North West Officers' Training Regiment
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| garrison = University Barracks, Boundary lane, Manchester, M15 6DH
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| current_commander = Lt Col Graham Rainey
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North West Officers' Training Regiment (NWOTR) is a British Army Reserve regiment of the Officers’ Training Corps in North West, England.
The NWOTR is part of the Army Reserve and comprises the two Officers' Training Corps units of Liverpool and Lancaster UOTC{{Cite web|url=https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2023/11/10/ljmu-marks-remembrance-2023|title=LJMU marks Remembrance 2023|website=www.ljmu.ac.uk}} & Manchester and Salford UOTC,{{Cite web |title=The University of Manchester signs the Armed Forces Covenant {{!}} StaffNet {{!}} The University of Manchester |url=https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/news/display/?id=30539 |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk}} in order to cater for the Wider North West of England Area. It has about 300 students from across northwest cities.{{cite web|url=https://mancunion.com/2014/09/11/officer-training-corps-on-campus/|title=Officer Training Corps On Campus|date=11 September 2014|publisher=The Mancunian|access-date=28 January 2025}} Two officer cadets from the regiment took part in an international military skills competition at the Heroic Military Academy in Mexico in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.nwrfca.org.uk/university-cadets-military-skills-tested-mexico/ |title=University Cadets' military skills tested in Mexico|date=28 April 2017|publisher=North West RFCA|access-date=28 January 2025}}
It recruits from the following universities:
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Liverpool and Lancaster UOTC{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/learn-and-explore/about-the-army/corps-regiments-and-units/university-officers-training-corps/liverpool-and-lancaster-uotc/|title=Liverpool and Lancaster UOTC|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=10 October 2024}} |
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University of Liverpool |
Liverpool John Moores University |
Liverpool Hope University |
Edge Hill University
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Lancaster University
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University of Cumbria
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