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11 Ebrill / April 2011

Quality Accolades 

	Colleges' chief awarded Chancellor’s Medal It is with great delight that ColegauCymru / CollegesWales announces that its Chief Executive, Dr John Graystone, has been awarded the University of Glamorgan Chancellor’s Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to education. more >>>

High quality colleges all round

A record number of entries and a wide spread of colleges in the ColegauCymru / CollegesWales awards 2011 shortlists demonstrate a string of top quality colleges. more >>>   

Estyn identifies good practice in student support

Student support structures at Ystrad Mynach College have been highlighted by Estyn as good practice. more >>>  

New Resources

Cyfarwyddwr Dwyieithrwydd / Director of Bilingualism

Mae ColegauCymru am benodi i swydd newydd: Cyfarwyddwr Dwyieithrwydd, i fwrw ymlaen â'r Strategaeth Genedlaethol ar Ddwyeithrwydd mewn Addysg Bellach. mwy >>> 

ColegauCymru wishes to appoint to the new post of Bilingualism Director to take forward the National Strategy on Bilingualism in Further Education. more >>>

Minister Opens New HE Centre

Bridgend College was thrilled to welcome Leighton Andrews, Minister for Children, Education & Lifelong Learning to open our new Higher Education Centre on Thursday, 31st March 2011. more >>> 

New Sports Facility on Track 

The new £6M sports arena for Neath Port Talbot College (NPTC) Sports Academy is on track for completion in September 2011. The facility, which is the result of a private and public partnership between the College, Llandarcy Park Ltd and the Ospreys, will include a multi-functional national standard hard court sports hall and climbing wall. more >>> 

Coleg Menai launches new business support service

Linc Menai is a one-stop-shop for training and product support for businesses in North Wales with a dedicated phone line and website to allow all employers and employees to enrol on bespoke courses and services. more >>>

Congratulations! Student and Staff Successes

International Hairdresser of the Year commends Yale

Yale College’s Zoe Addis, Level 3 hairdressing learner, has won the prestigous Fashionista Hairdressing Competition at Salon Cymru and gained commendation from International Hairdresser of the Year, Steven Smart. more >>>

Deeside College Students Win National Award of Excellence

Two Deeside College students have won a prestigious national award for their exceptional efforts towards learning and personal development. more >>>

Yale College Plumbing Student is the best in Wales

Wrexham plumber, Lee James Cuthill has won a national competition to become best plumber in Wales. more >>>

Yale College Learner on way to USA's Ivy League

Aspiring to a career in writing, Yale College’s Roisin Mullins has been offered an unconditional place to study at Columbia University, New York. more >>>

Nail art student wins top prize

Pembrokeshire College’s Oksana Cooper has won the Association of Hairdressing and Therapies' British national nail art competition at a high profile event in Blackpool. more >>>

International Influence

	Lancôme HQ training for Coleg Gwent Coleg Gwent beauty students have been training at Lancôme headquarters in Paris alongside international Makeup Artist German Moyano. more >>>

International success for Deeside College scholarship student

Warming up to take her full scholarship place at East Tennessee University USA, Deeside College Sporting Excellence Scholarship student Jasmin Dutton has just returned from playing for Wales in the Algarve Cup football tournament in Portugal and scoring in friendlies in Belgium.  more >>>

Sports Science students find different world in Florida

Coleg Powys sports science students were most impressed with the size and scale of training opportunities and the level of professionalism on a fact-finding trip to the University of Florida. more >>> 

Student Opportunities

Your Money Tips for Wales, please!

We could all do with a few money tips and the ‘Money Tips for Wales’ competition might well help us all on our way to a more prosperous future. From saving the pennies in our pockets to saving thousands for Wales, the Money Tips competition is open to all of the best ideas from college students before it closes on 15 April. more >>>

Spectacular student displays at RHS show

A wedding dress and a Welsh dragon made of flowers are part of the spectaculars on display at this year's Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Show in Cardiff, thanks to Neath Port Talbot College (NPTC). more >>> 

WorldSkills Successes

Bridgend College hosts contest to find UK’s top hairdressing talent

Students from across the UK are set to take part in a prestigious event to find the nation’s most creative hairdressers. The WorldSkills UK hairdressing competition will be held at Bridgend College on 14 April and will see 27 hairdressers go head-to-head in this Welsh heat as part of their quest to be crowned the best hairdresser in the UK. more >>>