprenticeships, a push on school standards, and responses to the Milburn review on NEETs, Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has issued the following comment 🧵14 May 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsizngc522ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mllq2jshhs2gThe UTC network suffered a significant loss last week when Ken Cornforth, whom many will remember from his near-ten years at Baker Dearing from 2015 to 2024, passed away. He had been ill for some time with motor neurone disease and died peacefully in his sleep. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-baker-dearing-educational-trust_the-utc-network-suffered-a-significant-loss-activity-7459645180464431104-DSIK?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABdevNcBEi1JPnD2TYcu7Ebal-QvjUgbxZw11 May 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllq2jshhs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mlb7ifnagc2i🆕 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 #thinkUTC07 May 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb7ifnagc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mkrprj6gcs2m🤝 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. #thinkUTC01 May 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrprj6gcs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mkrppp5dkk2m🎊 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 https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/14174901 May 2026 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrppp5dkk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mkpvyosdvl24🆕 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. #thinkUTC30 Apr 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpvyosdvl24https://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mkpvgux6j224🐝 Baker Dearing is today supporting the MBacc Co-Design Workshop at UTC @ Media City, bringing together students, educators and employers to shape the new MBacc Award that recognises skills, experiences and pathways into future careers.30 Apr 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpvgux6j224https://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mkiflohfol2w🆕 Students at University Technical Colleges, free schools and selective schools were more likely than sponsored academy students to enrol in a “more demanding” post-16 option than previous results would typically predict, new research has revealed. #thinkUTC https://epi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/BTAG0426.pdf27 Apr 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiflohfol2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mkiffdsypc2w👏 A huge thanks to Derby North MP Catherine Atkinson for raising the need to expand UTC provision in the House of Commons last week. See her full remarks below and in the thread #thinkUTC27 Apr 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiffdsypc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mkif4xe5i22w🎊 Congratulations to Aston University Engineering Academy which has been rated as 'strong' in all seven areas of a recent Ofsted inspection! #thinkUTC https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/5030050727 Apr 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkif4xe5i22whttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mjegjfoqjc2j🆕 Baker Dearing has for the latest edition of The Blueprint interviewed Haas Automation UK and the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 about their support for our ambitious CPD programme for UTC engineering staff. Full newsletter and podcast below #thinkUTC https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/powering-professional-development-engineering-yg0se13 Apr 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjegjfoqjc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mhawcw3hfk2u📢 Derby North MP Catherine Atkinson has this morning spoken up for UTC Derby Pride Park during a parliamentary debate on productivity and economic growth in the East Midlands. The UTC's MP Baggy Shanker also spoke on supporting job creation. A huge thanks to both! #thinkUTC17 Mar 2026 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhawcw3hfk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3mfjdxlihl22s🌟 David Atkinson of Lloyds Banking Group has highlighted Baker Dearing's role as a "one-stop-shop for employers to engage with UTCs nationally" and the UTC programme's role as a "natural feeder to manufacturing apprentices" in an article for The Manufacturer. https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/skills-in-2026/?utm_campaign=34865460-Q1%20TM%20Articles%202026&utm_content=370223961&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-509524823 Feb 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfjdxlihl22shttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3megfsjdezc2n🎊 We are excited to be celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2026, which this year is running between 9-15 February! #NAW2026 Throughout the week, we will be using our LinkedIn to share our NAW celebrations while also sharing individual UTCs' own achievements with apprenticeships. #thinkUTC09 Feb 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3megfsjdezc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3me6mvbn23k23🩺Teams of UTC students presented solutions to modern healthcare problems - with projects including an AI-powered wheelchair - at the 2026 UTC Health Tech Challenge on Thursday. #thinkUTC https://bakerdearing.org/resources/news/students-present-healthcare-solutions-to-industry-judges-at-utc-health-tech-challenge/06 Feb 2026 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6mvbn23k23https://bsky.app/profile/bakerdearing.bsky.social/post/3md42lxowms24🥳 Congratulations to UTC Portsmouth and London Design and Engineering UTC for being awarded 'exceptional' grades in at least one area in new Ofsted reports published this week! Find out more about the results and read the full reports through the link #thinkUTC https://bakerdearing.org/resources/news/utcs-celebrate-exceptional-results-under-new-ofsted-inspection-model/23 Jan 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:iolqz6bdmtbvmfuktamujr5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3md42lxowms24