Student Recruitment Team

Oldham College’s Student Recruitment Team works in partnership with schools, education providers and careers advice professionals throughout Greater Manchester.

The team provides pupils and school staff with a variety of information on all the opportunities available in post-16 education.

Working closely with the Careers Team, the Student Recruitment team aims to raise aspirations and support students to make informed decisions on their next steps.

The team utilises the 8 Gatsby benchmarks to assist education providers in developing their careers programme.

Provider Access Legislation: How Oldham College Can Help Your School

The Provider Access Legislation (PAL) specifies that schools and colleges must supply at least six meaningful encounters with approved providers of technical and professional education for all of their students.

‘Encounters’ take place twice in Years 8 or 9, in Years 10 or 11 and in Years 12 or 13. This is designed to ensure that all young people understand the academic and technical and professional educational routes available to them, so that they can make informed choices at every stage.

As the leading provider of technical and professional education in Oldham, we are able to support you in ensuring you meet these new requirements.

We will:

• Empower students to identify their best next steps and the opportunities now available to them
• Use local and national labour market information (LMI) to demonstrate career routes – we will share Oldham versions of the IFATE Occupational Maps
• Provide expertise on all the latest technical and professional qualifications and their progression routes
• Support you with your Careers Programme and Gatsby Benchmark scores
• Provide equality of access to information and understanding.

Please get in touch if you would like us to deliver any of the following:

Year Group Assemblies

Focused on technical and professional education

Classroom Workshops

T Levels, Apprenticeships and specific courses

Community
Events

Careers fairs, school events and parents’ evenings

Bespoke
Sessions

Interview tips, CV and application support

1-2-1
Advice

Pupil career guidance and support

Taster
Days

Including campus tours

Open Days

Your pupils are also welcome to join us at one of our Open Days.

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Meet the Student Recruitment Team

If you would like to book the team in for any of the above please email the Student Recruitment Team or call 0161 785 4026