Digital Futures Programme

Yesterday, Year 10 and 12 students at UTC Reading were given an insightful introduction to Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data Centres – exploring what they do and how they operate. A huge thank you to Jamie Allen for delivering this fantastic session! As one of our valued Digital Futures Programme partners, AWS helps students develop the skills and knowledge needed to prepare for a career in the digital industries. The session received great feedback from students, including: 🔉 "I would recommend this session to others as this gives a student a good idea of what data centres are and jobs related to it." 🔉"Very informative and opens your eyes to the background operations that keep our world working every day." Curious about our award-winning Digital Futures Programme? Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/d9h6Umjx #DigitalFutures #Education #StudentSuccess #TechEducation #FuturePathways #DataCenters

‘You’re hired’ heard some of our lucky Year 10 students during their two hours of expert tuition in #InterviewSkills from four of our Digital Futures Programme partners - CNet Training, CBRE Data Center Solutions, CyrusOne, Vertiv They learnt the STAR technique for answering questions, practiced handshakes, eye contact, and preparing for an interview before having a go with our Partner presenters and each other. A lot of fun was had with lots of hands-on learning. A HUGE thank you to all our partners for delivering such amazing sessions for our students. Andrew Reeves Toby Sewell Ashley Kemble Sherwin Barroga Gail Stapleford Beth Cairns Michael Dell Genevieve Ewing 👏 #DigitalFutures #EmployerEngagement #ThinkUTC #Industry #Partnerships

We’re immensely grateful to Gail Stapleford and Beth Cairns from our Digital Futures Programme partner, CyrusOne, for delivering a brilliant Interview Skills workshop to our Year 10 students at UTC Heathrow yesterday. The student gained invaluable insights, including learning about the STAR technique for answering questions, perfecting the art of a good handshake, and effectively preparing for interviews. The feedback has been overwhelming positive – they found the session really interesting and know they’ll be putting it to good practice very soon. Thank you both again! #employerengagement #digitalfutures #thinkUTC #Industry #InterviewSkills 

Year 10 students at UTC Heathrow received expert interview skills training yesterday, thanks to Genevieve Ewing and Michael Dell from Vertiv, one of our Digital Futures Programme partners. The workshop was a fantastic opportunity for students to dive into practical interview exercises, learn effective preparation techniques, and understand the power of body language. The students were full of praise for the session, finding it really engaging and insightful. A big thank you to Genevieve and Michael for sharing their expertise and making it such a fun session. #employerengagement #digitalfutures #thinkUTC #Industry #InterviewSkills 

A huge thank you to Ashley Kemble and Sherwin Barroga from Digital Futures Programme partner, CBRE Data Center Solutions, for delivering a fantastic Interview Skills workshop to our Year 10 students at UTC Heathrow yesterday. Students took so much away from the session, including learning about the STAR technique for answering questions, how to give a good handshake and how to prepare well for an interview. The feedback from students has been excellent – they found it engaging and beneficial for their development, so it’s a big thumbs up! #employerengagement #digitalfutures #thinkUTC #Industry #InterviewSkills 

Getting hands-on practice at smashing an interview was the focus for our Year 10 students at UTC Heathrow yesterday, led by Toby Sewell and Andrew Reeves from our Digital Futures Programme partner, CNet Training. Feedback from students was overwhelmingly positive – they found the session not only interesting but fun and also immensely beneficial for their personal and professional development. Huge thank you to Toby and Andy for running such a fantastic session for our students. #employerengagement #digitalfutures #thinkUTC #Industry #InterviewSkills

We're thrilled to have DataX Connect on board!

Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting a Challenge Day for the students on UTC Heathrow’s award-winning Digital Futures Programme at Lee Valley White Water Centre.🌊 Since November 2022, we’ve supported UTC Heathrow as one of its institutional partners, supporting the development and learning of students and sharing our teams’ technical expertise across the spectrum of #datacentre design, engineering and operational disciplines. The challenge day was a brilliant opportunity for the students to step out of the classroom and immerse themselves in practical, teambuilding activities that mirrored the real-world challenges of data centre operations. A huge thank you to the students for making the day a success and embracing the spirit of learning and teamwork with such enthusiasm and energy! #EngineeredForAI #DataCentres #DigitalFutures #EarlyTalent #TeamBuilding Mike Halliday Reiss Simms-Williams Activate Learning Education Trust Mike Tamblingson Wendy Weight Bailey Charlotte Smallwood Adam Nethersole Rod Faul Tristan Van den berg Rory Flashman-Wells

On Friday, students had an unforgettable adventure at Lee Valley White Water Centre thanks to our amazing Digital Futures Programme partner, Kao Data With the activity day centered around team-building, students took part in a group activity in the morning and then stepped out of their comfort zones and dived into white water rafting in the afternoon, building new skills, bonding as a team and having FUN! The feedback so far has been phenomenal - everyone had a blast! Thank you, Kao Data, for your continued support and for making this memorable day possible. Special thanks go to Adam Nethersole Mike Tamblingson Rod Faul Charlotte Smallwood Rory Flashman-Wells Lizzy McDowell 👏 #digitalfutures #thinkUTC #employerengagement #datacentres #digitalinfrastructure #DC #teambuilding #schoolbutdifferent

When you absolutely, definitely need to show students how to work in teams, call Kao Data ! Last week the fiercely passionate Adam Nethersole, Mike Tamblingson, Rod Faul and Charlotte Smallwood, supported by the excellent Rory Flashman-Wells challenged students from the Digital Futures Programme to work in a team, and to work with other teams! I was on the UPS team and the students worked to solve the problems they faced, communicating well and figuring out the answers. We spent the day at Lee Valley, and the afternoon was spent white water rafting to put that comms into practice! It was an amazing day, and quite obvious to see that we are generating a lot of interest in young engineers wanting to join the DC industry.