Manchester College of Arts and Technology (or for short MANCAT) is a former network of further and higher education campuses in the city of

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specialising in courses in the

Arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both hi ...

and

Technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

, however courses in many other fields were also offered. MANCAT was merged with the City College Manchester in August 2008, forming

The Manchester College The Manchester College is the largest further education college in the United Kingdom and the largest single provider of 16-19, adult and higher education in Greater Manchester, with more than 25% of Greater Manchester’s learning provision un ...

, which is now the largest college in Europe, according to the TMC website. Over 500 courses were offered at all levels and the college was one of the largest in the

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area, with sites at Openshaw, Moston and other locations. MANCAT had around 45,000 students, making it alone one of the largest

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colleges in the

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History

MANCAT was formed in the early 1990s through the merger of North Manchester Community College and Central Manchester College of Technology. Initially there were seven colleges in the 1980s, the merger reduced this number to four by 1986. Since that time it had steadily grown through the acquisitions of other buildings, colleges and sites, including the former Ellen Wilkinson High School in Ardwick in 2000. The first principal was Nye Rowlands, formerly of Central Manchester College, and the First President of the Student Union was Phil McHugh, formerly of North Manchester Community College. The college merged with City College Manchester to create an 80,000 student 'supercollege' known as

in August 2008. The principal of MANCAT Peter Tavernor was appointed as head of The Manchester College.

External links

Manchester College of Arts and Technology WebsiteCity College ManchesterThe Manchester College

References

College of Arts and Technology Defunct universities and colleges in the United Kingdom Art schools in England Technical universities and colleges in the United Kingdom Further education colleges in Manchester Educational institutions disestablished in 2008 2008 disestablishments in England {{GreaterManchester-stub