Basement works underway at £5.2m John Summers Clock Tower development
THE redevelopment of a beloved North Wales landmark received towering support from leading names in construction, safety, and engineering. Travis Perkins builders’ merchants, global fire alarms business Aico, City Electrical Factors (CEF Ltd) and Clwyd Alyn Housing are among the organisations on site this week at the Grade II-listed John Summers Clock Tower in Deeside,…
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11 Coleg Cambria learners to compete at next WorldSkills UK final
WALES will be flying the flag with more representatives than any other home nation at this year’s WorldSkills UK competition. And 11 of those participating in the event – to be held across six venues in November – are from Coleg Cambria, which has sites in Northop, Deeside, Llysfasi and Wrexham. They are in the…
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Coleg Cambria recruitment event attracting engineers to education
SKILLED engineers, builders and the trades are being urged to consider a future in education. Coleg Cambria is holding a recruitment event at its Institute of Technology in Deeside from 5pm-7pm on Wednesday (July 13). Following on from the success of last week’s Digital Manufacturing Skills Expo – which welcomed more than 200 people and…
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Students rise from Kickstart to new careers after five-year Coleg Cambria journey
STUDENTS who joined a leading college as teenagers on an employment and training scheme are leaving five years later with bright futures ahead of them. Jack Morgan, 20, and 23 year-old James Griffiths started their FE journey with Coleg Cambria Yale in Wrexham on the UK Government’s Kickstart programme. After exploring different subjects, they found…
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200+ attend inaugural Digital Manufacturing Skills Expo at Medru – The Skills Factory
MORE than 200 students, businesses and visitors descended on Coleg Cambria Deeside for a cutting-edge celebration of skills and engineering. The inaugural Digital Manufacturing Skills Expo was held at Medru – The Skills Factory and welcomed the cream of UK industry. Among them were companies such as Universal Robots, Manchester Metrology, Alpha 3 Manufacturing, KUKA, Innovative Physics,…
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Medru Skills Factory to host inaugural Industry 4.0 expo this summer
A REVOLUTIONARY new Skills Factory will play host to a cutting-edge event uniting pioneers of engineering and education. The inaugural Digital Manufacturing Skills Expo is to take place at Coleg Cambria Deeside from 9.30am to 4pm on Tuesday (June 28). Organised in partnership with Nu-Tech Exhibitions and Events, the Open University and Bangor University, the…
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Pussycat Doll special guest as students lauded in two-night celebration
THE resilience and talent of Coleg Cambria learners were celebrated at its annual student awards ceremony. The event took place at the college’s Yale site in Wrexham, held in person for the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Special guest was Kimberly Wyatt, a star of TV’s Got to Dance, Celebrity Masterchef,…
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Aspiring Leaders debut cohort celebrated by Coleg Cambria
COLEG CAMBRIA is developing and supporting future managers and leaders to help the institution evolve and grow for years to come. The college’s Aspiring Leaders programme was launched in September, designed to promote succession planning, encourage passionate, proactive, and motivated staff, and build even stronger working relationships between employees across the college’s sites in Wrexham,…
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First ever Coleg Cambria Industrial Cadets graduate from debut programme
THE first ever cohort of Industrial Cadets has graduated from Coleg Cambria. ‘Cadets’ from the college’s Deeside site achieved 20 Gold and 15 Challenger Awards via the programme, a kite mark for schools and students seeking valuable and exciting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering Maths) opportunities. There was also a ‘Best Effort’ prize for Ryan Reid,…
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Sporting Zach designs fitness routines for disabled gym users at Coleg Cambria
A SPORTS and leisure assistant with cerebral palsy designed exercise sessions to attract and support disabled gym users. Inspirational Zach Chapman wanted to help people of all ages to access health and fitness post-pandemic, after spending so much time in self isolation during lockdown. Zach, from Connah’s Quay, was born with ataxic cerebral palsy, a…
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