Former Manchester United starlet heading to Oxford University
NOTHING could stop Daniel Mayers-Jones achieving his dream to study at Oxford University. The former Manchester United Youth Academy Goalkeeper – who played in the same side as England star Kobbie Mainoo – will study Chemistry at the prestigious University’s Lincoln College from September. Daniel, from Buckley, secured A Levels in Maths, Business, Chemistry and…
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St Gerard’s School smashes national average with outstanding A Level results
A YEAR of redevelopment, rebranding and significant investment culminated in stellar A Level results for St Gerard’s School. The Bangor institution – whose learners are continually among the best performing in Wales – achieved a staggering 96% at grades A*-C, compared to the national average of 76.5%. For A*/A the figure was 60%, more than double…
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A Level students praised for rising above post-pandemic challenges
COLEG CAMBRIA leaders praised students for rising above post-pandemic challenges to achieve “outstanding and inspirational” A Level and BTEC results. Chief Executive Yana Williams said overall figures including A*-C grades were “fantastic” and pointed to the resilience of learners in successfully transitioning from secondary school to college during lockdown and going on to successfully complete…
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Five-star Rhyl student achieves place at Princeton University
A RHYL student is seeing stars and stripes after securing a place at one of America’s top universities. Tom Billington will join the School of Engineering at Princeton University in New Jersey this September. The Ivy League institution counts Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Former First Lady of the US Michelle Obama among its notable…
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Congratulations, Eirian! Law student is first in family to attend university
A STUDENT’S ambition to become a legal eagle is soaring after she achieved top A Level grades. Eirian Owen-Anning, from Wrexham, will study Law at the University of Nottingham from September. She achieved an A in History, A* in Law, B in Psychology and A for Welsh Baccalaureate. The first in her family to go…
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Coleg Cambria duo celebrate Oxbridge places after A Level results
STUDENTS from Coleg Cambria’s Yale 6th in Wrexham will begin life at two of the world’s leading universities in September. Megan Kocker and Cadence Thompson have been offered places at Oxford and Cambridge having successfully achieved top class A Level results. Megan gained five A*s in English Literature, History, Maths, Welsh Second Language and Welsh Baccalaureate…
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Inspiring Faith looks to the future after landing place at dream university
AN INSPIRING learner battling Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is off to study at her “dream university”. Faith Dodd will begin a degree in Classical Archaeology and Classical Civilisation at University College London (UCL) from September. It comes after the 19 year-old, from Wrexham, completed qualifications in Drama, Media, Classic Civilisation and Biology at Coleg Cambria…
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