Monday, July 19, 2010
Students from The Manchester College’s photography and digital imaging foundation degree course are working with local photographer Len Grant to photograph 100 residents of Didsbury aged 1-100 for the Didsbury 100 project. The photographs will be made into a montage that will be permanently displayed at the new Sure Start Centre at the college’s refurbished Fielden Campus in West Didsbury.
The project Didsbury 100 has been commissioned by The Manchester College to celebrate the launch of their partnership with the new West Didsbury Sure Start...
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
For the second year running, The Manchester College has been identified as one of the best providers of education in the country by the people that matter – its students.
Students who completed their course at the college this year rated its teaching and learning considerably higher than the national benchmark in a recent survey.
The results of the survey were externally benchmarked against almost 500,000 students from 140 further education colleges across the country.
The Learner On Programme/Exit Survey, provided by QDP – the largest...
Friday, July 2, 2010
Construction student, Lewis Greenhalgh, is celebrating after taking first prize in the north west heat of SkillBuild – the largest multi-trade competition in the country for young students and apprentices.
Lewis, aged 20 from Dukinfield, is currently studying on the level 2 Construction Skills Diploma in Plastering at The Manchester School of Building in Openshaw.
His tutor, Colin Davies had prepared him well for the gruelling competition which lasted from 9am until 4pm and tested his skills in applying a plaster finish and embedding plaster...