Education

Youngsters will be taking on allotments in Cadishead

Youngsters take on grow-your-own allotment project in Cadishead

Children have been working hard to create new community allotments in Cadishead with hopes to supply Salford food schemes. Youngsters […]

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Worldwide sports education institute to open new facility in Salford Quays

The University College of Sports Business (UCFB) will be moving into Salford Quays from September 2023. Approval of change of […]

Young people doing an activity at Pathfinders. Photo credits: Phil Swinton.

“What you need to do is engage them”: Pendlebury youth group help guide young people

A new youth group in Salford is enriching and educating the city’s youngest members by providing specialist activities for children […]

Old style buses to be phased out, photo by Sam Oliphant

Independent travel training sessions for SEN young people comes to Salford

A session to support SEN young people with independent travel is coming to Salford this march. The session aims to […]

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Peter Kay launches Salford learning centre set to support 1k disadvantaged young people a year

A learning centre set to offer long-term support for disadvantaged and underrepresented people in Higher Education has opened in Salford. […]

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Converted American school bus visits young Salfordians after women quit corporate jobs to find ‘calm among the chaos’

A converted American school bus is visiting children around Salford to promote good mental health, after its creators left their […]

GMB members working for Usdaw picket the union's Salford headquarters on a recent strike day

Salford MP Rebecca Long-Bailey defends workers’ rights as strikes hit schools, trains and universities

Salford and Eccles MP Rebecca Long-Bailey has accused the Government of trying to pass “an authoritarian and undemocratic bill” to […]

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Eccles Sixth Form College – An unlikely home for rescued and endangered animals

A college in Eccles has boasted its state-of-the-art Animal Centre, unique to Salford and home to capybaras and kookaburras. Described […]

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Eccles Doctors Surgery holds Menopause advice sessions after extreme demand for support

A Doctors Surgery in Eccles has organised a social group for women to discuss the menopause and work to break […]

Salford mum of two kids with special educational needs, Lauren Thompsone. Image credit - Lauren Thompsone

“They are very, very valuable” – Mum-of-two praises Salford’s Special Education Needs campaign

A Salford mum-of-two has praised Salford’s ‘SpeakUp Holiday Countdown tips’ for Special Education Needs campaign, calling them ‘very valuable’. Lauren […]