News & Events

  One of the North East college’s first students has battled competition from across the UK to win a place with an elite British Army regiment. MPCT South Shields had only been open a week when Seaham student Scott O’Keeffe decided to enrol, in 2018. And, just a year later, the 21-year-old is celebrating after...

The stage is set for a record field of 27,500 runners to create history at the 2019 Cardiff University/Cardiff Half Marathon this weekend.  Elite athletes from all corners of the globe will battle it out over the iconic 13.1 mile course before runners of all abilities take on their own personal challenges. Female runners are expected...

On Wednesday 25th September, our Regional Operations Manager (central region) together with Martin Hunt, Brian Richardson MBE and their partners attended the English Veterans Awards in support of the ABF the Soldiers’ Charity. What a great night with so many positive stories and the highlight of the night saw our two members of staff pick...

A group of Learners from MPCT Bangor have given up their time to clean up a war memorial in the town. Centre manager Ryan Roberts took the group of 20 Learners to clean up, giving all the brasses and name plates a good once over and making sure all graffiti had been removed. The centre...

The fourth Annual Patrons Dinner took place in the Tower of London on 26th September 2019 where 60 invited guests attended. Amongst them where Patrons of both Motivational Preparation College for Training (MPCT) and the Motivation and Learning Trust (MLT), the Charitable Trust that supports the Learners of MPCT along with invited key stakeholders from...

Last week Staff Richards of MPCT Cardiff completed selection to join the Army reserves and passed with an A grade and a recommendation that he did not need to do phase 1 training again. He was the oldest in the group of  66 candidates and had the highest overall fitness score. Proof that our instructors...

Cardiff & County Club hosted a dinner with a guest speaker on the evening of Thursday 19th September. Manny Manfred, who had been a Platoon Sergeant with the Parachute Regiment during the Falklands Conflict in 1982, gave a presentation entitled Experiences of War. This covered the Military Operation to recapture the Islands and the Battle...

A group of MPCT Learners and Staff from MPC Cardiff were formally invited to attend The Royal British Legion’s D-Day Get Together Pop In, on Tuesday 17th September 2019 at their High Street premises, Cardiff. In attendance were 6 D-Day veterans and their families, alongside Brig Fraser RM, Col Nick Lock 160 Bde, Air Commodore Williams...

MPCT Newcastle remembered the events of 9/11 yesterday by climbing the equivalent distance of the floors of the 2 towers. Well done to all Learners for showing such respect.