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Celebrating the Access Class of 2016
Celebrating the Access Class of 2016 - Students from The Manchester College School of Nursing and Midwifery celebrated the completion of their Access to HE Diploma at a graduation ceremony held at the College’s Nicholls Campus.
View detailsUniversity beckons for future barrister Declan
GCSE tutor Nicky Smith said: “It was clear from his first assessment that Declan was already talented at creative writing. He took on board every bit of feedback and put in so much effort that he improved every assessment window. He was also studying an Access to Law course alongside his GCSE so his workload was large but he still gave it everything.”
View detailsOur Harvard Hero
Just like many of us when we don’t follow the status quo, he worried that he had missed his chance but had always wanted to pursue his interest in English and Creative Writing. Now Gabriel says it’s the best thing he ever did for himself.
View detailsStep up to a degree this January
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View detailsGCSE success stories from the Class of 2020
The 29-year-old personal trainer sat his GCSE English at the College while completing an Access to HE Health and Physiotherapy course with higher education provider UCEN Manchester and running his own business. He will now start a sports rehabilitation degree at the University of Salford in September.
View detailsThe Manchester College and UCEN Manchester shortlisted for multiple Manchester Adult Education and Skills Awards
Glenn Meads and Shelley Deasey, who teach on UCEN Manchester’s Access to HE in English, Writing and Media course, are both up for the Tutor of the Year Award. Glenn has also successfully nominated a student on that course, Melissa Lander, for the Return to Learning Award.
View detailsFamya's art chosen for Manchester Open Exhibition
The exhibition runs until April 28. Transcript Hi, my name is Famya Faraz. I am on the access to HE English, Writing and Media course. We are at HOME theatre as my artwork is in their art gallery at the moment. My piece is my two personal characters from Dungeons and Dragons.
View detailsCreative Media students quiz local MP Afzal Khan
Level 3 Creative Media student Aneasha Marsh said: “I thought that the experience with Afzal Khan was interesting as I got to ask my personal questions. I felt comfortable and confident speaking to him as he was very nice and polite. He gave our class a great speech about himself and how he has got to where he is now. It was very inspiring and I enjoyed it a lot.”
View detailsGCSE success stories from the class of 2019
Here are a few uplifting success stories from our class of 2019… Ah, the Luck of the Irish Paddy Mc’Burney proved you’re never too old to follow your dreams, as he opened up his results at aged 33 to see he had achieved a grade 7 (A) in his English GCSE and a grade 4 (C) in his Maths. When we asked how he felt today he said, “I am absolutely buzzing, if there’s anyone out there thinking about going back and doing their GCSE’s later in life, you just need determination and the guts to turn up and give it a go.”
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