Op Sandy Dune: a huge success!

This week saw 59 South Wales Military Preparation School Learners take part in their overnight exercise ‘Op Sandy Dune’, conducted at Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend. The learners undertake basic military field skills such as; cooking in the field, shelter building, camouflage and concealment techniques and a night patrol. All learners were fantastic and showed great aptitude

MPCT awarded “Platinum” by Investors in People

We are delighted to announce that MPCT has been awarded “Platinum” status by Investors in People this month. Thank you to all MPCT Staff for your ongoing support, we are very proud of this achievement and it shows that MPCT is a great place to work. For more information and the full report, click HERE

MPCT Sports College Cardiff Awards

On Wednesday 17th July, MPCT Sports & Exercise College Cardiff held their Awards Ceremony in their college at Channel View. Local sports stars came out the event to hand out prizes to our very deserving Learners, which you can see below. Congratulations to all Learners and Staff involved, it was a brilliant afternoon.

MPCT Learner receives Royal Humane Society Commendation

During May this year, we posted a story about a Military Preparation College South Shields Learner, Nathan Purvis-Hutchinson. He carried out a hugely courageous act when he bravely attempted to save someone’s life, with the help of his sister. In a message sent to the MPCT South Shields Facebook page from Mr Purvis-Hutchinson’s family member,

WO1 Steve Parker re-visits MPCT Aldershot & presents Home Command coins to Learners!

Military Preparation College Aldershot welcomed WO1 Steve Parker, the second most senior serving soldier in the British Army, to talk to our learners about the Armed Forces, the application process and to discuss any problems our learners had encountered with their applications. WO1 Parker also presented two Home Command sovereign coins to Mr Pun and

MPCT Newcastle Learner sheds 5 stone and passes Army selection!

Another fantastic story has been brought to our attention, this time coming from our Military Preparation College Newcastle, St. George’s. Please see below a message that Mr Ballantyne sent to his Instructors:   My name is Callum Ballantyne I have been with MPCT since 30/09/2018. In that time I have went from 120kg, 18 stone

MPCT Eastbourne Learner achieves Grade A at selection!

Miss Yardley of Military Preparation College Eastbourne has passed selection for the British Army with a Grade A and had an impeccable 2K run time of 8 minutes and 34 seconds! She now has her start date of August 25th, and is hoping to join the Household Cavalry. When posting this news on social media,

MPCT Gloucester win Facebook Competition!

MPCT Head Office held a competition this past week with the aim of finding out via social media how our Learners found out about MPCT to support with our current recruitment initiative. The college who’s Learners provided the most answer to the questions “How did you find out about MPCT”? won a prize, and we

MPCT Youtubers come to Head Office for Youtube Workshop

On Wednesday 10th July, our campaign stars for our latest recruitment campaign, “The Making Of You” came to MPCT Head Office for a day of brainstorming over our exciting new Youtube Project. Alex Sanders, Gina Martin and Philip Knowles are now very used to having the spotlight on them, and will have it on them