Coleg Cambria achieves 11 medals at Skills Competition Wales
COLEG CAMBRIA and its industry partners were in medal-winning form at this year’s Skills Competition Wales. The college, based in Wrexham, Northop, Deeside and Llysfasi, secured 11 in total – three golds, five silver and three bronze. Gold medals were achieved by Jo Arrowsmith for CNC Milling, Oliver Evans (Aircamo Aviation Ltd) for Aeronautical Engineering,…
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National White Water Centre celebrates visitor boom and 40 years in business
AN ICONIC adventure attraction is celebrating a wet and wild 40 years in business. Launched in 1985, Canolfan Tryweryn, the National White Water Centre in Frongoch, Gwynedd, is one of the most popular activities in North Wales, welcoming up to 40,000 visitors annually. Employing a team of eight full time and 40+ freelance staff, the…
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FE/HE Minister launches new state-of-the-art ‘inclusive kitchen’ at Coleg Cambria
COLEG CAMBRIA launched a state-of-the-art new training kitchen in partnership with The Savoy Educational Trust. The cutting-edge facility was part-funded by the Trust and is located alongside Iâl Restaurant in the college’s £21m Hafod building in Wrexham. Officially unveiled by Vikki Howells MS, Minister for Further and Higher Education, the ‘inclusive kitchen’ reinforces Cambria’s commitment to…
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Coleg Cambria calls for end to travel ‘postcode lottery’ facing learners in North Wales
COLEG CAMBRIA has called for Wales-wide student transport equity and condemned the ‘postcode lottery’ facing learners and their families. The college is calling for urgent action to address the “absence of equality” in student transport funding across Wales, where a “postcode lottery” is leaving many learners and their families “bearing the brunt of unfair travel…
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Coleg Cambria learners took on nation’s best at annual skills tournament
LEARNERS and apprentices representing Coleg Cambria and its industry partners shone at this year’s Skills Competition Wales. Students from across the country descended on University of South Wales’s (USW) Newport Campus for the event, a Welsh Government-funded initiative coordinated by Inspiring Skills Excellence in Wales. In total, up to 120 young people from Cambria took…
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Elite of Welsh baking will rise to the occasion at inaugural college conference
THE elite of Welsh baking will rise to the occasion at an inaugural college conference. Coleg Cambria Yale in Wrexham will host the Wales Bakery Conference 2025 on Wednesday (February 26) from 10am-3pm. The Hafod building is to welcome the very best of the industry for the one-day expo, which will feature trade stands, networking…
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Business is bubbling at £14m spa complex following healthy start to the year
BUSINESS is bubbling at a luxurious spa complex following a healthy start to the year. Iâl Spa was launched by Coleg Cambria in November, the focal point of its £14m Health and Wellbeing Centre at Yale in Wrexham. An “incredibly busy” Winter has seen the state-of-the-art facility – which features a sauna, steam room, jacuzzi…
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Coleg Cambria will Spring into March with series of open events
PROSPECTIVE students will have Spring in their step at a series of college open events. Coleg Cambria is to showcase its wide range of courses, qualifications and apprenticeships in the coming weeks. The sessions will take place on the following dates at these sites: Deeside and Deeside Sixth – Wednesday March 5 from 5.30pm to…
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Coleg Cambria promoting the voices of staff and lecturers this Heart Unions Week
COLEG CAMBRIA is showcasing its work in promoting and supporting the voices and rights of its staff and lecturers this Heart Unions Week. Heart Unions Week began on Monday (Feb 10), a campaign celebrating the trade union movement and the five million+ people in the UK who are a member of one. The college – based…
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Inaugural apprenticeship programme building skills and aspirations of construction workers
AN INNOVATIVE new apprenticeship programme is building the skills and aspirations of construction workers. Wales’s first fully funded Construction Degree Apprenticeship was launched in September and is already helping learners lay the foundations for their future careers. The students will spend two years at Coleg Cambria before completing a final two years at Wrexham University….
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