Year 10 Geography GCSE learners visit to the new City Hall

Our year 10 Geography were invited to the new city Hall as part of the Geography GCSE course on cities and sustainability.  

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Learners visit London Stadium

Our science learners enjoyed a trip to West Ham United’s Iconic London Stadium, for a tour of the ground followed by a talk exploring two important careers that affect the local area.

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Sir Robert McAlpine site visit

Our year 13 Built Environment learners enjoyed a trip to the ExCel building to see the expansion project's progress.

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Learner limelight: Kiya’s Work Experience

Our year 13 learner Kiya had the opportunity to undertake work experience with Essex Services Group Limited (ESG) as a mechanical engineer.

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GCSE Poetry Live!

Our year 11 learners had the opportunity to hear amazing poets from the GCSE course perform their work live.

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Social Mobility Foundation Promote Aspiring Professionals Programme

This programme supports high achieving Year 12 students from low-income backgrounds across the UK to access top universities and careers.

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Surveying Practical at UEL

Our apprentices have been working with University of East London on surveying practicals

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CV writing masterclass with Balfour Beatty

Our learners enjoyed a CV writing masterclass with employees from Balfour Beatty.

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Trip to HMS Wellington

Our year 12 maths learners went on a trip to HMS Wellington, where they enjoyed a tour of the ship.

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Learners Meet Biomedical Scientist

Our year 12 Biology learners were virtually visited by Specialised Biomedical Scientist Maryam for a masterclass on cell biology.

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Sir Robert McAlpine Construction Masterclass

In preparation for the site visit to the ExCel building to see the expansion project's progress, our learners enjoyed a masterclass on RIBA, BREAAM and the construction process.  

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Balfour Beatty put Economics into Practise

Our year 13 Economics learners enjoyed a discussion based masterclass with Muhammed, quantity surveyor, and Siria, Graduate Highways Design Engineer, from Balfour Beatty plc. 

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Money Matters!

Our year 12 & 13 maths learners were attended a virtual session by The Advanced Mathematics Support Programme for a masterclass about money management.

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Google Teach Machine Learning

Our Year 10 Computing learners enjoyed an exciting employer led project with Zack Akil, working on Google Teachable Machines.

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Brands, Values and Design Thinking

Pathway Events facilitated the visit of IED (Istituto Europeo di Design) for a masterclass on Design Thinking.

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Nuclear Energy Masterclass

Our year 11 learners enjoyed an exciting masterclass exploring Nuclear Energy in the UK.

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Cadets Commemorate Remembrance Day

Cadets of LDE UTC come together to commemorate Remembrance Day...

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Holocaust Survivor Virtually Visits Learners

A selected number of our year 10 history learners were chosen to take part in an interactive session commemorating Kristallnacht in 1938.

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Personal Statement Mentoring Sessions

Year 13 learners seize opportunity for valuable 1:1 mentoring session.

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Psychology learners present to Professor

Our learners were tasked to work in groups to create and deliver a presentation on one of the key topics from the psychology curriculum.

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Year Nine Forensic Scientists Solve Crime!

On the second floor of the college building, our year nine learners stumble onto a mysterious crime scene. Someone has stolen Head of Year nine Warren’s iPad. It is up to our learners to use forensic science to find the culprit.

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Tower Hamlets Host Careers Fair

Our learners had the opportunity to meet with over 25 well known employers in the construction and engineering industry.

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Innovation and Business Presentations!

Zack from Google virtually visited our year nine business and enterprise learners to judge their group presentations. Our learners were tasked to get into teams, develop their own innovative business idea and pitch this idea.  

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Hunted!

LDE UTC were visited by Giles and Jean-Pascal from Channel 4's Hunted for an exciting learning for life session

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Black History Month Celebration

To celebrate Black History Month at LDE UTC, we invited leading black individuals from across different disciplines to share their experiences with our learners.

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Learners go behind the headlines!

Our year 11 learners travelled to Kings Place, London to take part in an exciting Employer Led Project at The Guardian Headquarters.

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Bishop Lynne Cullens Visits the College

It was an honour to see those who have contributed so much to our college and local community leave inspired by the progress our learners have been making.

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Year Nine Interior Design!

Our year nine maths learners welcomed Safia and Charlotte from Runway Training for an exciting workshop on Interior Design

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Amazon Future Engineer Virtual Fulfilment Tour

Our year 9 Computer Science learners were taken on a virtual tour of the Amazon fulfilment centre ‘Man1’ in Manchester.

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Psychology learners present to Professor

Our Year 13 learners delivered group presentations about psychologist Jean William Fritz Piaget and his theory on ‘The Four Stages of Cognitive Development’ to Dr Jolanta Golan from University of East London.

