Other female leaders who attended included Angela Murphy, Vice President and Managing Director for Amazon Web Services in Europe Tanuja Randery, and the incoming chief executive of UTC support body the Baker Dearing Educational Trust, Kate Ambrosi.
University Technical College is a secondary school specialising in high performance engineering, business and technical fields, as well as events management.
The college has close links to AWS having recently opened an Amazon Digital Futures Lab, which is used by its students studying computer science qualifications.
Reeves was shown around the school by Murphy and met an array of impressive engineering, computer science and business students.
The learners presented manufacturing projects to the chancellor and discussed how they were acquainting themselves with data centres through a tour on virtual reality headsets.
Silverstone UTC Principal Angela Murphy commented: “I am very proud that Silverstone UTC played host to Rachel Reeves and AWS today. We pride ourselves on our links with employers, so this is excellent recognition of the strength of our partnership with Amazon.
“Today was also a perfect opportunity to demonstrate the cutting-edge equipment we have at the UTC. By learning on the same kit that industry professionals use, our students are properly prepared for working life.”
