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Adult Education in Manchester: A Guide to Funding Options

They are seeking to achieve their first Level 3 qualification or earn less than £18,525 each year.   Access to Industry Award Adult learners under 23 could receive funding through The Manchester College’s Access to Industry Award . If you are eligible for this award, it will cover the cost of some, or all, of your first full Level 3 qualification. 

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Careers Development with Special Educational Need and Disability

References (1) The employment of disabled people 2021 - GOV.UK (2) The employment of disabled people: background information and methodology - GOV.UK (3) The employment of disabled people 2021 - GOV.UK (4) Disability rights: Overview - GOV.UK (5) Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (6)  Disability Confident – Are you disability confident?

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College moves to full online delivery

A fuller update on the support available to all students during the period of national lockdown, including information on access to equipment and financial support, as well as learning support and support for students at risk will be provided tomorrow (5 January 2021).

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Educate North Awards 2022 Finalists

The Manchester College’s Creative Media Tutors and the Ideas Foundation will compete for the Digital Education and Development Award and the Industry Excellence Academy (IEA) is a finalist in the Business/Industry Collaboration – HE/FE Sector category. With support from the Ideas Foundation and charity clients, The Manchester College’s Creative Media Tutors were able to continue offering work experience opportunities to Level 3 students despite local and national restrictions and lockdowns as a result of the global pandemic.

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Supported Learning

These classrooms contain rise and fall worktables, high quality equipment, and an increasing supply of assistive technology resources to encourage independent learning. Accessible bathrooms and personal care spaces are readily available, and our large classrooms have sufficient space to accommodate students with mobility difficulties.

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Coronation Street Joe Duttine Auditions TMC Acting students

Transcript Donna Agg, Performing Arts Tutor – Acting: We've had a really exciting day because we've got Joe Duttine from Coronation Street come in and he's going to be auditioning them for a fictitious theatre company. He's going to be choosing six actors out of all of our actors.  We started off with a Q&A, all the students have been able to ask Joe interesting questions about what it's like to be in the industry, how it's changed the industry from when he started off, questions about agents, auditioning, about being in a soap, what drama school was like, and just what it's like to be an actor.

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Hairdressing team help Elsie celebrate her century in style

Her son Keith describes her as “a very strong and determined woman, with a will of iron and heart of gold.” He also reserved special praise for College technician Shereen Wilkinson-Rennicks, who regularly visits Elsie at home to check on her, bring her shopping and much more.

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Students celebrated at annual Excellence Awards

He said: “I feel really happy and overwhelmed. Everyone at this College is absolutely amazing and Katy (Rushton, Sebastian’s tutor) is the best tutor I have ever had.

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Get your heart and mind active with our Workout of the Week

After a week's break, the fifth weekly workout is delivered by Sport and Public Services tutor Parley Hamilton. He's the longest serving member of staff in the department and over the years his teaching and mentoring has positively impacted the lives of hundreds of students from across Manchester. 

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Computing, IT and business students enjoy first conference

Three of the entrepreneurs were graduates of our business degrees HE tutors Dawn Bradbury and Adam Connell led an entrepreneurial workshop, where students created video pitches for a reality TV show to be judged by representatives from the BBC.

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