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Our Proposals for an Integrated Technical Education City Region

In May, the Mayor and GMCA announced their proposals for a technical education city region and began a process of engagement and consultation on them. Find out more about the proposals on this page.

Our “starting the conversation” document

Following this announcement, GMCA published the “Towards an integrated Technical Education, Skills and Work City-Region: Starting the Conversation” document. This set out the proposals in more detail and represented a starting point for our engagement with stakeholders including businesses across Greater Manchester and the education sector.

You can view this document by clicking the links below.

Towards an integrated Technical Education, Skills and Work City-Region: Starting the Conversation (Word, 22 MB)

Towards an integrated Technical Education, Skills and Work City-Region: Starting the Conversation (PDF, 8 MB)

Our announcements

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has outlined new ambitious plans to create two equal pathways for young people when they make their GCSE choices – one academic and one focussed on technical careers.

As part of the Trailblazer Devolution Deal, Greater Manchester will have further oversight of post-16 technical skills, allowing local leaders to better shape how the city-region supports the one in three young people who do not want to go to university and match them into the skilled jobs being created in the local economy.

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Our original press release for these announcements: Mayor unveils new plan for equal pathways to technical education and university for school leavers (news article)