Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Hosting a T-Level placement = tonnes of admin? Swipe to see what Greater Manchester’s businesses said about the effort that goes into organising a T-Level placement 👉 #TLevelsWeek T Levels

"It's a different world when you come into a nursery. The children, their imaginations - it's just happiness". Charlie works in the baby room at Tiddlywinks Nursery and spoke to us about how much she loves her job and the impact she has 👩🍼 👉 https://bit.ly/GMEarlyEd #GMEarlyEducation

Greater Manchester is on a mission to become one of the globe’s healthiest, cleanest and greenest city-regions 🌍 To achieve this, we need a workforce with the right skills. That’s why some of Greater Manchester’s employers (and champions of careers education in our city-region) came together to host a sustainability-themed Workplace Safari 🐘 Together, Alstom, AutoTrader, Bruntwood, KPMG UK, MBDA, Siemens and Willmott Dixon welcomed students from the Little Lever School, Burnage Academy for Boys and North Chadderton School to the Siemen’s UK headquarters for a day of interactive sessions. Connecting young people and employers is an integral principle of the Greater Manchester Baccalaureate (MBacc), which will open a clear pathway from school to high-quality jobs in our growing economy. Interested in holding your own Workplace Safari or want to collaborate with other organisations? Reach out to gmcacareershub@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk #GMWorkplaceSafari 🐘 #MBacc #Construction #GreenEconomy #Sustainability The Careers & Enterprise Company

Are T-Level students prepared for the workplace? Swipe to see what Greater Manchester’s businesses had to say 👀 #TLevelsWeek T Levels

Last week, we held an event to celebrate announcing that we're the UK's first fostering friendly city-region! GMCA, all ten local authorities, NHS Greater Manchester and Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service are fostering friendly employers 👏 Find out more 👉https://lnkd.in/enDqw_eA The Fostering Network Bolton Council Bury Council Manchester City Council Oldham Council Rochdale Borough Council Salford City Council Stockport Council Tameside Council Trafford Council Wigan Council #FosteringFriendly #FosterForGM #Fostering #GreaterManchester

#TLevelsWeek is just around the corner. We’ve asked businesses in our network what some of their preconceptions were about T-Levels and whether they’ve changed since hosting a T-Level placement student? 🤔 Stick around to see what they had to say... Questions about hosting a T-Level placement? Drop them below 👇 T Levels

Congratulations to all the winners and participants at this year’s WorldSkills UK competitions, and a special well done to the winners from Greater Manchester: 🥉  Trafford College - Erin Carpenter (Bronze, Beauty Therapy) 🥉  Oldham College - Marcus Nawrocki (Bronze, IT Support Tech) 🥈  The Manchester Metropolitan University - James McKeown & Muhammad Sohail (Silver, Industry 4.0) 🥉  The University of Manchester -Tom Healey (Bronze, Lab Tech) & 👍 Hayley Yuen (Highly Commended, Graphic Design) The event was a fantastic celebration of a wide range of skills, giving technical education the recognition it deserves. In Greater Manchester, the game-changing Greater Manchester Baccalaureate – or MBacc – is set to transform technical education in our city-region, growing the economy and helping all our young people fulfil their potential. Results here: https://lnkd.in/eGftRmqC #MBacc #TechnicalEducation #GreaterManchester

📍Close to Greater Manchester, in Warrington, is Holcroft Moss. It is an important peat bog habitat which has developed over thousands of years. We want to ensure that new homes and businesses have safeguards in place to avoid harm to this site. 🗣️ The Joint Supplementary Planning Document is a key part of delivering this, and we want your input to help shape it. https://lnkd.in/eTBtRzab

JIFFL® is an online platform and app for part-time recruitment that aims to simplify the process of for jobseekers and employers. It's one the projects being backed by the GMCA's Foundational Economy Innovation Fund, which is providing grants for businesses and organisations working in or with Greater Manchester’s "foundational economy" to trial new ideas and become more resilient. JIFFL offers a more efficient, digital solution, tailored to the fast-moving part-time job market. Part-time work is more prevalent in areas of the foundational economy, like hospitality and retail. The grant awarded by the Foundational Economy Innovation Fund has helped the Manchester-based start-up develop its mobile app, build a brand identity and take the platform to market. Projects awarded funding also receive support from the GM Business Growth Hub. 🗣 "One of the things we're trying to do is to encourage SMEs to try an online service, where previously they would have just relied on the old school way of doing things. So far, the feedback we’ve received has been incredibly positive" says JIFFL co-founder Usman Aziz. Find out more 👇 https://lnkd.in/eyc4EEU3

"You've got that responsibility to be that great role model and give them that opportunity to learn and grow" - Kathryn, Nursery Manager Find out more about early education in Greater Manchester 👉 https://bit.ly/GMEarlyEd #GMEarlyEducation #EarlyYears #Nursery #Childcare #EarlyEducation