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28 Tachwedd / November 2011

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Vocational Skills Centre opened by Education Minister

A cutting-edge vocational centre for construction skills is being officially opened in Llanelli by Education Minister Leighton Andrews this afternoon. more>>>

New University Centre at Coleg Llandrillo

Over 400 new students have begun studying higher education courses at Coleg Llandrillo that will enable them to gain Bangor University degrees for the first time. more>>>

Student learning home

Students with learning difficulties and disabilities at Coleg Gwent’s City of Newport Campus have made a house their learning home, and will soon be enjoying their newly refurbished bungalow when it’s launched on Tuesday 22 November. more>>>

Quality Accolades 

Coleg Llandrillo Queen's Award Nov2011

Coleg Llandrillo Honoured by Queen

Coleg Llandrillo Cymru is very proud to announce that it has been awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education. Honoured in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Awards which were announced at a formal reception at St James’s Palace in London on Thursday 24 November, the prize is for “Delivering world-class excellence in hospitality at every level”. more>>>

Coleg Gwent best Welsh College at EEF awards Nov2011

Coleg Gwent ‘best college’ award

Coleg Gwent has won the award for best Welsh college by the Employers Engineering Federation (EEF) for outstanding delivery of Pathways Apprenticeship programmes. more>>>

International Influence

Pembs Gwent and Sharjah instutute win British council award Nov2011

International recognition

At an international conference organised by the British Council in Cairo to promote excellence in employment training in Africa and the Middle East, Pembrokeshire College and Coleg Gwent have won a British Council award for best practice in delivering an international project. more>>>

Luke Perry in Spanish class Nov2011

Spanish: Key to Engineering Apprentices’ Work Programme

The chance of a European work placement is inspiring engineering apprentices from Wales to broaden their horizons. First step: learn Spanish. Spain is hosting two-week work placements for apprentices from Wales under a programme led by CollegesWales International – the international arm of ColegauCymru / CollegesWales. more>>>

CAVC student in China

Cardiff and Vale College visits China

Cardiff and Vale College has a number of plans afoot in China. Representatives from Cardiff and Vale College attended the International Education Conference and Seminars of China, Britain and France at the International Education Center at Renmin University of China, Beijing. more>>>

Congratulations! Staff and Student Success

Students receive gold ambassador status

Two students at Coleg Sir Gâr have been chosen as gold award ambassadors in a UK initiative to promote the London 2012 Olympic Games, under the national framework of Young Ambassadors Wales. more>>>

Student Opportunities

Deeside College's First Student Ambassadors

The Deeside College Group of Colleges was delighted to unveil its newly appointed Student Ambassadors at the first open evening of the academic year earlier this week. more>>>

Essential Bees and Pollination Approach at Yale College

Yale College Art and design students have come to appreciate the serious plight of the honey bee and its significance in the wider environment thanks to an ingenious programme of study developed by their programme leaders. more>>>

Students shortlisted at The Pitch

Sports science students at Coleg Sir Gâr have been shortlisted in a Dragons Den style competition at a sports leadership and enterprise event held in Cardiff where the college was awarded Sports Leadership Academy status. more>>>

Holocaust survivor talk

Holocaust survivor Joanna Millan has been telling her story to students at Neath Port Talbot College.  more>>>

Yale College focus on inspirational barber

Yale College hair and beauty learners gained top tips from Simon Shaw, European Artistic Director, Wahl (UK) Ltd who is regarded as one of the most inspiring and motivating hairdressers in the industry. more>>>

Paul Peter Piech: A selection of prints from the Yale College Collection

This collaborative exhibition on display from 2 December 2011 – 28 January 2012 showcases a selection of work by the late graphic artist and printmaker Paul Peter Piech from the collection at Yale College in Wrexham. more>>>

Lecturer advises BBC's X-Ray

Electrical installation lecturer/assessor at Coleg Sir Gâr, John Williams, has advised the BBC’s consumer affairs programme X-Ray on a potentially dangerous issue regarding residential boilers. more>>>

Global Entrepreneurship Week

Students Show Enterprising Talents during National Week
Business savvy students from across the Deeside College Group of Colleges have been involved in a number of enterprising events as part of this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week. more>>>

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