Alumni return to college to support students hoping to follow in their footsteps
COLEG CAMBRIA alumni are supporting young students on the path to their future careers. Esther Abelian, Dr Clare Jones and Abigail Duckett are among the former learners offering support and guidance to current cohorts. All three went on to study Medicine at university after completing their studies at the north east Wales institution. They have…
Read MoreNorth Wales Economic Ambition Board to recruit for Growth Deal team
NORTH Wales Economic Ambition Board is recruiting to help deliver the region’s transformative £1bn Growth Deal. The Ambition Board’s Programme Office is looking to fill seven key positions that will drive forward the programmes that make up the Deal – part of the Growth Vision for North Wales. Led by director Alwen Williams, the team…
Read MoreColeg Cambria Welsh language partnership receives Excellent inspection result
A PARTNERSHIP teaching Welsh for adults across north east Wales has received a glowing inspection result. Learn Welsh North East – led by Coleg Cambria and Popeth Cymraeg – was labelled ‘Excellent’ by Estyn, the education and training inspectorate for Wales. Thousands of people in Wrexham, Flintshire and Denbighshire have benefited from the Welsh for…
Read MoreAmbition Board united in working to rebuild the region’s hard-hit tourism sector
NORTH WALES Economic Ambition Board is united in working to rebuild the region’s hard-hit tourism sector. With no date announced for when hospitality businesses, bars, hotels and attractions in the region can safely reopen, there are challenges ahead for the industry. The Ambition Board met formally on Friday (June 12) for the first time since…
Read MoreColeg Cambria donation helps hospital patients to enjoy ‘virtual visits’ from family
HOSPITAL patients are enjoying ‘virtual visits’ with family thanks to the kindness of staff at Coleg Cambria. The north east Wales college has donated iPads to Wrexham Maelor Hospital so relatives currently unable to physically visit the wards due to the Coronavirus pandemic can stay in contact with loved ones. Brian Laing, Informatics Project Manager…
Read MoreQuestions in Quarantine – YouTube series has kept us talking in lockdown
Questions in Quarantine has been a welcome distraction in past weeks. I began recording interviews with clients, friends and collaborators as a way of keeping in touch and sharing their Coronavirus stories on YouTube and social media. The videos have been well received and gave the likes of Supertemps MD Sarah Ellwood, care consultant Sue…
Read MoreColeg Cambria Llysfasi students bring missing Welsh woodland back to life
A MISSING Welsh woodland was brought back to life by Coleg Cambria students. Learners on the college’s Tilhill Forestry Diploma, based at Llysfasi, helped landowner Tim Kirk resurrect 12 hectares of derelict woodland near Ruthin. Tim – a Chartered Forester who has spent more than five decades in the sector – bought the Wern Goed…
Read MoreColeg Cambria to host virtual open day for prospective students in lockdown
COLEG CAMBRIA is hosting a virtual open day for prospective students and parents to explore its cutting-edge facilities and the wide range of courses on offer. The college is currently closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, though further education institutions will begin a phased reopening in Wales for face-to-face teaching later this month. In the…
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Coleg Cambria student sports star in running for National Diversity Award
A COLEG CAMBRIA student and member of the Welsh Youth Parliament has been nominated for a National Diversity Award. Jonathon Dawes, from Rhyl, has been listed in the Positive Role Model category for his uplifting work in the community. The 17 year-old – head coach at Rhyl Tennis Club – has had an incredible 12…
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…
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