Events & Activities
Our network works together to deliver a programme of activities and events, which provide information, advice and guidance about higher education, with the aim of raising the aspirations of young people in Greater Manchester.
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- Abraham Moss Community School
- Alder Brook
- Alder Community High School
- AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK
- All Hallows RC High School
- All Saints Catholic College
- Altrincham College
- Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
- Altrincham Grammar School for Girls
- Aquinas College
- Ashton Sixth Form College
- Ashton-on-Mersey School
- Atherton Community School
- Audenshaw School Academy Trust
- Bedford High School
- Beis Yaakov High School
- Birtenshaw
- Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College
- Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
- Bolton College
- Bolton Muslim Girls School
- Bolton Sixth Form College
- Bolton St Catherine's Academy
- Bolton UTC
- Bramhall High School
- Brentwood Community College
- Brentwood School
- Bridge College
- Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit
- Broadoak School
- Brownhill School
- Buile Hill Visual Arts College
- Burnage Academy for Boys
- Bury Church of England High School
- Bury College
- Bury Secondary PRU
- Camberwell Park Specialist Support School
- Canon Slade CofE School
- Cansfield High School
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
- Castle Hill High School
- Cedar Mount Academy
- Chatsworth Future Limited
- Chatsworth High School and Community College
- Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College
- Cheadle Hulme High School
- Chorlton High School
- CHS South
- Cloughside College
- Co-op Academy Failsworth School
- Co-op Academy Manchester
- Co-op Academy Swinton
- Co-op North Academy Manchester
- Connell Sixth Form College
- Copley Academy
- Cromwell High School
- Dean Trust Ardwick
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge
- Dean Trust Wigan
- Delamere School
- Denton Community School
- Didsbury High School
- Droylsden Academy
- E-Act Royton and Crompton Academy
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy
- Eden Boys' School Bolton
- Eden Girls' Leadership Academy
- Egerton High School
- Ellesmere Park High School
- Elms Bank Specialist Arts College
- Essa Academy
- Expanse Group Ltd.
- Fairfield High School for Girls
- Falinge Park High School
- Fir Tree Fishery CIC
- Firwood High School
- Flixton Girls School
- Forwards Centre
- Fred Longworth High School
- Future Finders Employability College
- Glossopdale Community College
- Golborne High School
- Grange School
- Great Academy Ashton
- Green Fold School
- Harper Green School
- Harrop Fold School
- Harrytown Catholic High School
- Hawkley Hall High School
- Hawthorns School
- Hazel Grove High School
- Hazel Wood High School
- Heaton School
- Highfields Inclusion Partnership
- Hindley High School
- Hollingworth Academy
- Hollinwood Academy
- Holy Cross College
- Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
- Hope School
- Hopwood Hall College
- Hyde Community College
- Irlam and Cadishead Academy
- Kearsley Academy
- Kingfisher Special School
- Kingsland School
- Kingsway Park High School
- Ladybridge High School
- Ladywood School
- Lancasterian School
- Landgate School and College
- Langdon College
- Laurus Cheadle Hulme
- Laurus Ryecroft
- Levenshulme High School
- Lever Park School
- Lifebridge ASEND
- Lisburne School
- Little Lever School
- Longdendale High School
- Longford Park School
- Loreto College
- Loreto Grammar School
- Loreto High School Chorlton
- Lostock College
- Lowton Church of England High School
- LTE Group / Nicholls Campus
- LTE Group / Openshaw Campus Ashton
- LTE Group / Harpurhey Campus
- LTE Group / Northenden Campus
- LTE Group / Shena Simon Campus
- LTE Group / Wythenshawe Campus
- Manchester Academy
- Manchester Communication Academy
- Manchester Enterprise Academy
- Manchester Enterprise Academy Central
- Manchester Health Academy
- Manchester Hospital Schools and Home Teaching Service
- Manchester Mesivta School
- Manchester Secondary PRU
- Manor Academy Sale
- Manor Academy Sale
- Marple Hall School - A Specialist Language College
- Matthew Moss High School
- Meade Hill School
- Melland High School
- Middleton Technology School
- Moat House
- Moorside High School
- Mossley Hollins High School
- Mount St Joseph
- My life learning
- New Bridge School
- New Park School
- Newall Green High School
- Newbridge Learning Community
- Newlands School
- North Cestrian School
- North Chadderton School
- North Ridge High School
- Oakdale School and Acorn Nursery
- Oakfield High School and College
- Oakgrove School
- Oakwood Academy
- Oasis Academy Leesbrook
- Oasis Academy MediaCityUK
- Oasis Academy Oldham
- Oldham Sixth Form College
- Oulder Hill Community School and Language College
- Our Lady's RC High School
- Park School
- Parrenthorn High School
- Parrs Wood High School
- Philips High School
- Pictor School
- Pioneer House High School
- Piper Hill High School
- Prestwich Arts College
- Priestnall School
- Rayner Stephens High School
- Reddish Vale Technology College
- Redwood
- Rivington and Blackrod High School
- Rochdale Pupil Referral Service
