Staff and students at Trafford College will be tuning in to the third round of the Emirates FA Cup in the New Year to watch one of its star apprentices play Tottenham Hotspur live on national TV. Striker Neil Kengni’s classmates were delighted with the trainee plumber’s performance, aired by the BBC on Sunday (November…
Bury College has been recognised by Ofsted, parents and stakeholders for maintaining a “responsive and resilient” attitude throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Over recent months, the College has worked hard to create a safe learning environment to ensure face-to-face teaching could continue and this has been recognised during a recent interim Ofsted visit. Leaders are delighted…
Bury College has been crowned the winner of an award which celebrates the exceptional learning and working opportunities that they continue to provide to young people across the borough. The College is delighted to have won the Backing Young Bury accolade at The Made in Bury Business Awards 2020. The annual awards ceremony, which is…
Two North West Colleges have reached the finals of the Association of Colleges’ Beacon Awards – the equivalent of the Oscars in the Further Education sector. Bolton College and Hopwood Hall College, part of the GM Colleges Group, have been nominated for working collaboratively to become trauma informed colleges, and are in the running for…
Bury College has launched a new facility to provide information, advice and guidance to perspective students. The College is aware that information, advice and guidance has been different this year and the current situation has meant that face-to-face careers guidance has been difficult to deliver. To help support pupils who want to apply, but are…
The Greater Manchester Learning Provider Network (GMLPN), in partnership with the Association of Colleges (AoC), and funding from the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, is embarking on an exciting new project to research into and improve mental health support for Apprentices and Trainees within their Independent Training Providers (ITPs) and employers. This project…
Students from The Trafford College Group are getting ready to quiz MPs at a political showdown as part of UK Parliament Week – opening the floor to virtual questions from local schools and neighbouring colleges for the first time. The celebrated Student Question Time event will be held at Trafford College’s Altrincham Campus in Timperley…
OLDHAM College is vowing “our best is yet to come” after being pipped to the post for the coveted ‘FE College of the Year’ award. It missed out in the race for the flagship award to The Bedford College Group, at the prestigious TES FE Awards in a virtual ceremony held on Friday night (October…
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