Events & Activities
Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, we have made arrangements for all of our activities to be delivered remotely until further notice.
More information can be found: gmhigher.ac.uk/news/gm-higher-online/
Select or type your school/college name
Find your school / college
- 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
- 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 High School
- 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 High School
- 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
- Newhouse Academy
- 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
- Other
- 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
- 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
- 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 Heys School
- 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
- University Collegiate 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
- Woodbridge College
- Woodhey High School
- Works 4 U Support (Norman Mackie & Associates Ltd)
- Wright Robinson College
- Xaverian College
- Youth Challenge Pru
Or use the activity and event search tool
Refine your results
Month
-
On Request
-
February 2021
-
March 2021
-
April 2021
-
May 2021
-
June 2021
-
July 2021
-
August 2021
-
September 2021
-
October 2021
-
November 2021
-
December 2021
-
January 2022
Event Type
-
Curriculum connections
Enrichment activities that enhance existing national curriculum areas
-
HE subject tasters
Activities that showcase specific subject areas available at higher education level
-
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
-
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
-
IAG - online
-
Industry Insights
Activities exploring career pathways that require higher level skills, often with employer involvement
-
Learners with disabilities and additional needs
-
Looked after children/care leavers
-
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
-
Parent and carer activities
-
Projects
A wide range of opportunities with external providers that can enhance academic, social, transferable skills
-
Teacher and advisor CPD
Sessions that look at supporting those who work with/advise learners’ about their future options
-
Uni:4U Summer Schools
On-campus experiences that involve subject-led/generic activities and workshops, some of these events are residential
-
Young Carers
Subject Area
-
Creative Arts
-
Higher education IAG
-
Humanities and Social Science
-
Life skills
-
STEM
-
Study Skills
-
Vocational
“Letters to a President” creative writing competition
20 Jan 2021 - 30 Apr 2021
Event providers: The University of Manchester
American Studies Writing Competition Letters to a President - A National competition This spring the University of Manchester’s programme in American Studies is asking UK school students...
Student Doctor Outreach Project
22 Feb 2021 - 26 Mar 2021
Booking on request
Event providers: The University of Manchester
The Student Doctor Outreach Project (SDOP) is a free scheme where University of Manchester Medical School students are trained and supported by University academics, to...
Mathematics booster - Mystery Rooms: The Perplexing Puzzles of Professor Scream! Live online.
23 Feb 2021 - 25 Feb 2021
Slots: 10.00 - 11.30am or 1.00 - 2.30pm
Event providers: University Campus Oldham
A Gothic themed booster session for GCSE Mathematics. Acclaimed Horror novelist Professor Scream has no problem at all in the realm of language, but he...
- Post-16 Learners
- Pre-16 Learners
English Literature Festival - Studying English at University and Careers following an English Degree
25 Feb 2021
10.30am - 11.30am
Event providers: Wigan and Leigh College
Professor Helen Smith and Dr.Alexandra Kingston-Reese from The University of York. Experience a Russell Group university taster session with plenty of opportunities for Q&A. Professor...
Pre-16 Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties Event: Opportunity to… think about your future
25 Feb 2021
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...
Bright Carers Online Mentoring
01 Mar 2021 - 20 Jun 2021
Event providers: Greater Manchester Higher
Are you a Young Carer in Year 10-13 looking for advice about your next steps in education or your future career? Would you like free,...
Y11 Online Mentoring
01 Mar 2021 - 20 Jun 2021
Event providers: Greater Manchester Higher
Are you in Year 11 and looking for advice about your next steps in education or your future career? Would you like free, 1:1 and...
Storytelling Science
01 Mar 2021 - 31 Mar 2021
Event providers: Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Met is offering free visual storytelling workshops. These have been devised by, and will be delivered by, Mancheseter Met students. Merging Art and Science,...
National Careers Week - Ask us!
01 Mar 2021 - 05 Mar 2021
Slots available: 8.30am – 3.30pm each day (with a break between Midday – 1pm)
Event providers: Greater Manchester Higher
It continues to be an uncertain time for schools and students, during National Careers Week we want to help by offering Careers Week – Ask...
English Language - Pirate Jenny’s Search for Libertalia: Live online quest
02 Mar 2021 - 04 Mar 2021
Slots: 10.00 - 11.30am or 1.00 - 2.30pm
Event providers: University Campus Oldham
From the back of our successful English Language - Halloween mystery rooms of 'Terrible Tales' we now bring you - Pirate Jenny’s Search for Libertalia'....
- Post-16 Learners
- Pre-16 Learners
English Literature Festival - Louise Fazackerley - Wigan Poet - Part 2
02 Mar 2021
11am - 12pm
Event providers: Wigan and Leigh College
In Louise’s second event as part of the College’s Literature Festival, she will guide you through creating your own poetry with a series of games,...
The Pay Index - School & College Engagement Webinar
03 Mar 2021
3pm
Have you heard about The Pay Index? The aim of My Future report suites is to provide real answers to questions that can typically present...
- Post-16 Learners
- Pre-16 Learners
English Literature Festival - Martin Green - Actor and Director Shakespeare in Performance
03 Mar 2021
1.30pm - 3pm
Event providers: Wigan and Leigh College
Meet actor / director, Martin Green, as he talks about Shakespeare, the Elizabethan/Jacobean eras and the writer’s enduring appeal to audiences today. Explore what theatre...
- Post-16 Learners
- Pre-16 Learners
English Literature Festival - New Writers Showcase
04 Mar 2021
11am - 12pm
Event providers: Wigan and Leigh College
An informal and supportive hour with the opportunity to perform your own work and/or submit it to our shared blog. We will be joined by...
- Post-16 Learners
- Pre-16 Learners
English Literature Festival - AP Winter - Novelist 'The Boy Who Went Magic'
04 Mar 2021
11am - 12pm
Event providers: Wigan and Leigh College
Learn how to produce your own descriptive writing in this fun workshop led by a professional writer. AP Winter (Andy) will lead you through the...
Romeo & Juliet - English Literature - performance and workshop - online version
09 Mar 2021 - 11 Mar 2021
AM or PM
Event providers: University Campus Oldham
This English Literature curriculum booster session will look at a performance of Romeo and Juliet with a modern twist followed by a workshop/FAQ session. A...
