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The Duke of York meets Buckinghamshire UTC representatives
The Duke of York lent his support to the Buckinghamshire University Technical College (UTC) project when he visited Aylesbury College as part of a visit to the county.
The Buckinghamshire UTC was given the go-ahead by the Government last year, and will become one of 19 new University Technical Colleges across the country specialising in full-time provision for 14- 19 year-olds, which combine practical and technical vocational education, together with core education.
The Buckinghamshire UTC, due to open in Aylesbury in 2013, will focus on IT and specialist construction, in order to meet the specific skills needs of the county. The project is jointly led by Aylesbury College and Buckinghamshire New
University, who will be working in partnership with a range of national and regional employers including Taylor Wimpey, Cisco, McAfee, Hewlett Packard and the National Trust.
The Duke of York is keen to ensure that young people today are suitably prepared for the challenges in the 21st Century and have the opportunity to develop the right employability skills. As such, HRH is a strong supporter of UTCs.
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The Duke met students and staff from Aylesbury College, as well as representatives of the area including the vice lord- lieutenant and high sheriff of Buckinghamshire, the chairmen of Buckinghamshire County Council and Aylesbury Vale District Council, and the mayor of Aylesbury. He talked at length to Buckinghamshire UTC
HRH The Duke of York, with Aylesbury College work based learning manager, David Satchell, and apprentices Alex McGowan and Liam Elliott
trustees and representatives from regional companies.
The Duke of York is also particularly interested in apprenticeships, and took the opportunity to meet apprentices
at Aylesbury College who showcased their excellent work.
Details:
www.buckinghamshireutc.co.uk info@BuckinghamshireUTC.co.uk
Pulsant helps AppLayer deliver cloud in a box
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Cloud and managed hosting expert, Pulsant is helping technology integrators AppLayer transform its cloud services by providing highly flexible managed hosting to support a new range of pre- packed cloud solutions. Called ‘White Label Box’, these are aimed at IT providers, resellers and distributors allowing them to fast track specialist vertical solutions and boost profitability of new cloud services.
AppLayer’s portfolio of integrated services operates within Pulsant’s secure infrastructure. This uses the latest virtualisation software to build secure private and public cloud environments to host web-based applications for AppLayer and its clients.
Partnering with Pulsant, AppLayer can supply resellers with a totally managed
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solution including Microsoft applications, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and back up services – all in a single unified platform that allows users to log in to their enterprise applications and networks, from any place and at any time.
According to David Organ, director of AppLayer: “Pulsant designed the server architecture around our business – to give us levels of flexibility that few Cloud hosting providers can match. Pulsant operates as an extension of our team. They understand what we want to achieve; providing the expertise needed to optimise infrastructure, suggest system enhancements and deliver consistent, high-quality support. Pulsant really appreciates that our reputation and, to some extent, our customers’ – is reliant on them. And like true partners they never let us down.”
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – MAY 2012
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