Time capsule buried on site of new Heathrow UTC
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(left to right) Aaron Boag, Northwood School; principal of Heathrow UTC, Bryan Berry; The Mayor of Hillingdon; George Sanders one of the first Heathrow UTC students; Sinthiya Jegatheeswaran, Northwood School.
The £10m UTC, being built by BAM Construction, opens this year adjacent to Northwood School.
Graeme Atkins, headteacher of Northwood School, commented: “There has been education provision on this site since 1934 when Northwood School first opened. We felt it was important to capture the history of this site to date, and recognise the future, with information about the school and the new UTC to be unearthed by the next generation."
Items in the capsule include essays from students saying why they like Northwood School, old photographs of the buildings, the current Prospectus and Newsletter, a school tie, plans and images for the new Heathrow UTC, a Citizenship badge from the Mayor’s office and this week’s copy of the Ruislip and Northwood Gazette.
The Mayor of Hillingdon, Councillor Allan Kauffman, said: “We are delighted to be part of informing future generations of how education at Northwood School has taken great strides forward by being developed in tandem with the Heathrow Aviation Engineering UTC. Hillingdon has been a centre for aviation engineering over many decades; now we are to be at the start of a new generation of colleges that will ensure the young people of Hillingdon can become high calibre, professional engineers and technicians to take on the challenges of the future.”
Bryan Berry, principal of Heathrow Aviation Engineering UTC, added: “These are exciting times. University Technical Colleges are opening up throughout the country. Our UTC will be a great asset to the community. It will be a fantastic option for young people in North West London to gain engineering qualifications and experience that will provide them with the best possible opportunities in aviation related careers. We’re very grateful to the Mayor and Mayoress of Hillingdon for helping us with this milestone event.”
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Students attending the new UTC (above) will be drawn from an 8-mile radius around Northwood Hills and in the first year of operation the school will be recruiting 75 Year 10 and 75 Year 12 students. When full, the Heathrow UTC will have 600 students.
Young people aged 14-19 years with a passion for engineering, are encouraged to come to one of the UTC’s open evenings. The next event will be held at the UTC on Tuesday 18 March. 6-8pm. Details of all events and more information can be found at www.heathrow-utc.org
