Events & Activities
Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, we have made arrangements for all of our activities to be delivered remotely until further notice.
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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
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- Altrincham Grammar School for Girls
- Aquinas College
- Ashton Sixth Form College
- Ashton-on-Mersey School
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- 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
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- Bolton St Catherine's Academy
- Bramhall High School
- Brentwood Community College
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- Bridge College
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- Burnage Academy for Boys
- Bury Church of England High School
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- 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
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- 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
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- Hawthorns School
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- Heaton School
- Highfields Inclusion Partnership
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Pioneer House High School
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- 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
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- 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
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- The Westleigh School
- Thomas Ashton School
- Thomasson Memorial School
- Thornleigh Salesian College
- Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy
- Tottington High School
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- Trafford Medical Education Service
- Trinity CofE High School
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- Urmston Grammar Academy
- Valley School
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- 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
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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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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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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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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
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“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...
Bright Carers Online Mentoring
25 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
25 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...
- Pre-16 Learners
Go Further Y10 Online Mentoring Programme
19 Apr 2021 - 23 May 2021
Event providers: Greater Manchester Higher
What is Go Further mentoring? Go Further is an online mentoring project for Y10 students, it will help you to explore and discuss your options...
Britain’s Sustainable Future
21 Apr 2021
1pm – 3pm
Event providers: The University of Manchester
This virtual event for your Year 12 pupils will introduce them to the interconnected subjects of Geography, Architecture, Planning and Environmental Management through the theme...
Medicine - Plant a Seed Series
21 Apr 2021 - 16 Jun 2021
1:30pm
Event providers: The University of Manchester
The University of Manchester Widening Participation fellows are pleased to announce the 'Plant a Seed Series', which aims to Inspire, Educate and Motivate KS3 pupils...
Medicine at Manchester - Webinar
22 Apr 2021
11:00 am
Event providers: The University of Manchester
In this webinar Dr Drew Tarmey, Head of Admissions for the University of Manchester Medical School, will introduce the Medicine course at Manchester and explain...
Teacher CPD: ‘Boy Everywhere’: A.M. Dassu (CPD event and teaching resource)
22 Apr 2021 - 22 Apr 2021
18:00-19:30
Event providers: Manchester Metropolitan University
A.M.Dassu will be interviewed about her novel and will discuss how she hopes that ideas in the teaching resource, created specifically for this event, will...
Step Up To Uni +
22 Apr 2021 - 17 Jun 2021
Thursdays 4pm-5pm
Event providers: Stockport College
During this 8-week programme learners will gain an overview of HE, including financial and pastoral support and tips on how to make well informed decisions...
English Language - Pirate Jenny’s Search for Libertalia: Live online quest
27 Apr 2021 - 29 Apr 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'....
- Pre-16 Learners
Destination Rail Manchester 2021
29 Apr 2021 - 20 May 2021
Multiple times and dates, please see below
Event providers: University of Salford
Join us in exploring opportunities in rail, from the careers available in the sector to the higher education routes that can get you there. What...
Study Healthcare
05 May 2021 - 31 May 2021
Event providers: The University of Manchester
Study Healthcare is a series of live and pre-recorded online sessions aimed at Year 11 and Year 12 students who are interested in Biology, Chemistry...
Supporting the Supporters 2021
06 May 2021
9.30am - 3.00pm
Event providers: The University of Manchester
This annual CPD event is aimed at professionals and supporters of care-experienced young people, including social workers, foster carers, personal advisors and designated teachers. Join...
- Post-16 Learners
Performing Arts: Physical Theatre: Get out of your head, and into your body
06 May 2021
10.30 - 12.00pm
Event providers: University Campus Oldham
Art with Heart’s go-to movement director Deb Pugh has helped actors portray a character, to physicalising devised work. She has helped use our bodies in...
- Post-16 Learners
Performing Arts: Script Writing
07 May 2021
10.30 - 12.00pm
Event providers: University Campus Oldham
Have you ever had a dream, woke-up and thought ‘that would be a great story to tell!’ But then you get frustrated because you do...
- Post-16 Learners
Explore - Online Mentoring
10 May 2021 - 11 Jul 2021
Event providers: Greater Manchester Higher
Want help with exploring your next steps after school or college? Help with your university or apprenticeship applications? Support with finding university courses? Know-how on...
