In January 2020 the UTC Life Sciences scored Good in its second Ofsted inspection. “We are absolutely committed to creating life changing opportunities in our school for our young people. Our latest Ofsted inspection confirms the Liverpool Life Sciences UTC is not only a Good school, but also one where we prepare young …
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Liverpool Life Sciences UTC is proud to announce that we’ve won two SSAT Educational Outcome Awards. These celebrate our ranking in the top 10% of non-selective schools nationwide, and achieving higher-than-the-national-average for applied general subjects at Key Stage 5. The Schools, Students and Teachers network (SSAT) hands out awards based on its Educational Outcome Database, …
Liverpool City Council has set up new childcare hubs which are opening today (Monday 23 March). For a full list of sites catering for the children of key workers – alongside a list of key worker jobs – please click here.
In my last post, I explained the basic properties of Covid-19 and how it relates to other well known viruses. Of perhaps the greatest concern to everyone is how science and medicine can be harnessed to beat this virus. There are currently a limited number of pharmacological ways of combating the pathological effect of a …
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Life Sciences UTC is delighted to welcome a brand new Surgeon-in-residence, Tom Hampton.
The BBC’s Countryfile recently visited Life Sciences UTC as part of a feature on urban farming. Farm Urban has installed three urban farming systems around Liverpool, one of them being at the UTC. These urban farming systems include aquaponics, hydroponics and vertical growing walls. The production team were particularly interested in how Farm Urban has …
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A group of Year 13 students have won an Endeavour Award at The Big Bang Fair North West after they designed and built a cloud chamber which will now be used as a teaching resource at Life Sciences UTC. A cloud chamber is a particle detector used for ionising radiation. It’s an advanced piece of …
This week, four students from Life Sciences UTC attended a Unilever and All about STEM celebration and assessment day at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight. Prior to the event, students were delighted to be invited to work on an influential and internationally recognised programme – the Unilever Bright Future project. Unilever Bright Future is a platform …
After a successful summer with a flurry of exceptional exam results, packed enrolments, planning and preparation we kicked off our fourth academic year at Liverpool Life Sciences UTC last week. We welcomed our new cohort of Year 10 and Year 12 students, not the only ones feeling a bit nervous and a bit new, but …
Liverpool Life Sciences UTC celebrates another year of top achievements following fantastic GCSE results for the second year running. Students, including Jon Mcloughlin, Anastasia Walker, Rhiannon Disley and Jodie Whorton achieved a full house of A* and A grades as well as many more achieving 8 or more A grades including Marella Prout, Kate Parry …
