Ex St George’s Dragon 2018

Last week, Learners from our 10 South England colleges attended the annual Ex St George’s Dragon. It was a huge success with Learners experiencing many aspects of military life, please read below what Centre Manager of MPC Aldershot had to say about the event: “Ex St Georges Dragon was our annual exercise we run for

MPC Teesside Launch a resounding success!

On Wednesday 10th October 2018, Military Preparation College Teesside hosted its Launch Event at MPC Teesside Headquarters. Learners from our already established North East colleges of Newcastle, Bishop Auckland and South Shields heavily supported the event with their Active demonstrations, presentations and Icebreakers for which they should be all be very proud of. The launch

MPCT’s Staff Kelly takes on Downsland challenge

We are always very proud of our high quality Staff here at MPCT, and Lee Kelly of Military Preparation College Eastbourne is no exception. He recently took on a fitness challenge for which he has reflected on below. He kept his Learners updated daily with Facebook posts, and it is easy to see why our

Into The Light Update: Aaron Corria

As we have mentioned, selected Learners from our South Wales colleges will be doing a 24-hour Log Run on Wednesday October 10th for World Mental Health Day. For this event, MPCT are partnering up with Brotectors, an organisation founded by Aaron Corria to whom mental health means a great deal. Aaron frequently visits schools, colleges

St David’s Day Run: A Run to Remember

On Sunday 16th September 2018, MPCT held it’s last ever St’ David’s Day Run after 18 years of the hugely successful event. The event was a re-scheduled one, with the “Beast from the East” forcing us to postpone the original race from March to September. Despite the weather still not displaying its best, the rain

Take a look at our very own MPCT North-East Newsletter

Due to so much activity happening in all of our colleges up and down England and Wales, we have decided to make a specialist Newsletter containing News from our hugely busy North East Colleges. Take a look! North East Newsletter August 2018

MPCT North East feature on BBC Look North!

On Tuesday 21st August, Learners and Staff were filmed by the BBC at our college in Newcastle. The coverage aired at 6.30 pm and MPCT had approximately 3 minutes air-time within which Learners, Staff and the Regional Operations Manager Laurence Corbett spoke fantastically about MPCT. The college was marketed as a route for young people

London Launch: a huge success!

The sun was shining down on the River Thames as Learners practised their drills ready for the guests of our Launch Event of our two new colleges in Clapham and Edgware. Military Preparation Croydon supported the two new colleges throughout the day, and there was a real team ethos present, demonstrating that the colleges function

Military Preparation College South Shields’ learner Lewis Connolly impresses VIPs

One of the highlights of our North East Launch Event was when one of our newest learners, Lewis Connolly, 17, decided to volunteer himself to do his Icebreaker. Icebreakers have long been an established part of the MPC Curriculum, as it enables learners to confidently speak in public, a task which is highly challenging but

South-Wales Inter-College Race has a new winner…

The sun was beating down on Newport on Friday 27th July, the day of our South Wales Inter-College Cross Country Competition. Military Preparation College Newport hosted the event at the Raglan Barracks, and set out a shortened 4 mile course due to the hot weather conditions. MPC Bridgend were the ones to beat, having won