World of opportunity: Ashton students enjoy ‘life-changing’ Oxbridge fast-track scheme
The college has experienced widespread benefits from their involvement with the award winning Pembroke access schemes since their partnership began in 2012
More Zs, less Fs: Manchester Uni sleep boffin backs ‘lie-ins boost GCSE grades’ theory
More than 100 schools will be delaying their starting times by one hour to give schoolchildren extra time to sleep in a bid to boost GCSE results.
Manchester poets’ society: City hosts international literary awards
Chetham’s School of Music will play host to the Manchester Literature Festival tomorrow, where winners of the £10,000 Poetry and Fiction prizes will be announced.
Gorton Miss Plus Size hopeful aims to show big girls are beautiful in global pageant
Aspiring beauty queen talks to Mancunian Matters about her hopes on becoming an inspiration for other plus size women ahead of the Miss Plus Size International 2015 beauty pageant
Ebola ‘hysteria’ blamed as Stockport school turns away African boy, 9, ‘like a leper’
An aid worker based in Africa accused parents at a Stockport Catholic primary school of treating her nine-year-old son ‘like a leper’ today after he was banned from joining classes over unfounded fears he had Ebola.
Salford schoolboy found hanged was ‘not suicide’ rules coroner – despite note saying he was ‘fed up’
A 15-year-old Salford schoolboy may have accidentally hanged himself with his school bag while swinging in trees for a lark, despite being found with a note in his pocket which said he was ‘fed up’.
Manchester City’s Caballero and Boyata back defensive to keep children out of gangs
Manchester City stars Willy Caballero and Dedryck Boyata have swapped the football pitch for the classroom to raise awareness about the dangers of gang culture to children.
Sick teacher who had fetish for spanking schoolboys jailed over decades of abuse at top Altrincham Catholic school
Deacon Alan Morris, 64, of Rivington Road, Hale, preyed on young boys during his time at St Ambrose RC College, an all-boys grammar school where a ‘culture of abuse was rife’.
Lethal vocal condition leaves Irlam girl, four, only able to whisper – but doesn’t stop her singing Disney
A little Manchester girl is battling to get her voice heard – even though a potentially lethal vocal condition has left her speaking in just a whisper.
Free school meals scheme: Manchester parents could save £5.3million – £400 each every year
According to the Government, parents have spent up to £400 on packed lunches in previous years
LGBT Youth North West awarded nearly £500,000 to fight bullying and prejudice in Greater Manchester
The project, funded by a £473,123 grant from the Big Lottery Fund, hopes to reach 22,000 people aged between 13-25 across the region, focusing particularly on Manchester and Stockport