News for: Education

Two Greater Manchester universities have partnered with the Made Smarter programme to deliver fast-track digital leadership programme for SME manufacturers in the region. The universities have been named as delivery partners for Made Smarter’s Leading Digital Transformation (LDT) programme , a … [Read more...]

The number of School Streets in Greater Manchester is set to increase to 60 in the next year as part of a wider programme to boost the number of children walking, wheeling and cycling to school. Currently, around a third of traffic at peak times in the morning or afternoon is from children being … [Read more...]

Nine Greater Manchester Colleges, including Trafford and Stockport College Group, have been awarded £2.5 million in additional funding following the success of their Innovation Programme pilot. The additional funding from Innovate UK’s Further Education Innovation Fund enables the Greater … [Read more...]

Following the success of the pilot of Stockport County’s Kits By County scheme to ensure all schoolchildren in the borough can access physical education, local businesses are being invited to support the campaign's next phase. Demand has almost doubled since the initial distribution in September … [Read more...]

Stockport College is inviting local businesses to experience its 3D immersive space and explore how the technology could help elevate their activities. The college's CAVE is a state-of-the-art tech space, designed to transform meetings, training and collaboration into 3D immersive experiences. … [Read more...]

This year’s annual GMColleges Skills Competition saw 1,084 students from the 10 Greater Manchester boroughs competing across a range of subjects after the competition was endorsed by the WorldSkills UK Local Skills Competition Endorsement Framework for the first time. The Framework is designed to … [Read more...]

The GMCA’s Foundational Economy Innovation Fund is now open for applications for grants of up to £11,000 to support projects addressing major challenges facing the sector. The foundational economy is an umbrella term that includes a range of sectors that supply essential goods and services. … [Read more...]

A project that brought ‘child’s play’ to streets in the heart of a Stockport community has won a national award. The A Child’s Eye View and Portable Playtime schemes have been in place in Edgeley since March 2024, as part of the ‘On The Way Play SK’, a collaboration between Stockport Council, … [Read more...]