MPCT Learners on Tyneside have shown their support for fellow students by signing up to help with a Covid testing programme. Leaners at Military Preparation College (MPC) Newcastle have joined forces with Newcastle College. And they will now spend three days a week as Covid Marshalls, directing students to and from the College’s testing site.…
MPCT learners and staff are hitting the road – virtually – to ensure No-one Gets Left Behind. MPCT, is backing the UK Government campaign to ensure pupils of all ages can access remote education during the coronavirus lockdown and beyond. And from 1 March to 23 April, 1500 of our 16-19-year-old we will be taking…
MPCT has joined forces with one of our Patrons, Paul Nanson CB CBE who, using his pedigree as a former Major General and Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, has produced an invaluable guide to negotiating the many difficulties we all face as we continue to deal with the the Covid-19 pandemic. The guide…
Tea, toast and online fitness sessions have led MPCT to be voted ‘world class’ – by its own employees. Our 170-strong workforce at MPCT took part in a confidential survey of eight categories of workplace engagement by independent specialists, Best Companies. A Best Companies accreditation shows that workplace engagement is taken seriously producing ‘very good’,…
Former MPCT Learner Mr Scott Wamboi is about to embark on the next stage of an already successful journey. Mr Wamboi joined MPCT Cardiff in February 2018, he was nominated to work in head office after a delay in his application for the Royal Marines. Scott continued to prepare himself for a successful career in…
With so many of us suffering mentally due to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, today’s annual ‘Time to Talk Day’ is perhaps even more crucial in the current climate. Conversations about mental health will be happening nationwide today as part of the social movement organised by Time to Change to end the stigma…
A former student at a MPCT Isle of Wight has made history by becoming the first person to receive a prestigious accolade. Marine Jack Duer of 43 Commando’s O-Squadron was selected by senior officers within the Corps as Royal Marine of the Year for most embodying what it means to be an elite commando. And…
We are delighted to announce that Air Marshal Sir Dusty Miller KBE, has kindly agreed to become our Patron at MPCT. The Patron who joined us most recently, Air Marshal Sir Dusty Miller KBE, joined the RAF in a most unusual way. Staying on at school after taking his O-levels was not really an option,…
Sam Griffiths, a former MPCT learner and legendary member of the 300 club has had no end of achievements since leaving the Newport college. Sam joined Airbus’ Fuel and Landing gear test facility team in 2017 as a final year undergraduate engineering apprentice and has made an impact within Airbus already. However it is not…
The Military Preparation College at Bishop Auckland has relocated to Catterick Garrison. And, with 22 learners now on board and more preparing to enrol, it is set to reach its capacity of 50 within the coming weeks. The new college is located within the long-established army base at Catterick and North East Regional Operations Manager…
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