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IN-DEPTH: UTCS Krystal D'Anjou


UTCs. Destination data lets the senior team at Baker


Dearing target certain areas of the country. Currently 8 UTCs have a Health and Social Care specialism. This is an excellent route for getting girls into STEM as the courses tend to be 50-50 compared to the 80-20 split for engineering. But with the pandemic there is an increasing demand for young people to specialise in health sector roles. However, some parts of the country do not


have a local university and if young people go off and train out of town, they are not likely to come back to benefit the local hospitals. Destination data shows where the gaps are.


Scarborough is a case in point. Coventry University opened a campus there in 2015 and are launching a nursing course, so the local UTC that at present specialises in engineering and digital security, and is sponsored by Hull University and GCHQ among others, is soon going to set up a Health and Social Care specialism.


Building bridges to full-time employment Work experience is a very active process and helps to cement relationships which are mutually beneficial. The employer knows the sort of student they want for an apprenticeship and can help to build a young person's skills during work experience. The advantage for students is they can see if it is an environment where they will be happy, they can see where they are going and it gives them every incentive to stick with their training. 'My CV has just too much on it,' said Krystal


D'Anjou. 'We had so many opportunities for work experience, pitching for days out on different projects.' Krystal went to Global Academy in Hayes


which specialises in radio, TV, digital advertising and social media. Students get classroom and studio training and the chance to network with industry professionals. Krystal was not happy with the girls' school she


was attending which had a non-stop emphasis on grades so she left after year 10 and transferred to Global Academy. 'It meant that I had to repeat year 10 and my


friends thought I was mad but 100% I would not have changed anything.' Krystal was already interested in radio and was doing Performing Arts at the Brit School on Saturdays so she was delighted to have the chance to do what she loved every day at Global UTC. She took GCSEs and vocational exams in


Audio, Digital and Visual and then went on to specialise in video at key stage five and is now an apprentice at Global working as a Content Producer and Creator in the Video Team. 'You have to love this job to do it,' she said.


'When I spend a weekend editing or have to leave home at 3 o’clock in the morning I wonder why I chose it but I can’t imagine doing anything else.'


A boost to salaries The Royal Navy and the RAF are the biggest


employer destinations for UTC leavers and offer excellent salaries. James Le Poidevin has a navy apprenticeship


and will be a member of their boxing team and he believes he owes much of his success to UTC South Durham. The eighteen year old left school after his


GCSEs and went to the University Technical College with the intention of studying A-level maths and physics but as soon as he set eyes on the amazing range of equipment at the site on Aycliffe Business Park, he decided to study engineering as well. He spent two years studying for the Level Three Double Award in Engineering Technical Design and had an especially enjoyable time doing work experience at Hydram Engineering. These decisions paid off. He has an


apprenticeship with the Royal Navy as an Advanced Apprentice in Marine Engineering. 'If I had just carried on at school doing maths and physics A-levels I would still have gone into the Navy but at a lower level, on a salary of about £15,000,' said James. ' Thanks to the UTC I discovered engineering and I’m going in at a starting salary of around £33,000.'


Why destination data matters to UTCs Destination data is not just about university entrance or identifying alumni in well paid jobs. It also gives them an insight into areas where there is a skills shortage and new career opportunities. One example is engineering. This used to be


very much about hardware but because engineering is migrating to digital, there is an increasing demand for people with digital skills. In November 30 UTCs and over 800 students


came together for an online Cyber Day organised in conjunction with digital companies including Immersive Labs and Darktrace. They had a go at ethical hacking and phishing emails. They also received careers advice about cyber security and now this is likely to be a new strand in many


12 www.education-today.co.uk


James Le Poidevin February 2021


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