Gower College Swansea has held a special Welsh-themed welcome event for students. Croeso Day 2024 saw staff and learners, who are fluent speakers, enjoy a range of activities designed to get everyone using their Welsh as they get to know one another. Entertainment was provided by pioneering beat-boxer and live looping artist, Mr Phormula, while…
The cutting-edge facility has been built at Coleg Cambria Deeside and is one of only a handful of further education gaming complexes in the country. Lisa Radcliffe, Assistant Principal for Technical Studies, said state-of-the-art equipment and technology – including 36 YOYOTECH high-spec stations featuring the latest I7 Intel processors and RTX4070 graphics cards – secure…
Neil Marshall, whose credits include Hellboy, Game of Thrones, Westworld, and Dog Soldiers, paid a visit to the college’s Creative Media department for a Q&A with learners in Deeside. A Best Director winner at the Saturn Awards and British Independent Awards for The Descent, he spoke about his career in the industry and provided the cohort with advice and…
A learner with ambitions of a career in mental health nursing, has praised the ‘vibrant atmosphere’ and lecturers at Stoke on Trent College for providing the tools to achieve future goals. Alhagie Darboe, who attended school previously in Gambia, has undertaken the college’s Access to Higher Education (HE) course in Level 3 Health and Professional…
GCSE re-sit students from Stoke on Trent College are taking the next steps in their career paths, after collecting their English and mathematics results. Every year students who have not managed to achieve a high-grade pass (4 or above) in their English or mathematics at school are given a chance to re-take their exams, giving…
Matthew Shackleton, a Chester-based veterinary physio, zoo consultant and animal care practitioner at Coleg Cambria Northop, discussed and demonstrated lameness and enrichment devices at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Branton, near Doncaster. Joined by Cambria’s Animal Care Coordinator Richard Morrilly, they conducted a morning of theory on physiology and how to spot locomotive illnesses – which…
Naomi Spaven, lead baker and patisserie chef at Coleg Cambria’s Iâl Restaurant in Wrexham, and baker and pastry chef Ella Muddiman, who also works at the Hafod venue, have been nominated for the Rising Star accolade at this year’s BIA (Baking Industry Awards) ceremony. The news comes after Naomi, from Mold – whose popular LittleWelshFoodie…
Learners came together at the college’s Sixth Form Centre in Connah’s Quay to celebrate this year’s A Level results. Among those moving on to a higher education was Rin Sutton, who will study Medicine at Cardiff University having secured an A* in Maths, and As in Biology, Chemistry and the Welsh Baccalaureate. Ruby Wilson described…
The Torfaen MS met with learners in Wrexham as they received their grades, alongside Cambria’s chief executive, Yana Williams. Among those to achieve their dream marks was Rhian Jones, who secured A*s in Chemistry and Biology, and an A in Maths. Following her “excellent” two years at the college, she will now study Natural Sciences…
Exeter College students are celebrating exceptional A Level, Vocational and T Level results today. The overall A Level pass rate was 99.5%, ahead of the national average of 97%, with 26 A Level subjects achieving a remarkable 100% pass rate. T level pass rates were 97% at the College, which far outstripped the 89% national…