A new, nationwide scheme has been announced to give school children in England and Wales the skills and resilience they need to become healthier in body and mind. MPCT Young Leaders is the brainchild of education provider Motivation Preparation College for Training. Its 35 Military Preparation Colleges across England and Wales use military and progressive
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’,
All at MPCT would like to congratulate British middleweight champion Liam Williams on the announcement of his world title fight with American WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade. Liam who hails from the Rhondda but trains out of the renown Ingle Gym in Sheffield has become a world title challenger after impressive victories over Mark Heffron,
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 pupil at a Midlands Military Preparation School has been nominated for a top award for his actions in a crisis. Fifteen-year-old Elijah Rama, from Parkfields, Wolverhampton, was on his way home from school when he saw a taxi collide with an 11-year-old boy. And, while other passers-by stopped to film the incident on their
Congratulations to all recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. MPCT would like to offer its congratulations to all those who have received the prestigious honour, in particular MLT Patron, Lieutenant General Sir Tyrone Urch KBE who has been awarded a knighthood in recognition of his role as Standing Joint Commander, in which he