BOW WOW: Dog groomer the first to complete prestigious new Coleg Cambria qualification
TOP BARKS to Judith Anne Evans on being the first Coleg Cambria learner to complete a prestigious dog grooming qualification. Judith achieved the City and Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Dog Grooming at Cambria’s Llysfasi site and looks forward to taking her business to the next level by opening a shop salon and becoming a…
Read MoreAnimal instincts help young students on new vet degree cope with Covid lockdown
STUDENTS are succeeding at a revolutionary new veterinary complex despite the Coronavirus lockdown. Former Coleg Cambria Llysfasi learners Jennifer Bamber and Megan Roberts are among the first ever cohort on the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery degree at Harper and Keele Veterinary School, a ground-breaking partnership launched last year by Harper Adams and Keele…
Read MoreColeg Cambria Llysfasi supports hedgehog sanctuary after sharp decline in numbers
STUDENTS are supporting a hedgehog sanctuary battling a dramatic spike in deaths of the much-loved creatures. Animal Care learners at Coleg Cambria Llysfasi are rehabilitating four European hedgehogs and hope to release them back into the wild in the new year. In partnership with Hedgehog Help Prestatyn (HHP), they have been caring for them in…
Read MoreColeg 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 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….
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