News & Events

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,...

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...

At the RUSI Land Warfare conference, Penny Mordaunt the Secretary of State for Defence said that part of the answer to tackle the crisis in knife crime could be Military Preparation Colleges. In discussing this suggestion she said, “I have been so struck in particular how Military Preparation colleges have enthused those who other education...

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...

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 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...

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...

This week, in line with our new recruitment campaign #TheMakingOfYou , the marketing team at MPCT Head Office have been busy designing a new wall feature for the training room in Head Office. Below is a picture of MPCT’s graphic designer, Michelle Jones, hanging up her designs displaying all of our provisions. We can’t wait...

Military Preparation College Bridgend’s Centre Manager recently won “Inspiration of the Year” at this year’s Veterans Awards. We thought it would therefore a good idea to show you the poem that was written about him by a former Learner, we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. It is clear to see how...