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National Poetry Day Anthology

Some of our year 9s celebrated National Poetry Day by working together to create an amazing anthology on the environment.

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Drone Hacking With DSTL

Our learners were visited by the Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory for an exciting ELP on cyber security and ethical hacking

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Thames Water deliver maths ELP

Our year 11 maths learners were visited by Katie from Thames Water for an ELP about volume of cylinder and conversion of units.

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Ellen Wilkinson Primary school visits our LEGO lab

Find out about how our learners used LEGO to inspire the next generation to look after our oceans and reefs.

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Design learners visit Adamson and Lowe

Our year 13 Design and Technology learners visited Adamson and Low Cabinet Makers and enjoyed a tour of their workshop.

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Business learners trained by Runway

Ralph Braithwaite from Runway Training visited our year 9, 12 and 13 business and enterprise learners to deliver interactive masterclasses on presentation (year 9 and 12) and interview skills (year 13).

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A Conversation with Shermara Fletcher: Faith, Churches Together in England and the legacy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II  

We caught up with Shermara Fletcher, who formerly worked in our Multi-Faith Chaplaincy, to discuss her involvement in Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.

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Amazing Apprentice Induction Day

LDE UTC were excited to welcome our new apprentices to the college for our Apprenticeship Induction Day.

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Launching year 13s Non-Assessment Programming Project

Our year 13 computing learners have just began an exciting 30 hour project!

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RIP to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

RIP to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

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Business Enterprise learners travel into the Dragon’s Den

Our year 10 Business Enterprise Learners have been set an exciting Employer Led Project to challenge their innovation and presenting skills...

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Royal Docks through the eyes of the next generation

Our Built Environment learners took part in a podcast for the London Festival of Architecture (LFA), to celebrate the upcoming world's largest annual architecture festival.

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Virtual Work Experience with Bouygues UK

In a feat of innovative collaboration, we joined forces with Bouygues UK to deliver virtual work experience for our entire year 9 and 10 year groups.   

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Learners lead discussions at Laing O’Rourke

We took some of our year 9 learners to join a workshop with senior leaders from Laing O’Rourke.  

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Presenting to Promethean!

Year 12 digital media enjoyed an exciting project set by Promethean to demonstrate the use of interaction on the Promethean ActivPanels.

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Spelling Bee Champion

Find out who was crowned Champion of our first ever Spelling Bee!

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The Big Bang Event!

A day celebrating STEAM activities!

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Geography River Fieldtrip

Our Year 10 Geography learners visited the Field Studies Council visitor centre in Epping Forest to conduct Geography fieldwork.

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Treating London’s waste 

Our year nine learners enjoyed an insightful masterclass on treating London’s waste from Thames Water’s Christian Scribb who works as a Performance Manager at the Tideway Tunnel Pumping Station.  

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Design Future London Challenge Final

Home to the Mayor's office and Greater London Authority (GLA), The Crystal shines as a beacon of regeneration on the Royal Docks- a fitting location to host the Design Future London final...

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Trip to the Golden Hinde Ship

As a part of the History GCSE Early Elizabethan England 1558-88 course, we took our year 10 learners to visit the Golden Hinde- a replica of the ship that Sir Francis Drake used to circumnavigate the globe.

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Guild Hall Livery Careers Fair

Moving from stall to stall, our year nine group learnt all about a range of trades that shape the world around us, some of which they had never heard of before!

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Minister visit

LDE UTC welcomed Apprenticeship and Skills minister Alex Burghart, Chairman of Baker Dearing Trust Lord Baker and CEO of Baker Dearing Trust Simon Connell to celebrate and display the impact of employer led projects throughout the college.

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LDE's Future Entrepreneurs!

With the help of Patron Capital employees and Young Enterprise, our year nines learned what it takes to build their dream lifestyle!

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Biologist Delivers Exceptional Masterclass

In an inspiring knowledge filled masterclass, Shi-Hsia Hwa offered learners a comprehensive account of the life and vocational journey of a biologist as well as teaching all about communicable diseases from an informed perspective.

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A Cautionary Bench

Readers of this article are invited to join me, during a severe tidal storm in 2030, at the royal docks. If there are enough of us, we might construct a new ark from Andre Kong’s disassembled cautionary bench... 

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Concrete Lab Session at UEL

Our BTEC level three Construction and Built Environment Apprentices were invited to University of East London to design and test different concrete mixes. The session was delivered by Chris, UEL’s lab technician.

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UCAS Discovery UK tour

Year 12 learners make the most of the amazing opportunities at the UCAS Discovery UK tour

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A Drop of Water

Our learners amazing contribution to London Festival of Architecture!

