What's on

Money Week starts off the events calendar early in the new year. Money Week started in 2009 and is going from strength to strength.

ColegauCymru will host a Qualifications Conference on 2 February 2012 at Cardiff City Stadium.

The deadline for applying for the Money for Life Challenge is 24 Feb 2012, with the Wales final being held at Cardiff City Stadium on 4 April and the UK Grand Final in May.

Adult Learners' Week is organised by Niace Dysgu Cymru in collaboration with a host of colleges and others in May.

CollegesWales' annual conference takes place at the end of May or beginning of June each year. The next annual conference will be held at Venue Cymru, Llandudno on 31 May 2012.

The UK-wide VQ Day is next held on 20 June 2012. The key organising partners in Wales are: CollegesWales, the Welsh Government and the NTfW. In June 2011, a key event at the National Museum for Wales in Cardiff showcased a wide range of vocational skills and the VQ Awards were announced by TV presenter and ultra marathon wonder woman extraordinaire Lowri Morgan. Northop College in North Wales also hosted hands-on skills demonstrations in the company of 200 school children.

CollegesWales and a number of its member colleges are planning their presence at the Royal Welsh Show 23-26 July 2012. Why not pop round for a cuppa!

WorldSkills is a global competition, with national teams made up of highly skilled young people competing for medals across 46 vocational disciplines and a top world ranking position. 5-9 October 2012 saw WorldSkills come to London. WorldSkills is staged every two years and will next be in Leipzig, Germany in 2013.  

Also in November are: Global Enterprise Week.

Finally to round off the year, Engineering Week Wales (EWW) at the end of November/early December each year invites Year 9 school pupils to their local colleges to partipate in interesting, fun, team-based taster sessions aimed at demonstrating engineering in practice.