Coleg Cambria students in safe hands on visit to leading business
STUDENTS were in safe hands on a visit to the headquarters of a leading business. BTEC Enterprise and Entrepreneurship learners from Coleg Cambria’s Yale site in Wrexham spent a day at Aico in Oswestry. Aico is the European market leader in home life safety, including alarms, sensors and leading Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider,…
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100% pass rate for new vets course as sector predicts huge demand for future workers
STUDENTS on an innovative veterinary course enjoyed a perfect start to the year. Learners on the Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing – Small Animal Practice at Coleg Cambria Northop achieved a 100% pass rate in their first set of exams. Among them were Hannah Williams and Katherine Oldham, who work at practices in North Wales and…
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First students lay foundations on inaugural suite of construction programmes
STUDENTS are laying the foundations for a future in construction on a groundbreaking new suite of apprenticeship programmes. The first cohort of learners have taken their places on Wales’s first fully funded Construction Degree Apprenticeships. The students will spend two years at Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham before completing a final two years…
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Chef student ready to turn up the heat at international cooking competition
A COLEG CAMBRIA learner is ready to turn up the heat in one of the world’s most prestigious cooking contests. Sion Hughes will compete in the Senior Chef category at the Global Chefs Challenge in Singapore later this month. Sion, from Wrexham, is currently studying for a Work-based Level 3 Professional Cookery qualification with the…
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Coleg Cambria to open its doors for series of autumn open events
COLEG CAMBRIA will open its doors to prospective learners and their families at a series of open events in November. They will take place on the following dates: Deeside and Deeside Sixth – Wednesday November 6 from 5pm-8pm. Llysfasi – Saturday November 9 from 10am-1pm. Yale and Yale Sixth Wrexham – Wednesday November 13 from 5pm-8pm. Bersham Road…
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Students join waste company in collecting college litter on World Clean-Up Day
DEDICATED learners brightened the day of students and staff at Coleg Cambria. The four-strong group – Zoe Boothman, Sarah Astbury, Gracie Gee, and Andrei-Alexandru Bordea – joined the college’s Estates team in litter picking across Deeside and Deeside Sixth Form sites to mark World Clean-Up Day. Together they collected more than 12kg of non-recyclable and…
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Educating explorers to get their Jaws around epic expedition for Dementia UK
A BAND of educating explorers are preparing to get their Jaws around an epic charity expedition. The Bigger Boat Challenge – referencing the 1975 movie hit, Jaws – could be the toughest yet for Karl Jackson and his Coleg Cambria colleagues. Taking place over two days from Friday October 25, the 12-strong team from the college’s Bersham Road site…
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School unveils ‘fabulous’ outdoor learning space thanks to kind college lecturer
PUPILS and teachers at a village school wood like to thank Coleg Cambria for a generous donation. Mike Ward, a Carpentry and Joinery lecturer at Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham, has spent years designing and building furniture, planters, sheds and more for educators across the area. This time it was the turn of The…
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Booming North Wales sports academy tables huge attendances in first year
A BOOMING sports academy is tabling huge attendances following a successful first year. The collaboration between Coleg Cambria and Table Tennis Wales has made significant progress in the last 12 months, in partnership with communities and schools across North Wales. Regional Development Officer Aaron Beech has liaised with clubs, PE teachers and grassroots organisations in…
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Toybox Nursery has ‘Excellent’ start to academic year following revamp and award nomination
A COLLEGE nursery had an ‘Excellent’ start to the academic year with an outstanding inspection result. The report by Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) and Estyn deemed Toybox Children’s Nursery, based at Coleg Cambria Deeside, to be Excellent in three categories – Wellbeing, Care and Development, and Leadership and Management. The news comes after the much-loved facility…
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