The Royal Marines were given the job of instilling the England Football Squad with the Commando spirit of ‘courage, determination and unselfishness’. One of these Royal Marines who were ‘handpicked’ for the England training, happened to be an ex MPCT Military Preparation College learner; Kieron Prosser. During his time at MPCT in 2003 Kieron was
At the beginning of July, our Military Preparation Colleges across England and Wales welcomed many new learners. Our colleges in Wales have welcome a total of 154 new starts so far, and colleges in England have welcomed 95. That’s 249 of you so far! We are very excited to see this number rise over the
MPCT’s Military Preparation School have been featured in SSCE Cymru’s Summer Newsletter. Supporting Service Children in Education (SSCE) has a main objective in providing “the best possible educational support to children, by ensuring education professionals understand the issues Service children in Wales may face.” The project is a Welsh Local Government Association project funded by
Manny Manfred, Chair of the Motivation and Learning Trust had this to say about the fantastic fundraising event… Physical training is an important part of Learner activity throughout the Military Preparation Courses. Making training challenging and fun at the same time has been shown to improve performance. Add the sense of “making a difference”
These are words sent to us here at MPCT from a Mum about her son’s experience at MPCT and how it has changed his life… “I feel I would like to give MPCT my honest feedback of how Military Preparation School has helped my son Bradley thrive and achieve qualifications and qualities that he
As of Friday 29th June, MPCT’s Sports Academies will be offering the chance for potential learners to experience a taste of life at our esteemed Sports Academies. Dylan Jones, Manager of the Academies says that “the Taster Days at MPCT Sports Academy give young people the opportunity to experience some of the activities that take
An army Champion Powerlifter from Pencoed who works as instructor at our Military Preparation School in Rhymney has called on more sports enthusiasts to follow suit and join the reserves to reach their athletic potential. She is a perfect example of some of the opportunities that the army can give and how MPCT has enabled
This year’s official Armed Forces Day is taking place in Llandudno, North Wales. Learners and staff from Military Preparation Colleges Bangor and Wrexham will be taking part in the prestigious event and will be helping the the running of The Royal British Legion Village. More than a quarter of a million people are expected to
Scott moved from Kenya in December 2017 and joined Military Preparation College Cardiff on January 5th 2018. When he first came to the college, Scott said his physical fitness was quite low, but with the help of instructors from MPCT he has been able to vastly improve his fitness and has also made lots of
GCSE INCENTIVE BONUS!!! Time to revise GCSE learners……. MPCT have taken the decision to reward learners with a £100 bonus for a grade 4 or above in each of the subject areas. No excuses, use your time wisely over the half term break and put in that extra effort to improve your chances of passing.