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Greater Manchester FE college students' skills on show Date published: 25 April 2021 The colleges - including Hopwood Hall (Rochdale campus pictured) - decided to create a video to celebrate the overwhelming achievements that young people across Greater Manchester have made with their resilience and ability to carry on learning Students across Greater Manchester have showcased their hard work and skills developed during lockdown in a video presentation released on Monday (19 April) by the Greater Manchester Colleges Group (GMCG), which includes Hopwood Hall. Each year the GMCG host skills...

“Discussions are taking place between the Department of Culture and the BBC and we hope our petition will push forward a solution to this long running dispute. “750,000 older people are refusing to pay the new fee and the BBC is unable to enforce it, so the current situation is unsustainable. “The Government must now force the issue with the BBC, as both bodies have broken their promises. “The Budget next week would be a great opportunity for a revised policy to be outlined.” A BBC spokesman said: “The licence fee continues to ensure the BBC is an independent, universal broadcaste...

£271k raised to help disadvantaged children learn from home

BT has unveiled what it calls an 'unbreakable' home internet solution which combines the firm's Wi-Fi connectivity with the EE mobile network. The so-called Halo 3+ package features the new 'Hybrid Connect' technology which links the EE 4G mobile network to a home's broadband connection. The central BT hub connects to a 4G modem and if it detects the wired internet has been knocked out it automatically switches over to the mobile network.      It does this within 90 seconds to get the user back online in minutes, BT claims.  BT Halo 3+ will be available from February 5 and will cost new...

Lockdown now demands that millions of parents have to juggle work and their children's schooling from home. Yet despite this, a third of families do not have the computers they need. The Daily Mail is campaigning to ensure all Britain's pupils are equipped with a laptop or tablet - so no child is prevented from learning in lockdown.  But it's not just a lack of hardware causing difficulties. As this newspaper reveals today, almost one million children do not have access to broadband at home, which they need to do lessons. Digital divide: A third of families do not have the computers they nee...