Making a difference with jobs and skills for local communities
05 May 2023
Four colleagues share their experience of working at our University
The stories of four University colleagues take centre stage in a feature in the Manchester Evening News, showing how we offer good quality work and job opportunities to people living in our neighbouring communities.
Branko Kovacevic, Samantha Grieve, Lewis Mosey and Alisha Quinn tell their stories of how they came to work at our University through some of our socially responsible recruitment routes.
You can read the full feature and watch the accompanying film at:
Alisha and Lewis both joined as apprentices. Alisha is now a workshop technician in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, while Lewis is an IT service business analyst.
He says: “What gives me the most job satisfaction is that it is such a calm, collected and empathetic place to work. As an employee, you really want to be cared for by your employer and we are.”
We are launching a new Apprenticeship strategy in Autumn 2023.
Samantha joined through Kickstart, a government scheme to support people into work, initially as an apprentice before gaining a permanent role as a recruitment support assistant in the People and Organisational Development team.
And Branko joined the University eight years ago through The Works, our innovative employment and training initiative at the heart of our local community in Ardwick, and now works in the Beehive Cafe in Oddfellows Hall.
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