Employers are our "Golden Thread" in helping us bridge the skills gap between education and industry. This will help us to meet Gatsby Benchmark 5.
We have the privilage of working with some award winning companies, both local and nationally. See our Founding Partners.
If you are interesting in being involved please click here for more information - Become a DUTC Partner
Here is an overview of some of our Employer Projects:
The Employer Passports have been designed to enable students to showcase the skills that they have developed at the UTC to future employers. These passports include what physical machinery and equipment students are competent in using. Passports provide an opportunity for students to showcase their work. Our Employer Partners and University Partners drive our CEIAG programme and are proactively involved in its design and delivery. CEIAG is co-ordinated by a Employer Advisory Committee, which reports directly to our Local Governing Body. The Employer Advisory Committee has representatives from all founding and major partners, as well as having representatives from the Universities of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University.
Students explored issues within their local area and have focused on the impact of flooding in, and around, Doncaster. Students have been working with Polypipe to design, create and test a flood barrier using sustainable or recycled materials. “It’s been a fun and interesting project that has really made me think about protecting my house if it was to flood!” says Charlie Domonkos. Bailey Mainprize added “It’s been fun working as a part of a team to build something that would protect another family’s house from flooding.”
Year 9 worked with Anne Doncaster from Sheffield Hallam University for their autumn term employer project. The project they worked on was creating an APP to make the world a better place. As part of the project, students learnt about pre-production documents such as mind maps, visualisation diagrams and wireframes. After using the pre-production documents to design their APP, students learnt how to use specialist software applications such as Adobe XD and Adobe Photoshop to create their APP and APP logo.
Students have worked alongside Vulcan to the Sky Trust on redesigning the wing from the Vulcan Delta 2. Students used research, textbooks and blueprints of the Vulcan to redesign the wings to be more cost effective and to include new smart materials. The project started with a talk from VTST outlining the impressive history and heritage that surrounds the Vulcan.
Students researched, sketched, designed and modelled their wing design outlining where they would change the shape, design and function. “I really enjoyed the Vulcan talk it was really interesting,” said Noah Long. “I want to do this so I can add this to my CV. When I look back, I can remember the amazing opportunity I had to work with Vulcan,” Brooke Gee .
Students worked with Danielle Lee from South Yorkshire Police to create an APP to educate, promote, and inform young people aged between 12 - 25 of the dangers of the internet, particularly the Computer Misuse Act. Students were asked to plan, create and review aspects of the APP, from planning a mind map to designing a fully functional wireframe, which Danielle Lee will look at in the coming weeks.
Students have enjoyed this terms employer project quoting "it is inspiring", "I have always wanted to work for the police", and "I enjoy using Adobe XD".
Students were given the brief of designing the next generation Mini Cooper steering wheel by Agemaspark. The CAD software ‘Solid Works’ was used so that students could develop their technical skills. This project also linked directly to Unit 10, a CAD based unit that Year 12 students complete as part of their Cambridge Technical.
Students took part in an employer engagement exercise with London-based advertising agency OMD, where they were briefed on how the industry prepares for launching and managing an advertising campaign. Through the winter term, students created their own advertising campaign and OMD fedback on this in spring 2022.
Local specialist YouTube advertising agency s.media have provided an insight and guidance to students on our Digital pathway prior to planning and creating an audio-visual promotion. Students were required to work together to produce a 3-minute short video and S.Media provided expert input into the process, supporting with planning and reviewing plans before production happened.
NHS Hull and Steeper, a leading prosthetics company in the UK have come to Doncaster UTC to give students an insight and design opportunity in partnership with them. Students have been challenged to investigate and design a new artificial limb. Students will prototype their design, thinking about the usability and accessibility of their design.
Students had the privilege of meeting and presenting to local award-winning film maker Wayne Stables and he gave an inspiring talk on his career in the media. This was followed up with our students pitching their short film ideas and receiving feedback on both the creative and legal aspects of their work. This valuable advice was then used to refine ideas before they enter production.
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