Lord Kenneth Baker shows his support for UTC Swindon

Photocall: Tuesday 28 January 2014, 12.40 pm

UTC Swindon, Bristol Street, Swindon, SN1 5ET 

Founder of the Baker Dearing Educational Trust and former Home Secretary, The Right Honourable, the Lord Baker of Dorking CH, will be in Swindon to show his support for the new college UTC Swindon on Tuesday 28 January 2014.

He will be given a tour of the under-construction site and will meet with the directors, supporters and partners of UTC Swindon to talk about the Baker Dearing Educational Trust and the UTC movement, along with discussing how other UTCs work with employers.

Lord Kenneth Baker is a former Conservative MP and his educational trust, Baker Dearing Educational Trust, is a sponsor of the University Technical College programme as a whole.

The photocall will take place at 12.40 pm at the site of UTC Swindon’s new build and will see Lord Kenneth Baker with members of UTC Swindon.

Lord Baker is a former Conservative MP; he was first elected to parliament when he won Acton in Ealing, London, at a March 1968 by-election and went on to hold positions in parliament as Secretary of State for the Environment, Secretary of State for Education and Science, Chairman of the Conservative Party, and the Home Secretary.

Date                                 Tuesday 28 January 2014

Time                                 12.40 pm

Location                          UTC Swindon

                                         Bristol Street

                                         Swindon

                                        SN1 5ET

Description                    Lord Kenneth Baker to be photographed on site in what will be the main entrance to the new University Technical College

UTC Swindon will be opening its doors for the first time in September 2014 and its vision is to be a college where engineering and innovation can flourish.

It will cater for 600 14 to 19 year olds interested in pursuing a career in engineering. For these young people, it will provide a fantastic opportunity to gain highly desirable skills and raise their aspirations in progressing to careers in the engineering industry in all its diverse forms.

Young people from a wide range of local towns and villages are eligible to apply – including Burford, Calne, Chippenham, Cirencester, Cricklade, Devizes, Fairford, Highworth, Hungerford, Malmesbury, Marlborough, Pewsey, Purton, Swindon and surrounding villages and hamlets.

By providing a high quality technical education from an early age, UTCs nationwide are a vital, active and additional educational choice for young people who will help to fill the UK skills gap. Across the UK, other UTCs are opening, reintroducing the option of a specialist technical education: five are already open, 12 will open in September 2013, 15 next September, including UTC Swindon, with a further 13 in 2015 - bringing the total to 45.

If you will be sending a representative or photographer to the photocall or open day, please advise Emma De Maio by email at emma@redheadpr.co.uk or by telephone on 07921 160134.

For further details or background information, contact Emma De Maio as above.