Neil visited Berkeley Green University Technical College as part of Festomane. Neil launched Festomane and campaigned for the UTC whilst he was the Member of Parliament for Stroud. Neil said;
“As a kind of valedictory visit, I went to Berkeley UTC – really proud of all achieved there with the college & the university technical college. Pleased, too, to see Festomane in action with primary schools – exactly part of what I had in mind when I started the Festival.”