The Manchester Colleges Performing Arts Patron and Coronation Street actress Sally Carman, visited Level 3, Extended Diploma Acting students at Shena Simon campus this week to work on technique and provide them with industry insight. The students, who are studying in their second year, are currently working on monologues and characterisation for their mid-term assessments, with many of them already beginning the audition process to get into acting schools across the country.
View detailsShe will continue her studies at the College and start the second year of her Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production (Film and Broadcast) in September. Siena said: “I had a lot of anxiety last year. Attending the Ariana Grande gig really did throw me off my GCSE’s as I had to sit my exams the very next day.
View detailsCourses at the Centre of Excellence are Access to Higher Education Diplomas for adult students (aged 19+) and will prepare you to apply for medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, health and medical engineering subjects at degree level.
View detailsLevel 3 Art & Design students studying at Shena Simon are currently hosting their work in ‘The Shed’, a purpose-built arts venue constructed by 2nd year UAL Extended Diploma student Afonso Cortesao for his final major project. It’s made from 100% repurposed materials and uses solar-powered electricity.
View details“The project not only gives the students great industry experience and some fantastic images for their portfolio, but the one thing they gain the most is confidence and life skills to be able to direct their subject and create some truly memorable images.” Student Katie O’Neill, who completed her Level 3 Extended Diploma in Photography with a distinction and is set to study BA Photography at Falmouth University, said: “Over the past two years, I have photographed Bill Roach, Tierney Heap, Take That, Robert Powell and Graham Nash.
View detailsUpon completion of the course, the students will gain a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Construction and Built Environment, an industry and university-recognised qualification equivalent to three A Levels. The new, state-of-the-art campus, located opposite the Manchester Arena and Manchester Victoria Station, will become home to The Manchester College’s Industry Excellence Academy for Creative and Digital Industries as well as UCEN Manchester’s Arden School of Theatre and Manchester Film School .
View detailsChris continued: “A range of co-designed bespoke modules, such as Digital and BIM Modelling, Modern Methods of Construction, Pre Construction, Social Value and Sustainability, enhance the Level 3 BTEC Extended National Diploma and really bring the scholarship to life.” Successful applicants will receive a £300 bursary each year and a free tablet console to support and develop independent learning.
View detailsForming part of the College’s blueprint for the new T Level qualification, students studying on the Architectural & Construction Engineering (ACE) Scholarship programme are spending two days each week on Caddick’s live Openshaw campus construction site as part of their two-year studies. On completion, the students will gain a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Construction and Built Environment, an industry and university-recognised qualification equivalent to three A Levels. They will also benefit from a range of bespoke, co-developed modules to help fill industry skills gaps identified by an employer consortium working with the College.
View detailsName: Stuart Nickson Role: Teaching and Coaching within Sport and Public Services subject areas Qualification: BTEC Sport Science Level 3 Extended Diploma What was life like before becoming a tutor at The Manchester College? "I have previously held the position of College Academy Manager of the TMC Category 1 team, which is part of The British College Schools League.
View detailsHow important has gaining your Performing Arts qualification been to your career? I have a National BTEC Diploma from The Manchester College, and I was studying while filming on ‘Coronation Street’. It’s important to gain a qualification but to also get life skills from going to college.
View detailsAlex Clark, Casper Edwards, Claire Owens, Lily Curbishley, Phoebe Schweig, Roxane Mole and Vicky Taylor, who are all studying the Motion Design and Animation in partnership with Flow Creative course at the College, teamed up with fellow student Famya Faraz, who is studying an Access to Higher Education Diploma in English, Writing and Media, to create Left Behind , an illustration that provides an insight into some of the things that are most treasured by young people.
View details“We want our courses to be about the individual,” says Bettina Halpern, second year UAL Extended Diploma tutor and practising artist. “We give students the freedom to express themselves. Their projects are quite personal and passionate, but they are guided by the tutors and given different ways of working.”
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