Liverpool Life Sciences UTC
| Liverpool Life Sciences UTC | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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41 Greenland Street , , L1 0BS | |
| Information | |
| Type | University Technical College |
| Established | 2013 |
| Department for Education URN | 139588 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Mr Phil Lloyd |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 14 to 19 |
| Parent | Northern Schools Trust |
| Website | http://lifesciencesutc.co.uk/ |
Liverpool Life Sciences UTC is a university technical college (UTC) which opened in September 2013 in Liverpool, England. The UTC is located in the Liverpool Knowledge Quarter, in the former Contemporary Urban Centre (CUC), a restored Victorian warehouse.[1]
Sponsors and partners
The University of Liverpool is the university sponsor of Liverpool Life Sciences UTC. The other sponsors of the UTC are Merseybio, North Liverpool Academy and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.[2]
Business partners of the UTC include Novartis, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Unilever.[3]
Admissions
Liverpool Life Sciences UTC has an annual intake of students aged 14 and 16 (academic years 10 and 12). There is capacity for 200 students in each year group.
The main catchment area of the UTC is the Liverpool City Region, which includes the five metropolitan boroughs which make up Merseyside and the Borough of Halton in Cheshire. Where the number of applications for admission to the UTC is greater than the amount of places, places are allocated randomly to pupils from all of the six boroughs in the catchment area.[4]
Curriculum
Liverpool Life Sciences UTC specialises in science and healthcare with a particular focus on life sciences. Students follow one of four learning pathways that determine curriculum options. These pathways are the healthcare academic pathway, the healthcare vocational pathway, the leadership and management pathway and the scientific enquiry pathway. For pupils aged 14 to 16 the pathways lead to different combinations of qualifications which include GCSEs, BTECs and NVQs. For sixth form students the pathways lead to different combinations of A Levels, BTECs and NVQs.[5]
References
- ^ "UTC to Occupy the CUC Building". Life Sciences UTC. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ^ "Liverpool Vision". Liverpool Vision. 2011-10-12. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ^ "Sponsors and Partners". Life Sciences UTC. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ^ "Apply". Life Sciences UTC. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ^ "Curriculum and Culture". Life Sciences UTC. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-04-03.