Universities,
Higher Education & Training in Greater Manchester
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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 (the oldest technological university
in Britain, now part of the University of Manchester) and Salford
Universities, as well as Bolton Institute (a Higher Education centre,
and a virtual university in its own right) 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.
Manchester
Universities & Higher Education
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
Metropolitan
University of Manchester
All Saints, Grosvenor Square, Manchester M15. Tel: 0161-247 2000
Website: www.mmu.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
The University
of Bolton
(formerly Bolton Institute)
Deane Road, Bolton BL3 5AB. Tel: 01204-900600
Web: www.bolton.ac.uk
The Open
University in the North West
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: www.open.ac.uk
Universities
Vocational Awards Council (UVAC)
Bolton Institute, Chadwick Campus, Chadwick Street, Bolton BL2.
Tel: 01204-90 3351. Web: www.uvac.ac.uk
Northwest
Centres of Excellence Network
See Web at: www.excellence.ac.uk
The Royal
Northern College of Music Manchester
124 Oxford Road, Manchester.
Telephone : 0161-273 6283.
Web: www.rncm.ac.uk/
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Training Organisations
in Greater Manchester
Awaaz
Learning Centre
464 Cheetham
Hill Road, Cheetham Hill,
Manchester M8 9JW.
Telephone: 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.
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. Their aim is to boost the regional supply
of IT, Management and Enterprise skills and to transfer this knowledge
to individuals 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.
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.
See Also:
Primary,
Junior & Secondary Schools, Colleges of Further Education
and Sixth Form Colleges.
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