The government hopes to create up to 28 UTCs in England and Wales by 2014.

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Former education secretary Lord Baker is chairman of the Baker Dearing Educational Trust which promotes the introduction of UTCs.

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There are about 12 UTCs running in England and a further 20 are due to open over the next 20 years.

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UTCs are partnerships between local colleges and the business community.

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The government is committed to funding 24 UTCs in England.

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Recently appointed shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg welcomed the expansion of UTCs but questioned how much freedom they would have from Mr Gove's department and his flagship English baccalaureate (Ebacc) certificate.

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UTCs work by having focussed support from local employers.

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Mr Gove said he had given the go-ahead for 13 new university technical colleges (UTCs) in Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Burnley, Bedfordshire, Daventry, Liverpool, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, Sheffield, Southwark, Wigan and Silverstone race track.

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The aim of UTCs is for pupils to get an insight into the application of science and engineering in industry in the hope of making them more employable when they leave school.

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"This baker's dozen of UTCs will specialise in skills from engineering to life sciences and I am convinced that they have the potential to change the lives of thousands for the better, " he said.

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