MPCT hosts VIP visit from Royal Navy & Royal Marines

On Tuesday 22nd of October 2019, Military Preparation Colleges Newport and Cardiff hosted yet another VIP visit and made everyone at MPCT incredibly proud. This time, it was Captain P Viney RN (CNR), Commander Rachel Smallwood (SO1 Plans & Policy) CNR) & Lt Col M Scanlon RM turn to be impressed by our Learner’s presentations, active

Cardiff & County Club Falklands Presentation Thursday 19th September.

Cardiff & County Club hosted a dinner with a guest speaker on the evening of Thursday 19th September. Manny Manfred, who had been a Platoon Sergeant with the Parachute Regiment during the Falklands Conflict in 1982, gave a presentation entitled Experiences of War. This covered the Military Operation to recapture the Islands and the Battle

Our D-Day get together with The Royal British Legion

A group of MPCT Learners and Staff from MPC Cardiff were formally invited to attend The Royal British Legion’s D-Day Get Together Pop In, on Tuesday 17th September 2019 at their High Street premises, Cardiff. In attendance were 6 D-Day veterans and their families, alongside Brig Fraser RM, Col Nick Lock 160 Bde, Air Commodore Williams

MPCT feature on Army Jobs Facebook page!

In a recently established partnership, a joint event with the British Army and our Military Preparation College Manchester will be happening TODAY (Thursday 15th August) in Failsworth at the Army Reserve Centre. To promote the event, the British Army used their advert with a former MPCT Wrexham Learner in, plus our very own brand new

“I don’t know what you feed them, but more of the same please” says Commandant of CTCRM

On Wednesday 7th August, MPCT’s founder & Managing Director alongside MPCT’s Deputy Director of Communications headed to the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone. They were visiting the current 30+ recruits that are former Learners of MPCT, as well as several other former Learners at Lympstone who are now Royal Marine Commandos. Pictured with them is

Week 1 at our newest college MPCT Manchester off to a flying start!

We proudly opened the doors our brand new college Military Preparation College Manchester on Monday 5th August. With over 20 Learners already signed up and due to start over the next few weeks, we are already sure that it’ll be a success. Check out day 3 of week 1 below where they had the Royal

MPCT shortlisted for Heropreneurs Awards!

We are delighted to announce that MPCT have been shortlisted for an Award at this year’s Heropreneur Awards. MPCT are up for the gong of “Small Employer of the Year”, where the overall winner will be announced at the Awards in November. You may be wondering what “Heropreneurs” is; Heropreneurs celebrates and rewards the energy,

MPCT have a fantastic day with the Royal Navy on HMS Raleigh!

On Tuesday 16th of July, members of MPCT Head Office had the pleasure of visiting HMS Raleigh for an all-access behind the scenes tour. They also got to catch up with three ex-Learners currently training on board HMS Raleigh. The three spoke to our cameras, describing how well MPCT prepared them for life in the

Mae MPCT yn cael diwrnod gwych gyda’r Llynges Frenhinol ar HMS Raleigh!

Ddydd Mawrth 16eg o Orffennaf, cafodd aelodau Prif Swyddfa MPCT y pleser o ymweld â HMS Raleigh ar gyfer taith mynediad y tu ôl i’r llenni. Fe wnaethant hefyd ddal i fyny â thri chyn-Ddysgwr sy’n hyfforddi ar fwrdd HMS Raleigh ar hyn o bryd. Siaradodd y tri â’n camerâu, gan ddisgrifio pa mor dda

Enterprise Week: what a success!

We are so proud of all of our England based colleges who took part in the first ever “Enterprise Week” last week. The Enterprise Initiative involved Learners developing their social mobility through a local college based initiative which saw our Learners take to their local communities and spread the word of MPCT.  The college who showed