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Plans for new university in Rochdale to stop ‘brain drain' from the borough

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direct to your inboxPlans to establish a university in Rochdale to stop a ‘brain drain’ from the borough could take a big step forward this week.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.Council chiefs are now set to sign off on proposals to work with Hopwood Hall College to significantly increase higher education provision.The new university would focus on advanced manufacturing - creating a ‘unique’ offer that would address the skills gap in the sector at local, regional and national level.A council report says there is ‘great scope’ for Rochdale to specialise in this area, by working with 'existing local industry’.It.

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