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class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">2012</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closed</th><td class="infobox-data">2016</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Education" title="Department for Education">Department for Education</a> URN</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/138199">138199</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/138199">Tables</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ofsted" title="Ofsted">Ofsted</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/138199">Reports</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Principal</th><td class="infobox-data">Lesley Glover</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Age</th><td class="infobox-data">13 to 18</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>UTC Central Bedfordshire</b> was a <a href="/wiki/University_Technical_College" class="mw-redirect" title="University Technical College">University Technical College</a> (UTC) in <a href="/wiki/Houghton_Regis" title="Houghton Regis">Houghton Regis</a>, Bedfordshire, England. The college opened in September 2012 and specialised in education for future engineers, product and games designers. It closed in August 2016. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UTC_Central_Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UTC Central Bedfordshire was housed at the Kingsland campus in Houghton Regis. The building used by the college had undergone a refurbishment to provide engineering and design facilities.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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The UTC gave its students access to industry equipment and specialist facilities, and enabled them to work with employers on real workplace projects.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sponsors">Sponsors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UTC_Central_Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sponsors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, <a href="/wiki/Bedford_College,_Bedford" title="Bedford College, Bedford">Bedford College</a> was appointed as sponsor of UTC Central Bedfordshire. Bedford College has won the Beacon Award for its work with schools and has been judged by <a href="/wiki/Ofsted" title="Ofsted">Ofsted</a> to be ‘outstanding’ for pre-16 education in two consecutive inspections. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bedfordshire" title="University of Bedfordshire">University of Bedfordshire</a> was also a sponsor.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Closure">Closure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UTC_Central_Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The UTC closed in August 2016<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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