The primary purpose of RDUTC is to develop work-ready young people with the academic, technical, personal and employability skills required to move onto successful careers. To this end the development of personal and employability skills has equity with academic and technical development, underpins everything we do and is fully embedded within our Vision Statement.
We focus on the following six key personal and employability skills which have been prioritised by our Employer Partners:
Team Work
Leadership
Communication
Independence
Resilience
Entrepreneurship
Personal and Employability skills are developed through the following strategies:
our forty-hour week
our dress codes
our Professional Values and Behaviours policy with its focus on: health and safety; personal and organisational reputation; productivity and efficiency
our approach to independent study
our Employer Projects
our Work Experience and Apprenticeship Recruitment programme
our University Awareness programme
our Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG) programme
our Careers Expos (RDUTC runs three Career Expos each year which are attended by all our Employer Partners and many other businesses in the region. These events enable our students to gain extensive knowledge of the career opportunities available to them. They also create important networking opportunities)
our annual Further Education Expo (This event is open to all Further Education providers in the region and enables our students to gain knowledge of the post 16 education pathways available to them after Year 11)
our extensive Personal Development curriculum (This provides opportunities for students to develop character, leadership and team-working skills, independence, resilience, confidence, creativity and oral and visual presentation skills. It also allows them to engage in activities to extend their specialist knowledge and experiences and, very importantly, to have fun!) Opportunities include:
Generic Employability Skills Projects led by our Employer Partners
The Reading Widely and Often programme including Forensic Reading and ‘Charlie’s Challenge’ – See Communication Skills (Literacy) policy
Debating Club, including Youth Speaks
The Culture Vultures programme
Our Sports and Well-being programme – See Sport and Well-being Policy
Membership of the RDUTC Combined Cadet Force
The Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) programme – see SRE policy
Our Religious Education policy
Driving lessons
First Aid at Work qualification
Music Lessons
Extra-curricular clubs including:
– Coding clubs: Python/C Sharp
– VR Club, including VR Welding
– 3D Printing club
– F1 Challenge
– Engineering open workshops
– Board Games club
– Chess club
– Gaming club
– Multi-gym sessions
– Trips and Visits (CERN; London; Theatre Visits etc.)
Developing Fundamental British Values
The Fundamental British Values are:
Democracy
The rule of law
Individual liberty
Mutual respect and tolerance
Students learn about Fundamental British Values within lessons and via our Philosophy and Ethics programme, our Professional Values and Behaviours Policy, Employer Projects and our Personal Development Curriculum.
For more information about how RDUTC develops personal and employability skills, see our Personal and Employability Skills Development policy.
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