Manchester
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Manchester
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Colleges throughout Greater Manchester
Education
& Training Definitions
Higher
Education (HE) in Manchester
Greater Manchester
is well served with Educational and Training establishments at
all levels. Within the Metropolitan County are 4 universities
- Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan, UMIST (formerly the oldest
technological university in Britain, now part of the University
of Manchester) and Salford Universities, as well as the University
of Bolton among them.
Higher education institutions in the United Kingdom are the sole
awarders of degrees at Bachelor, Postgraduate, Masters and Doctorate
levels. Almost always students will be 18 years and older.
NOTE:
Please note that the former UMIST has now become part of the University
of Manchester, and we are awaiting updates.
Further
Education (FE) in Manchester
There are
many further education establishments within the region, including
Colleges of Further Education and Sixth Form Colleges. Amongst
these are numerous denominational institutions including Catholic
and other religious types, as well as specialist colleges (of
Music, for example).
These colleges offer a range of qualifications including A-Levels
(Advanced Levels), usually required for entry to Universities
or other HE Institutions, National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs)
obtained through work with some college attendance, and General
National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQs), usually studied full
time at college but with a distinctive training for work bias
and work placement/experience.
Usually 16-18 years old students, but often including "late
starters" or "mature" students. Typically, students
would hope to acquire between 3 and 5 A-Levels or equivalents.
Many Further Education establishments are also Adult Centres,
that is, they serve as evening or part-time day college and run
courses designed for adult learners - they generally offer a range
of vocational and non-vocational courses from languages to hobbies
like cookery or flower arranging.
Secondary
Education in Manchester
High Schools,
Comprehensive Schools, Public Schools and Grammar Schools (though
the latter are by now very rare and usually signify a private
fee paying school of some kind) - secondary schools come in many
guises, reflected in the intention to offer as wide a choice for
parents as possible.
They deal with students from age 11 to 16, and lead to a basic
matriculation qualification, the GCSE or the General Certificate
of Secondary Education (still known amongst some as "O"
or Ordinary Levels). Students would normally expect to acquire
between 5 and 9 subject passes at this level to go on to higher
levels.
Primary,
Infants & Junior Schools in Manchester
Many schools
at this level would actually be Primary, Infants or Junior Schools,
with children aged from 4 to 11 years, though there are still
separate Primary/Infants Schools (aged 4-8 or so) and Junior Schools
(8-11 years).
At this stage all pupils will follow a common National Curriculum
designed to instil basic literacy and numeracy.
This level also includes many denominational schools, including
Church Schools (Church of England, or CofE), as well as Catholic,
Jewish and Islamic Schools.
Awaaz
Learning Centre
464 Cheetham
Hill Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8 9JW.
Tel: 0161-721 4441. Fax: 0161-721 4999
Email:
altaff@aol.com. Website:http://www.awaaz.co.uk
At Awaaz we
work closely with local colleges and education authorities to
provide the very best courses, tailored to the specific needs
of the Asian community.
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Dore
Parkway House, Palatine Road, Northenden, Manchester M22 4DB.
Tel: 0870 880 8794. Website: www.doreinfo.co.uk.
Dore provides an exercise based programme to remediate the cause
of learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and attention
disorders.
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agencies and employers.
Manchester
New Technology Institute (NTI)
One Central Park, Northampton Road, Manchester M40 5WR.
Tel: 0161-920 4466 (Corporate/Employer Sponsored Enquiries)
Tel: 0800 068 8585 (General Course Enquiries)
Website: www.manchesternti.com.
Manchester NTI is part of a national network of government approved
and supported NTIs. Our aim is to boost the regional supply of IT,
Management and Enterprise skills and to transfer this knowledge
to local businesses.
Transglobal
Languages & Cultures
Merchants Court, Borough Road, Altrincham, WA15 9RA.
Tel: 0161-233 0888 (Language Training & Cultural Briefing)
Tel: 0161-233 0777 (Translations & Interpreting)
Website: www.transgloballanguages.co.uk.
Provider of language services (language training, culture training,
translations & interpreting) to local companies and public
bodies. Established since 1992 and achieved national recognition
in various forms for their services to companies including UKTI
Languages for Export National Award.
Women's
Electronic Village Hall Ada House, 77 Thompson Street, Manchester M4 5FY.
Tel: 0161-833 8800. Fax: 0161-833 8811.
Email: info@wevh.org.uk.
Website: www.wevh.org.uk
WEVH
is a computer training and resource centre in central Manchester
offering a wide variety of courses for women with any level of
experience.
Free computer drop-in centre, with creche, offices and meeting
rooms available for hire.
Distance
Learning Open University
351 Altrincham Road, Sharston,
Manchester M22 4UN.
Tel: (General switchboard) 0161-861 9823
Tel: (Course Enquiries) 0161-862 9081.
24 hour Course Enquiry Line: 0870 3330161.
Web: http://www.open.ac.uk/new/distance-learning.shtml.
Metropolitan
University of Manchester
All Saints, Grosvenor Square, Manchester M15. Tel: 0161-247 2000
Website: www.mmu.ac.uk.
