GMSA Advance

 

What is GMSA Advance

GMSA Advance provides a catalogue of short, business-focused, higher education courses from providers throughout Greater Manchester.

Every GMSA Advance module is free-standing and carries credits that can be banked and accumulated towards larger awards - such as Honours, Foundation or Masters degrees. Modules from different universities and colleges can be combined within a single qualification.

The initiative utilises a range of alternative delivery methods alongside the standard academic route, including online, distance or work-based learning.  

Please click here for the GMSA Advance website.

Quality assurance 

Click here to learn more about the critical quality assurance issues affecting GMSA Advance 

Progression 

Click here to learn more about the importance of progression routes, both into and out of GMSA Advance

Learner experience 

 

Click here to learn more about the unique learner experience GMSA Advance is designed to create

Employer engagement 

Click here to learn more about employer engagement issues surrounding GMSA Advance

Add a module to GMSA Advance

Greater Manchester universities and colleges can find out about adding a module by clicking here

Developing personlised learning opportunities for employers

Phil Margham, director of Learning Innovation to Liverpool John Moores University and consultant advising on GMSA Advance, has written an article for the Sussex Learning Network e-book, entitled Developing Personlised Learning Opportunities for Employers.

The article details the way in which the GMSA works with employers, with GMSA providers, challenges with rules and structures, and the development of IT processes.

Click here for the Sussex Learning Network e-book

Developing Personlised Learning Opportunities for Employers can be found in section 6.5.