{"id":59441,"date":"2015-07-21T12:03:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T12:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=015770ae93f97c19ba5d664060e9be08"},"modified":"2015-07-21T12:03:01","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T12:03:01","slug":"news-story-university-technical-college-applications-deadline-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=59441","title":{"rendered":"News story: University technical college applications: deadline set"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>To help groups interested in opening a <abbr title=\"university technical college\">UTC<\/abbr>, the Department for Education (<abbr title=\"Department for Education\">DfE<\/abbr>) will publish guidance this autumn on the application process.<\/p>\n<p>The guidance will include information on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>what <abbr title=\"Department for Education\">DfE<\/abbr> expects in an application to establish a <abbr title=\"university technical college\">UTC<\/abbr>\n<\/li>\n<li>what applicants need to know before applying<\/li>\n<li>how to complete and submit an application<\/li>\n<li>who to contact for help with an application<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss their application with the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.utcolleges.org\/about\/baker-dearing-educational-trust\/\">Baker Dearing Educational Trust<\/a> (<abbr title=\"Baker Dearing Educational Trust\">BDT<\/abbr>), which will be able to offer advice and support. <abbr title=\"Baker Dearing Educational Trust\">BDT<\/abbr> is funded by <abbr title=\"Department for Education\">DfE<\/abbr> to help applicant groups prepare.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2010 the government has opened 30 <abbr title=\"university technical colleges\">UTCs<\/abbr>, with 31 more in development. <abbr title=\"university technical colleges\">UTCs<\/abbr> are schools developed in partnership with universities and employers that prepare young people for careers in industries such as engineering and science. There are currently over 500 national and international employers involved in <abbr title=\"university technical colleges\">UTCs<\/abbr>, including Hitachi Rail Europe, Jaguar Land Rover, and Bentley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deadline for applications to establish a university technical college (UTC) is 29 January 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}