Why study with us?

Higher education offers you a wealth of opportunities – to significantly improve your career prospects, to drive your career forward, to a new direction, to learn at a higher level that will give you a greater understanding of not only your subject but also your place in the world around you.

We understand the challenges facing the part-time learner – this is why many of our courses are available as bite-sized modules.

We offer a challenging, yet supportive, academic environment that is focused on bringing out the best in you. Part-time students are an important part of an academic community. They bring experience, new learning and very often insightful professional and life experience which we value greatly.

We have a long-established reputation for higher education, research and development that is of the highest quality and relevance. In fact, the government's quality agency, the QAA, gave us their highest level of recommendation in their most recent university-wide audit.

Some of our courses are available by distance learning, or at other higher education centres, which may include your local college (e.g. Bury College or lots of other local colleges).

We are a major provider of teacher training – we specialise in training further and higher education teaching staff and are the country's second largest provider of post-secondary, further and higher education training. We also offer a comprehensive range of professional development courses for those working in the education sector.

Our strong industry links allow us to provide a large number of professionally accredited courses through partnerships that include the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, the British Psychological Society and the Nursing and Midwifery Council.