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Learners present at LEGO headquarters

Our psychology learners were tasked to give a presentation at LEGO headquarters in Holborn.

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Apprentice Achieves Award

Our first year Apprentice Sam has won the Jack Petchey award for his exceptional achievements and diligence at both the college and his place of work. 

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Case Studies and Statistics with year 10 Geographers

Year 10 Geography learners enjoyed a visit from Senior Analyst Adrian Baeck from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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Newham Citizens Accountability Assembly

Newham Citizen UK organised a Mayoral Accountability Assembly for Labour and Conservative candidates Rokhsana Fiaz and Attic Rahman (respectively).

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Spring Reading Challenge winners!

LDE UTC learners were challenged to read six books over the space of three months on a range of important and timely topics.

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Winning Architects

Product Design Students win spots for work experiences

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Civil Engineering Tips from one of the Best

LDE UTC apprentices granted an audience with Harry Wain - Skanska

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Parliamentary Process

LDE UTC Learners in conversation with Stephen Timms, MP.

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Revit Revisited

Stanton Williams Architects visit our Year 10 Learners

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Linking In Apprenticeships

Apprentices learn about LinkedIn

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Ambassador Architects

Meet the Ambassadors for RIBA's Young Peoples' Forum

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Learners Lead in Lego

Our very own LEGO practitioners from the Primary Lab ran an exciting session for Ellen Wilkinson Primary School on the Green Initiative.

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Built Environment Learning goes Through the Roof

LDA Design leads Built Environment Learners to design rooftop garden. 

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Apprenticeship Opportunities

Year 12 Learners advised about our wealth of apprenticeship opportunities available to them

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Apprenticeships - means to a great end

End Point Assessments

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Year 11 Parliament Workshop

Our Year 11 learners held their own in discussions with members of the Houses of Parliament

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Schneider Electrics

LDE UTC learners were invited to the Schneider Electrics Buildings

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Styling it Out

VR learners take on he challenge of a real live brief

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FSC Biology Field Trip

Year 12 Learners test scientific hypothesis in Epping Forest

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LDE UTC Careers Fair 2022

The LDE UTC Careers Fair 2022 was a great success with attendance from representatives from almost 50 companies

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Children's author Dan Freedman wows Year 10s with dazzling career history

Author and former Football Association Sports Writer Dan Freedman gave an inspiring Careers Masterclass to Year 10 learners

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Kicking off Careers

LDE UTC giving valuable opportunities to government Kickstart Scheme employees

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International Women's Day in STEAM

LDE UTC Celebrated International Women in STEAM Day with talks and workshops from successful women in STEM subjects in a range of companies and sectors

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Royal Navy Apprenticeship Ahoy

LDE UTC learners hear all about career opportunities in the Royal Navy from a serving officer.

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Dyson School of Engineering Students choose LDE UTC learners for product prototype tests

Learners from our college help to develop products for use by learners nationwide.

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Morgan Sindall encourages our Apprentices and Year 13s

Morgan Sindall shared their wisdom and opportunities with our Apprentices and Year 13 learners

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Sponsors Talk

Year 9 Learners Submerged in 'Creating My Future' Mentoring and Support Session from our Sponsors

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Whodunnit?

Year 9 learner' science studies brought to life via a forensic science quest.

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Renewable Energy

Year 10s learn all about wind turbines from a leading expert in the industry

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World Book Day

Reflecting on World Book Day 2022 - with a fantastic anthology from our learners

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Congratulations to Winning Artist Abbie!

LDE UTC's Year 10 learner Abbie wins BBC's Britain's Young Artist of the Year Award

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On the Right Track

Beckton Shed of the Future

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Mayor of London Project: Design Future London Challenge Update

LDE UTC learners get stuck into the Mayor's design Challenge

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Lego for Life!

LEGO continues to provide invaluable employer engagement for our learners. 

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LDE UTC Poetry Competition

LDE UTC learners have organised a poetry competition for all the college to be a part of. Our judges are looking for creativity, originality and self-expression. Good luck! 

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National Apprenticeships Week 2022

LDE UTC's Apprentices Reflect on this year's very successful National Apprenticeship Week

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Jack Petchey - Speak Out Challenge

LDE UTC Year 10s Learn to Speak Out as they prepare for this year's Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge

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New Year New Me? New Year's Resolution musings from our Resident Spoken Word Poet

Hope, Failure, Lessons and Success

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Lunar New Year

The Newham Chinese Association in conjunction with the LDE UTC Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Society invited learners, staff and parents/carers to a Chinese New Year celebration.

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Hammering it Home

LDE UTC learners inspired by West Ham United Foundation's visit

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The (De)Sign of the Cross

LDE UTC privileged to be tasked with designing a pectoral cross for the new Bishop of Barking

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