- Rochdale Sixth Form College
- Rodney House School
- Royal College Manchester (Seashell Trust)
- Rumworth School
- Saddleworth School
- Saint Ambrose College
- Saint Paul's Catholic High School
- Sale Grammar School
- Sale High School
- Salford City Academy
- Salford City College / Cityskills
- Salford City College / Eccles Sixth Form College
- Salford City College / Worsley College
- Salford City College / Future skills
- Salford City College Pendleton / Sixth Form College
- Samuel Laycock School
- Sharples School Science Specialist College
- Shevington High School
- Siddal Moor Sports College
- Smithills School
- Southern Cross School
- Spring Brook School
- Springside
- St Ambrose Barlow RC High School
- St Anne's Church of England Academy
- St Anne's Roman Catholic High School, Stockport
- St Antony's Catholic College
- St Cuthbert's RC High School
- St Damian's RC Science College
- St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
- St Gabriel's RC High School
- St James' Catholic High School - A Specialist Humanities College
- St James's Church of England High School
- St John Fisher Catholic High School
- St John Rigby RC Sixth Form College
- St Joseph's RC High School and Sports College
- St Mary's Catholic High School
- St Matthew's RC High School
- St Monica's RC High School and Sixth Form Centre
- St Patrick's RC High School and Arts College
- St Peter's Catholic High School Visual Arts College
- St Peter's RC High School
- St Thomas More RC College Specialising in Mathematics and Computing
- Standish Community High School
- Stockport Academy
- Stockport College
- Stockport School
- Stretford Grammar School
- Stretford High School
- Tameside College
- Tameside Pupil Referral Service
- The Albion Academy
- The Barlow RC High School and Specialist Science College
- The Birches School
- The Blue Coat CofE School
- The Byrchall High School
- The Canterbury Centre
- The Clifton Centre
- The Co-op Academy Walkden
- The Crompton House Church of England Academy
- The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College
- The Derby High School
- The East Manchester Academy
- The Elton High School
- The Hathershaw College
- The King David High School
- The Kingsway School
- The New Broadwalk PRU
- The Oldham Academy North
- The Oldham College
- The Orchards
- The Pendlebury Centre
- The Personal Learning Centre
- The Radclyffe School
- The Trafford Group / Altrincham Campus
- The Trafford Group / Stockport Campus
- The Trafford Group / Stretford Campus
- The Westleigh School
- Thomas Ashton School
- Thomasson Memorial School
- Thornleigh Salesian College
- Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy
- Tottington High School
- Trafford High School
- Trafford Medical Education Service
- Trinity CofE High School
- Turton School
- Unsworth Academy
- Urmston Grammar Academy
- Valley School
- Wardle Academy
- Waterhead Academy
- Wellacre Technology Academy
- Wellington School
- Werneth School
- West Hill School
- Westhoughton High School
- Whalley Range 11-18 High School
- Wigan and Leigh College
- Wigan UTC
- William Hulme's Grammar School
- Windlehurst School
- Winstanley College
- Woodhey High School
- Works 4 U Support (Norman Mackie & Associates Ltd)
- Wright Robinson College
- Xaverian College
- Youth Challenge Pru
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Curriculum connections
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IAG - in school/college
Workshops/presentations delivered in school, focused on key information, advice and guidance themes, to help learners make informed decisions about HE
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IAG - on campus
Visits to higher education (HE) institutions for an insight into student life, taster activities, as well as information about HE opportunities and pathways
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Industry Insights
Activities exploring career pathways that require higher level skills, often with employer involvement
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Learners with disabilities and additional needs
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Mentoring
Programmes that allow learners to discover the different routes into higher education (HE), as well as looking at career pathways and the HE application process
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Parent and carer activities
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Projects
A wide range of opportunities with external providers that can enhance academic, social, transferable skills
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Teacher and advisor CPD
Sessions that look at supporting those who work with/advise learners’ about their future options
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Uni:4U Summer Schools
On-campus experiences that involve subject-led/generic activities and workshops, some of these events are residential
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Young Carers
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Success4life- Bolton
22 Jan 2020 - 18 Mar 2020
4-6pm
Event providers: University of Bolton
The University of Bolton will be running our Success4Life project for looked after children again for 2020 The project: is for Looked after children in...
