AMRC Training Centre

Collecting your GCSEs tomorrow? Good luck and congrats on finishing 🥳

Whatever your results, our dedicated team is on hand to support and advise on your options.

Explore our results day guide 👉 https://bit.ly/3Wv1LaH

🎓 Huge congratulations to our Class of 2026 degree apprentices!

On Friday, our degree apprentices delivered their final presentations, marking the culmination of years of hard work, hands-on learning and incredible dedication.

This cohort was described by Kathryn Jackson, programme lead for manufacturing technology degree apprenticeships, in three words: resilient, ambitious and creative.

It was inspiring to see all that hard work, perseverance and passion pay off in their impressive final projects. Balancing a degree with real-world project delivery is no small feat, and this group knocked it out of the park.

We can't wait to see the impact you continue to make!

Please join us in celebrating and congratulating the Class of 2026 in the comments below 👇

How do you solve an industry-wide engineering skills shortage? You build your own workforce from the ground up. 💡

That’s exactly what McDowell Machining Technologies did. By working with the AMRC Training Centre, they’ve recruited 10 apprentices to secure their long-term growth and succession planning.

Why employers choose to recruit through the AMRC Training Centre:
✅ Candidates are pre-screened to ensure high quality and standard
✅ Opportunity to meet prospective apprentices at exclusive engagement events
✅ Practical, high-spec workshop training that complements your workplace learning

Discover how your business can benefit from taking on an AMRC Training Centre apprentice:

👉 Read the full case study with their operations manager Mark McLean https://bit.ly/3TBsFQA

Good luck to those collecting A Levels results tomorrow.

Whatever your results, our dedicated team is here to help you explore your options.

Wondering what to do next? See our guide 👉https://bit.ly/3xWRGLG

As results days rolls around, we understand it can be a stressful time for all involved.

We're looking at the bigger picture, supporting the entire network around a young professional to make sure everyone has the insights they need to make confident, informed choices.

Take a look at our dedicated parents and carers page which helps to answer those questions you might be getting asked https://bit.ly/4fntnJE

You can have it all planned out, but things don't always go the way you expect.

Like many, Lila-Louise Glossop, project engineer at Wright Engineering, had set out to take the traditional university route post A-Levels. However when results day didn't go to plan, her eyes were opened to a different path.

Now Lila realises it was the best option for her.

"It has become more and more apparent to me that you cannot learn this stuff in a classroom. Dealing with unexpected challenges, solving problems, and working with clients across the engineering sector is providing invaluable experience that I wouldn’t have got on a traditional university degree."

Read Lila's story today and maybe find out if her plan B could be your plan A.
https://bit.ly/4wkZjnX

And just like that, another incredible cohort is ready to transform manufacturing and engineering! Massive congratulations to all our AMRC Training Centre graduates. The hard work has paid off, we hope they enjoy the celebrations 👏🎓

The University of Sheffield

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Student of Excellence awards celebrate outstanding academic performance, leadership and technical achievements, and our students have absolutely blown us away 🏆

Michael Donaldson, a first-year advanced apprentice in Machining working at Lidster Paragon Tools, earned the top spot for his exceptional professionalism, perfect 100% attendance and for being a brilliant ambassador for the power of apprenticeships.

We are just as proud of our highly commended nominees who are also doing amazing things in their careers:

⭐ Rebecca Thompson, Bifrangi UK Ltd , 1st year machinist
Nominated for her incredible dedication, 100% attendance and consistently outstanding practical work that shows just how bright her future is.

⭐ Jack Walker, Sheffield Forgemasters, 2nd year machinist
Nominated for always going above and beyond to deliver exceptional work, earning well-deserved awards both with us and directly inside his workplace.

⭐ James Ellis, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, 1st year maintenance
Nominated for his high standard of work (often submitted early) and for being a fantastic, motivating classroom presence who always helps his peers.

An enormous well done to Michael, Rebecca, Jack, and James. You are a credit to your families, your employers, and our training centre.

Please join us in the comments in celebrating these fantastic young professionals for their hard work and dedication 👏

“What we’re doing by giving these apprentices an education is teaching them how to learn.

“If a new technology comes in a few years' time, they don’t need to go back to learn all over again - they can apply that learning.”

Louise Cowling, head of apprenticeship programmes delivery, and Fahim Hoque, technical engineer apprentice at AvantiGas, sat down with the team at BBC Radio 4 to look at how The University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre has helped transform the former Orgreave site from an industrial wasteland to a ‘hotspot of manufacturing activity’.

Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002z5ys

Know a young person trying to figure out their next steps after school? 🎓💡

University isn’t the only path to a great career - and it definitely doesn't have to mean student debt.

Take Abbie Green, for example. She started her apprenticeship at just 16 years old. Today, she’s earning a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree, getting paid a full-time wage, and will graduate with zero student debt.

But the benefits go way beyond the financial side. Abbie admits she started out as a shy teenager who was too scared to speak up in meetings. Thanks to her apprenticeship, her confidence skyrocketed. She is now a Lead Process Engineer who presents directly to the company board and even manages her own team.

If anyone is looking for a practical, fast-tracked way to launch their dream career, read Abbie’s story today and think about an apprenticeship route for you: https://bit.ly/3SMqNDX