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The Journey from Learner to Leader

Introducing Jack De'Ath, former MGTS apprentice, who kindly took time out to be a guest speaker at our 2025 Apprentice Awards. Jack engaged the audience with details of his career so far...we hope you enjoy reading his story.

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A Man of Distinction

Introducing Aldrin Mendonca of Greencore.Aldrin was awarded the Food & Drink Maintenance Engineering Graduate Award at our recent Apprenticeship Awards. Bob Lynn, his MGTS Training & Development Adviser, gave a such a heart warming speech we thought we'd share it with you...

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Apprentice Awards 2025

It was an honour to recognise and celebrate the achievements of Apprentices, Mentors and Employers at our annual Apprenticeship Awards evening on 4 December. Attendees travelled from across the country to receive awards and celebrate the achievements of fellow winners.

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Lidia’s Journey

Why did you choose engineering as a career?My name is Lidia, I'm 26 years old, and my journey into engineering began when I was a young child, helping my dad with various tasks around the house.

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Rising to the Challenge

Earlier this month 39 of our first year Food & Drink Maintenance Engineering apprentices took to the great outdoors to enjoy five days of adventurous activities, facilitated by Rock UK Adventure Centres Ltd and supported by MGTS staff.

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On a Mission to Succeed

Introducing Pavan Dhaddy, an engineer with Mission Foods and two-time MGTS Award Winner!Pavan kindly agreed to share details of his apprenticeship journey and hopes for his future career to help us promote engineering apprenticeships during National Apprenticeship Week.Here goes...

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Celebrating Engineering Talent

It was with great pleasure that we recently held our annual Apprenticeship Awards, with over a hundred guests joining us from far and wide for an evening of celebration.

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Super Proud!

We are thrilled to share the results of our recent Ofsted inspection:Overall effectiveness - Good- The quality of education - Good- Behaviour and attitudes - Good- Personal development - Good- Leadership and management - Good- Apprenticeships – GoodOur Ofsted Nominee Ruth Plane says: "At MGTS we...

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Engineering Design – Bringing Ideas to Life

As part of their latest Further Education project apprentices had the chance to consolidate their practical skills with their technical knowledge. Their challenge…to design a conveyor belt including a prototype to allow them to preview and improve their designs.

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Apprentice of the Year (Coventry)

Congratulations to Jamie Hurst of Quartzelec on being awarded Apprentice of the Year at the recent MGTS Awards evening. This award is presented to the apprentice who has performed exceptionally well throughout the duration of the first year training period.

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MGTS Apprenticeship Awards 2023

Each year MGTS celebrates the achievements and talents of apprentices with awards evenings at our Coventry and Redditch Technical Centres. For 2023 we decided to combine the celebrations and were delighted that apprentices and employers travelled far and wide to attend.

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