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I am expecting.. 👶 Due date. January 13th 2025. No drink for me over Christmas.

This is big... $10bn investment. Meta have announced plans to develop their largest Data Centre to date.  The new facility will be the tech giants “23rd data centre in the United States and 27th in the world. This custom-designed 4 million-square-foot campus will be our largest data centre to date. It will play a vital role in accelerating our AI progress.” They keep on getting bigger, and bigger, and bigger...

Our Digital Futures Programme has been cited in a techUK report calling on the government to act urgently to address the growing digital skills gap that, if left unchecked, could lose the economy billions. The report highlights a number of constraints affecting growth in data centres, including the need for central and local government to implement policies now to ensure the next generation is equipped to thrive in careers within the sector, sustaining the industry’s momentum. Bringing data centres into careers awareness in schools is vital – and our UK first programme of digital and employability skills designed and ran by digital infrastructure leaders takes it to whole new level! Running in all four of Activate Learning Education Trust 's UTCs (UTC Heathrow, UTC Reading, UTC Oxfordshire, UTC Swindon), students are learning technical and employability skills to prepare them for STEM-focused degrees or apprenticeships. The programme enables students to learn about the digital infrastructure industry, and the significant opportunities, even at entry level, that are available to them. Employment opportunities coming from the programme, (which now has 13 partners on board) are growing each year, with ALET supporting partners to develop and promote their apprenticeships. So far, with the programme having run in just UTC Heathrow until this academic year, five students have started working for partners after completing level 3 qualifications – companies who are thrilled with the level of skill and knowledge their new recruits bring with them! The programme rolled out to all four of ALET’s UTCs this September, and the intention is this expansion will continue, benefiting both the students getting a foot onto a lucrative career ladder and employers taking on enthusiastic, skilled apprentices. You can read more about the programme and TechUK's report here: https://lnkd.in/dKQUq4ms Employers interested in finding out more about working with our UTCs are encouraged to email stephaine.bolter@alet.org.uk Companies working on the Digital Futures Programme are: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ark Data Centres, CNet Training, CyrusOne, CBRE, Digital Realty, JLL, LMG (lmgiq.com), Yondr Group, Kao Data, DataX Connect, VIRTUS Data Centres, Vertiv, CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) CBRE Data Center Solutions Nicola Tatum Stephanie Bolter Wayne Edwards Sam Knowlton Baker Dearing Educational Trust Jas Kallah Jennie T. Hollie Danby Emma Reynolds #datacentres #stemeducation #stem #engineering #digitalinfrastructure #thinkutc #utc #ukfirst #education #apprenticeships

We recently had the opportunity to attend UTC Heathrow where students were immersed in an exciting and educational day of challenges focused on sustainability in data centres, hosted by Kao Data. This Digital Futures Programme event offered a hands-on, creative exploration of renewable energy, engineering principles, and the importance of sustainability in today’s digital world. Read our summary of the event: https://lnkd.in/dfUhxk9z Thanks to Stephanie Bolter and Nicola Tatum from Activate Learning Education Trust for organising such a great Challenge Day! Chris Small, Mike Tamblingson Faisal A. and Lizzy McDowell from Kao Data, Grahem Jackson and Helen Kinsman from VIRTUS Data Centres, Pat Drew from CNet Training, Matthew Deang and Ben Knight from LMG (lmgiq.com), Vakaas Ahmed from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Richard Lumb and Mark Blakemore from Ark Data Centres, James Houghton (MIRP CertRP), Joe Wilson and Josie Hughes from DataX Connect, Frank Cressy, from Vertiv and Tom Callaghan and Ian Maitland-Stuart from JLL

💛 Learn more about the project: https://lnkd.in/ePWTkc3U 🤝 Donate to support the mission: https://lnkd.in/eBinrSyS As part of our Community Project, students were challenged to use their #STEM skills to improve life for schoolchildren and families at Loruko Primary School in rural Kenya—where resources like running water and electricity are still a dream. Partnering with The #AmukaFoundation, students tackled these real-world problems with innovative ideas like cryptocurrency fundraising and solar power installations. Guided by inspiring volunteers, they’re competing for the ultimate prize: a trip to Kenya this summer to bring their solutions to life! Thank you again to our amazing mentors: Rhiannon Dodson-Edwards from Cisco, Laura Fewell from DataX Connect, Sarah Tennant from JLL, Thomas Henn from AtkinsRéalis, Matteo Filisetti from BMW Group, Emma Brooks, James McIntyre Luke Mason-Hobbs from Mott MacDonald, Harry from Amazon Web Services (AWS) Baker Dearing Educational Trust Activate Learning Education Trust Jennie T. Stephanie Bolter Nicola Tatum Wayne Edwards Jane Ainslie

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It was fantastic to be involved in this Challenge Day with the students at UTC Oxfordshire. The students came up with some great ideas and showed us their creativity and professionalism.

This #thinkUTC week, we're especially proud of our multi-award winning Digital Futures Programme, launched at UTC Heathrow in 2021 and now running in all four of Activate Learning Education Trust 's UTCs! The DFP - a world first - is the only education programme dedicated to giving young people the skills and attributes they need to find fulfilling careers in the booming digital infrastructure sector. Offering students career paths in the modern world - in jobs they don't even know exist yet - is all part of the UTC ethos, and we are delighted that a number of apprentices have taken up roles in our employer partner companies having completed the DFP. Find out more about the DFP here: https://lnkd.in/d9h6Umjx Baker Dearing Educational Trust

It's #ThinkUTC Week! ⚙️ This week we celebrate the creativity, innovation and problem-solving skills that make UTC students so special! What does #ThinkUTC mean to you? Let us know! ✅ Great connections with employers ✅ Project-based learning ✅ Excellence in engineering and IT ✅ Technical focused education 👀 Look out for more posts celebrating UTCs all week. Baker Dearing Educational Trust #utc #STEM #STEMeducation