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Challenge day asks students to think big
Students from UTC Oxfordshire went off timetable on Wednesday (27th November), working on a substantial challenge – to Design a Data Centre! The task was set by CBRE, a major employer in the digital infrastructure industry, and one of the school’s employer partners...
Engineers compete in DSTL Callisto moon base challenge
A group of intrepid Year 12 students took part in a moon base challenge alongside other UTCs around the country. Set by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), the brief was to create a moon base on Callisto, one of Jupiter's moons, for either mining,...
REME Army engineers set challenge
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) visited UTC Oxfordshire to collaborate with Year 13 Engineering students, setting them a unique real-world engineering challenge as part of their Unit 5 module. The REME engineers, experts in maintaining and repairing...
Student wins Arkwright Engineering scholarship
A UTC Oxfordshire student, Sam Hartley, has been awarded a sought-after Arkwright Engineering scholarship Year 12 Sam went up against thousands of students to be in with a chance of winning the scholarship in a rigorous selection process which involved a technical...
Maths teacher completes ultra marathon in aid of mental health
😊🏃♂️ Well done to our very own marathon maths wizard Dave Shaw who completed the South West Coast 50 Ultra Challenge, a 50km Ultra Marathon in Somerset, in aid of Mind mental health. With help from the UTC Oxfordshire community, he raised £430 to go towards...
Science Technician of the Year!
Huge congratulations to UTC Oxfordshire's brilliant science technician Katrina - Kat - Cornell who has won the Philip Harris Science Technician of the Year! Philip Harris is a Cheshire-based company that supplies science departments with equipment, advice and...
UTC Oxfordshire students celebrate GCSE and technical qualification success
Year 11 students at UTC Oxfordshire are celebrating this morning after receiving their GCSEs and Level 2 technical qualifications. Today the school celebrated: 53% of our students achieved a pass grade in Level 2...
Students celebrate A Level and technical results
UTC Oxfordshire’s Year 13 students are celebrating after picking up their A Level and Level 3 qualification results this morning, securing them places on prestigious degree apprenticeships and university places. UTC Oxfordshire celebrated an overall pass rate...
UTCO STUDENT LANDS DREAMED-OF DYSON APPRENTICESHIP
A student who set his heart on landing an apprenticeship with Dyson three years ago, having first heard about it at a school assembly has only gone and done it! Charlie Shaw from UTC Oxfordshire is off to the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology where he will...