Continuous upskilling In today's rapidly changing world, upskilling is crucial for career advancement. It involves continuously learning and developing new skills or enhancing existing ones to remain competitive in the job market. This could involve acquiring new technical skills, improving communication and interpersonal abilities, or developing leadership qualities through an evening course while you work.
View detailsFree three-week course to develop your skills - We've introduced a brand new course to help you develop essential skills in just three weeks! This programme covers a wide range of areas to get you started on your journey to an amazing career and will prepare you for a full-time course at The Manchester College, or to find a job through an apprenticeship.
View details“Each student worked to their strengths and took opportunities to push themselves to develop new skills and their confidence throughout. Their hard work paid off and students were praised for their high quality products and professionalism.
View detailsActivities include residentials, community work, work experience, CV development and much more. It’s a great opportunity to gain new skills, meet people and have fun while earning a highly regarded qualification. The course will include a five-day team-building experience designed to encourage participants to step out of their comfort zones.
View detailsAll students who participated have aspired to do this again in the New Year.
View detailsIn Greater Manchester alone, there will be around 22,000 jobs in this sector by 2022, with over 3,000 new positions by the end of the decade, as businesses of all types rely on the expertise of graduates in this field. You could be doing what you’ve always dreamed of, by designing, building and coding games as a software developer, or you might want to hack systems as a paid job, protecting and securing the IT infrastructures of large businesses.
View detailsIn Manchester alone, tourism is worth around £7 billion to the economy, so there are plenty of local opportunities to work in this industry! With over a thousand new openings every year, it’s up to you whether you’d like to help others book their holidays as a travel agent, oversee the smooth running of a hotel as a manager, or even follow a career path in security and crowd control for large tourist events!
View detailsStudents Help to Build Openshaw Campus on Placement Scheme - A group of students at The Manchester College’s Industry Excellence Academy for Construction & Engineering are helping to build part of their own campus thanks to an Industry placement scheme with Caddick Construction. Forming 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.
View details"We are beginners and some of us are older so it’s not as easy to learn a new language, but our tutors encourage, motivate us and are very patient." “When I arrived here I could only mime, I couldn’t speak a word of English.
View detailsHannah added: “I was kindly contacted by the Manchester Art Gallery and asked, due to my passion for being involved with the gallery’s takeover, if I would like to work with them on piloting a new website that provides a platform for young people across Manchester, using the content created for the takeover. I was thrilled to be asked and had no hesitation in accepting the voluntary role.”
View details“It’s especially pleasing to see the success of our T Level students. They took on a brand-new qualification with enthusiasm and tenacity, and now they’ve got their reward. I’d also like to thank our tutors and employer partners for their commitment to supporting our T Level students and making them a success.”
View detailsFacilities include a modern coffee shop serving Starbucks coffee, a restaurant, and a dedicated Library with both quiet and group study spaces. In September 2025, we opened brand new facilities for students in Business & Professional and Science in a new four story extension. Locations City Campus Manchester Got a question?
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