Northwest
Centres of Excellence Network
See Web at: www.excellence.ac.uk
Royal Northern
College of Music
Manchester, The
124 Oxford Road, Manchester.
Tel: 0161-273 6283.
Web: www.rncm.ac.uk.
UMIST -
University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology
Sackville Street, Manchester M1.
Tel: Main Switchboard - 0161-236 3311.
Fax: 0161-200 4019
Students Union: 0161-200 3270. Web: www.umist.ac.uk
(UMIST is now
part of the University of Manchester).
University
of Bolton , The (formerly Bolton Institute)
Deane Road, Bolton BL3 5AB. Tel: 01204-900600
Web: www.bolton.ac.uk
University
of Manchester
Oxford Road, Manchester M13.
Tel: 0161-275 2000
Website: www.man.ac.uk/
University
of Salford
The Crescent, Salford M5.
Tel: 0161-295 5000
Website: www.salford.ac.uk
Universities
Vocational Awards Council (UVAC)
Bolton Institute, Chadwick Campus,
Chadwick Street, Bolton BL2.
Tel: 01204-90 3351. Web: www.uvac.ac.uk
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Colleges of
Further Education in Greater Manchester
Listed
Alphabetically:
Bolton
Community College
Manchester Road, Bolton. Tel: 01204 907 000.
Website: www.bolton-community-college.ac.uk
Email: webmaster@bolton-community-college.ac.uk.
Holy Cross
College
Manchester Road, Bury BL9 9BB. Tel: 0161-762 4500.
Fax: 0161-762 4501. Website: www.holycross.ac.uk.
Hyde Clarendon
Sixth Form College
Clarendon Road, Hyde SK14 2JZ. Tel: 0161-908 6800. Fax: 0161-908
6811.
Website: www.hydeclarendon.ac.uk.
Loreto
College
Chichester Road, Hulme, Manchester M15 5PB.
Tel: 0161-226 5156. Fax: 0161-227 9174.
Website: www.loreto.ac.uk.
Manchester
College of Arts & Technology (MANCAT)
City Centre Campus, Lower Hardman Street, Manchester M3 3ER.
Tel: (Freephone) Courses 0800 068 8585.
Tel: Main Switchboard 0161-953 5995. Email: mail@mancat.ac.uk
North Trafford
College of Further Education
Talbot Road, Stretford, Manchester M32. 0XH.
Tel: 0161-886 7070. Fax: 0161-872 7921.
Website: http://www.northtrafford.ac.uk.
Oldham
Business Management School
Oldham Business Centre, Cromwell Street, Oldham OL1 1BB.
Tel
0161-615 5050. Website: www.obms.ac.uk
Offering business degress, postgraduate courses and short business
courses.
There are
simply too many schools in the Metropolitan County to list here.
Links to comprehensive lists of schools of all types are found
below for individual townships and boroughs. Alternatively, they
can all be found in local telephone directories under their appropriate
Local Education Authority entries (eg. look under Bury, Oldham,
Rochdale, etc...). However, we have included here a few useful
numbers and contact points.
Listed
Alphabetically:
Bolton
Education & Arts Department
Paderborne House, Civic Centre, Bolton. Tel: 01204-522311.
Advice & Guidance Line: Tel: 01204-525506.
List of all Bolton schools at: www.schoolsgalore.co.uk/North_West/Bolton
Bury Education
Welfare Service
Tel: 0161-253 5662.
City of
Manchester Education Department
Administrative Head Office, Cumberland House, Crown Square, Manchester
M60.
Tel: 0161-234 5000. General Education Enquiries: Tel: 0161-234
7125.
Adult Education Enquiries: Tel: 0161-273 4736.
An alphabetical list of all Manchester schools is available on
the Manchester City Council website at www.manchester.gov.uk/education/asp/schools.asp
Chetham's
School of Music
Long Millgate, Manchester. Telephone : 0161-834 9644 / 7961.
ISIS Independent
Schools Information Service
2 Overhead Cottages, Capernwray, Carnforth, Lancashire.
Tel: 01524 735977.
Manchester
Muslim Preparatory School
The Grange, 551 Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester M20.
Tel: 0161-445 5452.
Oldham
Education & Leisure Services
Civic Centre, West Street, Oldham. Tel: 0161-911 4260.
Admissions & Exclusions: Tel: 0161-911 4213.
Careers Advisory Service: Tel: 0161-911 4296.
Find any Oldham School at: http://www.oldham.gov.uk/learning/schools_in_oldham.htm.
Rochdale
Education Department
All enquiries via main Rochdale Metro switchboard: Tel: 01706-647474.
Complete alphabetical list of all Rochdale schools at: www.schoolsgalore.co.uk/North_West/Rochdale
Trafford
Education Department Administrative Offices
Town Hall, Tatton Road, Sale. Tel: 0161-872 2101.
Careers Office: Tel: 0161-872 2101. List
of all Trafford Schools at: http://www.schoolsgalore.co.uk/North_West/Trafford
Wigan Education
Department
Director of Education, Progress House, Westwood Park Drive, Wigan
WN3 4HH.
Tel: 01942-486139 and 01942-486140.
Complete list of all Wigan schools is available at: www.schoolsgalore.co.uk/North_West/Wigan
