Enewyddion ColegauCymru #39 CollegesWales Enews
06 Chwefror / February 2012
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Welcome to the 39th edition of the CollegesWales e-news, the weekly roundup of news from across further education colleges in Wales.
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Wales News
National Debate on Qualifications: Underway
A national debate on qualifications in Wales is well and truly underway with intense discussions and big questions and issues being raised at yesterday’s high profile National Conference on Qualifications in Cardiff, hosted by ColegauCymru in partnership with the Welsh Government. more>>>
China Policy Conference
CollegesWales (UK) International represented Wales in China at a high level policy conference alongside the UK Government Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills, John Hayes MP, which considered potential international collaboration in vocational education. more>>> National Apprenticeships Week: welcome
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Apprentices benefit from foreign language skills
Today, at the start of National Apprenticeships Week, ColegauCymru / CollegesWales is celebrating a new opportunity for apprentices to improve their foreign language skills and gain valuable work experience in different European countries, thanks to a work placement programme coordinated by CollegesWales International. more>>>
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JCB Global Award for Yale College Apprentice
Daniel Biggs, an engineering apprentice who studies at Yale College, has been crowned JCB Apprentice of the Year 2011 at the company’s recent “Global Awards” ceremony. more>>>
From Apprentice to Major Site Developer
Edwin Wild (27) started his career as a Bricklaying Apprentice at the Deeside College Group of Colleges. He returned within 10 years - as the Site Manager of a major development at one of the college sites. more>>>
National Apprenticeships Week
Activities at a number of colleges including the following:
Coleg Sir Gar
Yale College Wrexham Resources
Motor Vehicle Academy gets Thumbs-Up
Neath Port Talbot College’s Motor Vehicle Academy at Pontardawe - the new home to the Motor Vehicle department at NPTC has been unveiled at a trade night, in conjunction with sponsor and partner Snap-on Tools. more>>> Partnerships: Money Skills
Money Management: a skill that’s on its way to Wales’ young people
What do these have in common... a credit union officer, a council’s debt and benefit advisor, an ex-offenders’ support worker, a trading standards’ consumer education officer, plus work-based learning providers and colleges’ learner services departments? They are all very keenly aware that many young people need better money management skills to help them through life and enable them to reach their potential. The answer, in part, is ‘Teach Others’. more>>>
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CAVC partners UK’s largest advice provider
Cardiff and Vale College has partnered with the Citizens Advice Bureau to offer a Money Advice Service to students. more>>>
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Congratulations! Staff and Student Achievements
Seven CAVC award winners at Wales Training Group HVCAR Awards
Seven Cardiff and Vale College students won awards at the Heating and Ventilating Contractors Association Regional Awards, held in the Wales Millennium Centre on 30th January 2012. more>>>
Salt of the Earth lecturer
In the middle of a cookery lesson, Coleg Sir Gâr lecturer Moreen Howells was surprised to be interrupted by a TV camera crew and S4C's Wedi 3 presenter Alwyn Hughes, who presented her with the Halen Y Ddaear award (Salt of the Earth Award) for her commitment to students. more>>>
First for Welsh Gardner
Thanks to research carried out by Neath Port Talbot College’s Senior Lecturer in Horticulture Bob Priddle and students, the first Green Plaque - which acknowledges the work of famous gardeners and garden designers – has been unveiled at the Roof Gardens in Kensington, London and acknowledges the work of Cardiff-born garden designer Ralph Hancock. more>>> Sporting Success
Commonwealth Tournament
The super active Coleg Powys student, lifeguard and coach, Kirsty Powell, is putting her judo skills to the test again this week when she competes in the Commonwealth Tournament. She's also been selected to play in the Welsh Colleges Netball Squad. more>>>
Sports student is shortlisted for LV=Breakthrough Player award
A student in his final year of a sports coaching degree at Coleg Sir Gâr’s Graig campus, has been shortlisted for the LV= Breakthrough Player award. more>>>
Student selected for Wales U20 rugby team
Gower College Swansea student Rhodri Hughes has been selected for Wales U20 in the first fixture of the U20 Six Nations Championships. more>>>
U20s Six Nations call-up for college pair
Coleg Sir Gâr sports diploma students and sports academy players Jake Randall from Llandovery, and Iolo Evans from Llanelli, have been called-up to play for the U20s Welsh rugby squad in the Six Nations. more>>>
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Paralympic sport experience for students
The Cardiff Pirates Wheelchair Rugby Team – which includes players who are preparing to represent Great Britain in the 2012 Paralympic games this summer – have been giving Coleg Gwent students a hands-on experience of the game. more>>>
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Opportunities for Learners
Enterprising art and design students boost bees for development
Art and design learners at Yale College have put their vocational skills into practice, developing and selling hand printed seed packets and tea towels in order to raise awareness of the plight of the honey bee whilst providing individual popular gifts and raising money for an international charity. more>>>
Top chef’s lesson in cuisine
Catering and hospitality students in Carmarthen began the new year working with the head chef of Llanelli’s new Sosban restaurant, Sian Rees - a former student of the college who has worked for some of the UK’s Michelin starred and high-end restaurants including Claridge’s, L’Esgargot and Galvin’s Bistro de Luxe in the intervening 15 years. more>>>
Coleg Menai's industrial inspirations
Industrial Inspirations is the work of 60 of Coleg Menai's Foundation Art students, who have had the good fortune to work with established artists and whose work has now been launched at the National Slate Museum Llanberis. more>>>
Students set winning style
Budding hairdressers from Coleg Gwent’s Pontypool Campus showed they could cut it in the competitive industry when the group recently styled the hair of all the models taking part in the Miss Wales regional heats in Cwmbran. more>>>
Artist inspires
Renowned wildlife artist Andrew Evans is visting Gower College Swansea as part of the Welsh Government’s Dynamo initiative. more>>>
NPTC Students Pledge to Speak-Up
Holocaust survivor, Agnes Grunwald-Spier, has planted the seeds for debate following a return visit to Neath Port Talbot College (NPTC). more>>> |