Plans for new university in Rochdale to stop âbrain drain from the borough
Around 80pc of students at Rochdale Sixth Form College currently go on to university - but most do not return to live and work in the town after they graduate.
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Plans for a university in Rochdale to stop ‘brain drain from the borough set to take vital step forward Date published: 23 February 2021
Proposals to significantly increase higher education provision in the borough will be discussed at the next cabinet meeting
Plans to establish a university in Rochdale to stop ‘brain drain’ from the borough could take a big step forward this week.
Around 80% of students at Rochdale Sixth Form College currently go on to university – but most do not return to live and work in the town after they graduate.
Local schools to benefit from government’s rebuilding programme Date published: 15 February 2021
Littleborough Community Primary School
Four local schools have been chosen by government to have new sites built as part of the first tranche of its new 10-year school rebuilding programme.
In the Rochdale borough, Littleborough Community Primary will be having a whole new school, while Kingsway Park High and Newhouse Academy will both be benefiting from substantial building work.
Whitworth Community High School, which comes under neighbouring borough Rossendale, will also benefit from the project.
The new Littleborough Community Primary School building will deliver a replacement new school with 14 new classrooms, new sports/assembly hall, nursery, for a 420 place school (60 places in each year group) and a 26 place nursery. Work on the new site is due to start from September 2021 and will be on land within the Littleborough campus so that a smooth transition to the new build
National Apprenticeship Week: 2021 sees 14 new apprentices start at Rochdale Borough Council Date published: 12 February 2021
Samantha Stott, apprentice teaching assistant at St Mary s primary school
Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic has had a national impact with apprenticeship starts down across the whole country, in the borough of Rochdale, 14 new apprentices have started their training at Rochdale Borough Council since the start of 2021.
Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, 32 new apprentices have started with the council and schools.
The apprentices to have started this year are:
Joshua Ennis is doing a level 3 business administrator apprenticeship in the chief executive’s office
Plans to bring hundreds of electric scooters to streets of Rochdale given green light
The 12-month trial is set to begin before April and focus on the area around the railway station and other key town centre locations.
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A scheme that will bring hundreds of electric scooters to the streets of Rochdale has been given the green light.