The Gene Haas Foundation, the charitable foundation established by American entrepreneur Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation and owner of the TGR Haas F1 Team, has pledged $1 million to Silverstone UTC to create a new Gene Haas Centre for Advanced Manufacturing at the home of British motorsport. The announcement was made today at Silverstone UTC during the F1 British Grand Prix weekend.

Yesterday we were proud to welcome employers, educators, trustees, industry partners, parents and alumni to the UTC for one of the highlights of our year - our Year 13 Engineering Showcase 2026. This event marks the culmination of two years of hard work, creativity and technical development. Our Year 13 students took centre stage, presenting their final projects and talking visitors through their ideas, design decisions and engineering journeys. As guests toured the showcase,

Some of our female students enjoyed a day at The Wing here at Silverstone yesterday, for an action-packed and inspiring day facilitated and hosted by F1 ACADEMY, Enovation Consulting | BCorp | ESG in Sport, Girls on Track UK and Silverstone. The day began with a fantastic panel discussion hosted by Amber Jones, motorsport presenter and racing driver media coach, who was joined by an exceptional lineup of industry professionals: Lily Owuye – Graduate Engineer, Red Bull Advanc