University Technical Colleges : The First Ten Years.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harbourne, David.

Contributor:

Baker, Kenneth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technical institutes--England.

Technical institutes.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : University of Buckingham Press, The, 2022.

Summary:

The former Secretary of State for Education, Lord Baker, crossbench peer Lord Dearing and industrialist Sir Anthony Bamford shared a vision.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Table of Contents

Author's Foreword

1. Lewis's story

2. Starting point 1: The JCB Academy

Preparing to open

The JCB Academy opens

One year on

3. Ella's story

4. Starting point 2: Lord Baker and Lord Dearing

The Labour Government after 1997

Lord Baker and Lord Dearing call for 14-19 schools throughout England

5. Towards the 2010 general election

Lord Dearing

The Baker Dearing Educational Trust

6. The Coalition Government

The Wolf Report on vocational education

Becoming a movement

Young Apprenticeships are abolished and the Wolf Report is accepted

7. Aston University Engineering Academy and Black Country University Technical College

Aston University Engineering Academy

Black Country University Technical College

A royal visit

8. The next wave of UTCs

9. Recognizing success

The Duke of York steps down

10. Liverpool Life Sciences UTC

Edge case study

Liverpool Life Sciences UTC in 2020

The Studio, Liverpool

11. UTC Reading

From start-up to maturity

12. Tensions and challenges

Weak recruitment leads to the closure of three UTCs

Hackney UTC

Central Bedfordshire UTC

Black Country UTC

Student recruitment proved challenging

Exam results and student destinations

13. Responding to the challenges

Looking for solutions

Recruitment

Running costs

Leadership and management

Ministerial interest

14. Sheffield's two UTCs

Sheffield's second UTC

What students think about Sheffield's UTCs

Group 1

Group 2

Former students

15. Jobs for the boys? Tackling gender stereotypes in UTCs

Case study: Leeds UTC

16. The movement grows

The Sainsbury Report

Summary of main recommendations

Making ends meet

A new Secretary of State

Measuring student progress

Another closure

Research.

17. The JCB Academy, part 2

Student numbers, 2018-19

The curriculum

Ofsted

What students think about the JCB Academy

18. Employer engagement

Case studies

London Design and Engineering UTC

Ron Dearing UTC

What does good employer engagement look like?

19. Apprenticeships

First steps

AUEA

The JCB Academy

Broadening the scope

Expanding apprenticeships at the JCB Academy

Apprenticeship reforms

Leila's story

20. Looking to the long-term

The Baker clause

Ministerial decisions

Skewed recruitment

Operational and strategic support for UTCs

Marketing

Accountability measures

21. Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire

22. Approaching steady state

Reviews of government investment in UTCs

HM Treasury

National Audit Office and House of Commons Public Accounts Committee

Outstanding issues

Funding

Student recruitment

Age of transfer

Multi-Academy Trusts

Teacher recruitment

T-levels and progression to higher technical qualifications

Taking stock

New UTCs

Performance

The role of the Baker Dearing Educational Trust

Simon Connell

23. Afterword by Lord Baker of Dorking

UTCs: a century in the making?

A remarkable success story

Education is about more than memory

Skills needs, today and tomorrow

Coronavirus

UTCs: the next ten years

24. Jodie's story

Appendix

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Harbourne, David University Technical Colleges

ISBN:

9781915054777

191505477X

OCLC:

1299386524