News & Events

On Thursday 22nd November 2018, the Armed forces in Wales Awards was hosted at St. Fagans. MPCT is very proud to say that one our staff, Nat O’Shea, an instructor for our Military Preparation Schools provision was nominated for a Sports award. The Head of our Schools provision, Dan Shooter expressed how great it was to...

Learner Williams of MPCT Southampton is a perfect example of why choosing MPCT can turn a young person’s life around. He has come a long way since he started with us, and Staff Wooller of Military Preparation College Southampton has demonstrated how proud he is of Learner Williams; Cameren Williams joined us at 15 on...

On Tuesday 20th November 2018, Military Preparation Colleges, Newcastle, Teesside, Bishop Auckland and South Shields all competed in an Inter-college competition. Competitions like these make use of MPCT’s Core Values, such as teamwork, courage and diligence. The competition included a Tug of War, a Military/MPCT knowledge test, an assault course and then finished off with...

Meet Jake Chambers, a Learner at Military Preparation College Newcastle St George’s. Mr Chambers has already lost over 30 pounds and has quit smoking in the short time he has been at MPCT, and is aiming to lose 20 more before he joins The Fusiliers. When asked about his time at MPCT Mr. Chambers said...

MPCT Croydon Learners had a great opportunity to take part as the flag bearers on the 15th of November for the England and USA football friendly match at none other than Wembley Park. The Learners were also able to watch the match afterwards, for which some of the Learners was their first time to a...

Military Preparation College Edgware Learners Mr. Sheils and Mr Woodward attended an event on the 13th of November hosted by the Duke of York, along with their instructor Staff Allan. The iDEA Award was founded by HRH Prince Andrew, which helped people enhance their chances in the job market with digital and enterprise skills. Mr...

Remembrance Booklet 2018 Please take a look at our Weekly Vlog, it encapsulates our highlights from colleges all over England and Wales during Remembrance Weekend. We are always very proud of our Learner contribution at this poignant time and this Vlog demonstrates perfectly why.

This week’s Vlog encapsulates the World Mental Health Day “Into the Light” challenge that South Wales MPCT Learners completed on the 10th of October this year. It was a hugely successful event, and due to this and the amazing amounts of money raised by the Learners for our charity the Motivation & Learning Trust, MPCT...

Learner Shannon Maloney of Military Preparation College Croydon has achieved a silver medal in the World Kickboxing Championships. Her mother wrote into the college to thank them for allowing her to pursue her kickboxing career and supporting her along the way. Learner Maloney wrote to MPC Croydon with these words Last week I took part...