Coleg Cambria and LEAF Education launch annual search for innovative schools
LEAF Education and Coleg Cambria Llysfasi have launched the annual National Competition in Food, Farming and Environment. The competition, which is open to all secondary schools across the UK, is quick and easy to enter and asks teachers to explain why their students and school would benefit from winning an exclusive weekend experience on a…
Read MoreColeg Cambria students receive record number of offers to study medical science
COLEG CAMBRIA learners achieved a record number of offers to study medical science degrees. Fifteen students from Yale in Wrexham, Llysfasi and Deeside Sixth Form Centre will take Veterinary Medicine, Medicine, and Dentistry at top universities from September. The news comes after fellow learners secured places at elite international universities including Nova Scotia, Canada, as…
Read MoreSnowdonia donkeys cared for by Coleg Cambria Llysfasi students at charity farm
BELOVED animals at a leading charity were cared for by Coleg Cambria students. A group from Llysfasi land-based college spent time with the Snowdonia Donkeys at Ffarm Moelyci in Tregarth, near Bangor, before the Coronavirus pandemic took hold. The learners helped to monitor the herd, cleaned stables and were shown how to identify weeds including…
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Coleg Cambria staff caring for 200 types of animal during Coronavirus crisis
WHILE frontline services and NHS staff go above and beyond to support and care for the general public there is another group of workers beavering away in the background. At Coleg Cambria’s sites in Northop and Llysfasi, lecturers, practitioners and animal technicians are out in all weathers, feeding, maintaining and observing more than 200 different…
Read MoreColeg Cambria and LEAF Education launch food and farming schools contest
LEAF Education and Coleg Cambria Llysfasi have announced the start of their national competition to crown this year’s Innovation School of the Year in Food, Farming and Environment. The competition, supported by Waitrose & Partners, aims to engage young people with farming, food production and the natural environment. Secondary schools from across the UK are…
Read MoreColeg Cambria and Aber Uni showcase success of precise agriculture technology
Precision Livestock Project welcomes farmers and further education students to IBERS. Farmers and further education students from across Wales have visited IBERS (Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences) to learn about ongoing precision agriculture technology research at Coleg Cambria Llysfasi and Aberystwyth University. These events were organised as part of the ‘PreciseAg’ (Precision livestock…
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Coleg Cambria to host farming tech event with university researchers in Llysfasi
COLEG CAMBRIA LLYSFASI and Aberystwyth University have united for an event to demonstrate progress on an innovative agriculture project. Researchers at Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) and staff at Llysfasi launched the HEFCW-funded £370,000 PreciseAg partnership in 2018 in order to carry out innovative on-farm trials of Precision Livestock Technology….
Read MoreColeg Cambria and Tilhill Forestry join forces to train next generation of woodland workers
FORESTRY students were given a bird’s eye view of their woodland workplace during a special demonstration. Learners on the inaugural Tilhill Diploma in Forestry and Woodland Management at Coleg Cambria Llysfasi welcomed speakers from the organisation for a drone display and presentations. Tilhill is the UK’s largest forestry and timber harvesting company, and together with…
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