- Pre-16 Learners
Scribble and Script
22 Jan 2020
9:00-2.30pm
Event providers: Stockport College
Scribble and Script is a new project that has been developed in partnership with The Trafford College Group to bring a new fresh idea of...
- Pre-16 Learners
Maths on your Doorstep
23 Jan 2020
9:30am - 2:30pm
Event providers: Wigan and Leigh College
‘Math’s on your Doorstep' offers students the opportunity to develop and improve their mathematics skills as they approach their GCSE assessment. It is designed to...
- Pre-16 Learners
Maths to your Door
29 Jan 2020
9:00-2.30pm
Event providers: Stockport College
The Highly popular Maths Club sessions are coming to Stockport! Maths Club is a full day experience where students have the opportunity to develop key...
- Pre-16 Learners
Maths on your Doorstep
30 Jan 2020
9:30am - 2:30pm
Event providers: Wigan and Leigh College
‘Math’s on your Doorstep' offers students the opportunity to develop and improve their mathematics skills as they approach their GCSE assessment. It is designed to...
- Pre-16 Learners
Maths Club @ University of Salford
04 Feb 2020
9.45am-2.30pm
Event providers: University of Salford
Maths Club’ sessions are designed to improve students’ confidence, motivation and attainment in maths, helping them to prepare for their GCSE assessments (whether foundation or...
- Pre-16 Learners
Romeo & Juliet - English Literature
04 Feb 2020 - 06 Feb 2020
Morning session 09.30 - 11.30 and Afternoon session 12.30 - 14.30
Event providers: University Campus Oldham
This English Literature curriculum event will look at a performance of Romeo and Juliet with a modern twist followed by a workshop/question and answer session....
- Pre-16 Learners
Choices Day @ The University of Manchester – 6th February 2020
06 Feb 2020
9.45am - 2.30pm
Event providers: The University of Manchester
This event encourages learners to think about the decisions they may make during their education and to consider how their GCSE choices could affect their...
Apprenticeship Information Morning
07 Feb 2020 - 07 Feb 2020
9:30pm-12:30pm
Event providers: Trafford College
Trafford College are offering a fun and impactful morning of information and tasters around Apprenticeships for learners looking to progress onto Further or Higher Education....
- Post-16 Learners
Insight E-Mentoring
10 Feb 2020 - 29 Mar 2020
Event providers: Greater Manchester Higher
Thinking about what career you would like in the future? What’s in it for you? 1:1, personalised support to explore your next step in your...
- Pre-16 Learners
TeenTech
11 Feb 2020
09:15-2:45
Event providers: The University of Manchester
TeenTech is an award-winning event, where year 9 students from 30 schools from across Greater Manchester will join STEM professionals from many different industries for...
Pre-16 Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties Event
27 Feb 2020
9:30am-2:30pm
Event providers: University of Salford
This visit day offers an introduction to higher education and information about the specific support available. Learners will have the chance to meet university students...
- Pre-16 Learners
Behind the Scenes 'Of Mice And Men'
28 Feb 2020
11:45am - 14:45pm
Event providers: Salford City College
Experience a live theatre performance and workshop of the book ‘Of Mice Of Men’ at the award-winning Pendleton School of Theatre and let your students...
- Pre-16 Learners
Go Further Mentoring Programme
02 Mar 2020 - 22 May 2020
8 week programme
Event providers: Greater Manchester Higher
Mentoring is a proven to work due to the level of intensity, personalisation and relationship development involved. Our Go Further mentoring programme was developed in...
- Pre-16 Learners
Destination HE @ The University of Manchester – 5th March 2020
05 Mar 2020
9.45am - 2.30pm
Event providers: The University of Manchester
This event provides learners with the opportunity to visit a university or college campus and gain an insight into HE. The visit will include a...
- Pre-16 Learners
Investigate Creative & Digital Industries
06 Mar 2020
9.30am - 2.30pm
Event providers: University of Bolton
Our Investigate Creative & Digital Industries event will bring together year 9/10 learners from across Greater Manchester to investigate careers in one of the UK’s fastest...
