Final Year Higher Apprenticeship students Matt Tindall, Darren Kirk, Joe Godliman and Mike Coates who are currently studying HND were lucky to visit York University and be shown around their integrated circuit manufacturing facilities by Dr Iain Will.

The University of York is home to pioneering manufacturing and research and in the clean room where the apprentices are pictured; circuits are designed, built, connected, encapsulated and tested. The air in the facility is filtered to a degree far higher than any hospital operating theatre, as the smallest particle of dust can get into the assembly and cause chip failure. 

Tom and Macauley pictured with DTA's Training and Assessment Manager Bob Watmore

Do you want to make a tangible difference to Engineering Apprenticeships in Yorkshire?

DTA need Trainers and Assessors this summer to meet increased employer demand in Advanced and Higher skills in Engineering. 

DTA's Alyssa and IQ Engineers' Dezhaun had the fantastic opportunity to be interviewed by the Telegraph about their experience of being an apprentice and how as part of the Industry Apprentice Council they're working to change opinions around apprenticeships and to explode myths that that still exist. 

Read the full article on The Telegraph here - https://bit.ly/2NGIqyf

It is with great sadness that DTA has to announce that our colleague Howard Cooper passed away on Thursday 5th July after a long battle with cancer.