Merger With City College Manchester
See also: City College Manchester and The Manchester CollegeIn August 2008 the college merged with City College Manchester to form an 80,000 student 'super-college', it was announced in April 2008 that MANCAT Principal Peter Tavernor will be Principal of the new supercollege, this decision was taken after funding bosses claimed that both colleges were competing for students but neglecting others, so a merger was the best way forward, initially there was opposition from governors at City College Manchester but eventually it got the go ahead, the new college is to be called The Manchester College.
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