News for: Education

Two students from Poynton High School have taken part in a national summit to explore ways engineers can help the UK meet net zero carbon goals. A Year 9 and a Year 13 pupil from the school took part in the Tomorrow’s Engineers Week Schools COP Summit, which brought together over 50 young people … [Read more...]

A consultation on plans to move library services from Central Library to a new learning and discovery centre in Merseyway, provisionally named Stockroom, closes today at midnight (18th October). The proposals will see book lending, IT provision and other services currently offered at Central … [Read more...]

Young people in Stockport will have the opportunity to learn about post-16 further education, training and career opportunities with the region's top employers during a week of careers events. Stockport Jobs Match's Post-16 Careers Week is a virtual exhibition taking place from 11th to 15th … [Read more...]

There is still one month left for Stockport residents to comment on proposals to move library services to a new 21st Century facility in the town centre. Stockport Council has been awarded £14.5 million Future High Streets Funding by the government to spend on Stockroom, redeveloping empty retail … [Read more...]

An anti-bullying programme at Stockport Academy in Cheadle Heath has been recognised nationally for the fifth year, after winning another Bullying Intervention Group (BIG) Award. The school is the only secondary school in Stockport to have been recognised by the BIG Awards, and impressed judges … [Read more...]

Small and medium-sized business owners in Stockport are being encouraged to sign up to free management training from Manchester Metropolitan University's Business School as part of the government's Help to Grow scheme. The Help to Grow: Management programme combines a practical curriculum with … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester has launched a new training academy to provide over a thousand residents with retrofitting skills to ensure the city-region's homes and buildings are fit for a low-carbon future as part of a commitment to becoming carbon-neutral by 2038. European Social Funding of £1.1 million … [Read more...]

Skills City, a training provider that supports alternative routes into employment in the tech sector, has been awarded £1.2 million from the Department for Education (DfE) to support 450 people in the North West through Skills Bootcamps. Based at MediaCityUK and developed by HOST, Skills City … [Read more...]