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Category: Education

Salford City College announces outstanding 82% Apprentice pass rate

Salford City College announces outstanding 82% Apprentice pass rate Last week it was announced that those completing Apprenticeship qualifications at Salford City...

Salford school grows from strength to strength

Pupils at a Salford primary school have created their own food growing area with help from local environmental charity Red Rose Forest and a team of hard-working...

Salford students celebrate Black History Month

Students from Salford City College got an insight into the rich culture of Jamaica earlier this month, with a special visit from musician and Jamaican tenor, Steve...

Manchester University strike: Union ballots for action in jobs row

The University and College Union is to ballot its members for strike action claiming 219 staff at the University of Manchester are at risk of redundancy after changes to...

Salford schoolkids get sweet taste of success

Empty jam jars could have the sweet taste of business success for pupils at All Hallows RC High School in Salford. The young entrepreneurs are converting them into Jars...

Salford Journalism students appointed official reporters for Asian Media Awards

Two students from the University of Salford will be interviewing some of the biggest hitters in the world of Journalism at the upcoming Asian Media Awards. Gorana...

Counting the cost of school and college dropouts

Thousands of Greater Manchester’s young people have started sixth form or college courses in the last few weeks, but one of the area’s biggest training organisations...

Salford City Academy bounces back to ‘Good’ after Ofsted remove ‘Inadequate’ rating

Salford City Academy are celebrating this week after Ofsted judged them to have improved enough to garner a ‘Good’ rating. One inspection 18 months ago...

Question Time for scientists tonight in Salford

Tonight at MediaCityUK in Salford a panel of experts will consider the biggest questions in science in front of a public audience. Manchester Science Festival has taken...

Alpine adventure for Irlam school in £48k French twinning link

240 pupils at Fiddlers Lane primary school in Irlam are to swap their city streets for the lush green valleys of the French Alps after the school won EU funding for...