Coleg Cambria serves up winning performance at Welsh cooking finals
COLEG CAMBRIA served up its best-ever performance in a national cooking competition. The north east Wales college warmed up ahead of the next Worldskills competition with 19 medals at the Welsh International Culinary Championships (WICC). Students received two gold, six silver and 11 bronze medals, as well as two merits of achievement and three Best…
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Coleg Cambria unveils Alex Thomas as new Assistant Principal
SUPPORTING students in the north east Wales community was always the vision for Alex Thomas. Now 35, the former Connah’s Quay High School pupil will realise that dream after being named Assistant Principal and Director of General Education at Coleg Cambria. As Head of Deeside Sixth Form Centre – the £14.6m hub opened by ex-Wales…
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Coleg Cambria student battles anxiety to become golden girl
A STUDENT who struggled with anxiety before completing the DofE scheme will pick up her gold award at Buckingham Palace after a heartfelt U-turn. Caitlin Hardman, from Wrexham, is the first person to achieve the gold Duke of Edinburgh Award standard at Coleg Cambria. Caitlin achieved both her bronze and silver as a pupil at…
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Hundreds of companies benefit from 20Twenty Business Growth Programme
BUSINESSES in North Wales have increased turnover, created a better environment for staff and unveiled expansion plans after managers and bosses took part in a prestigious leadership course. And many of them were at Bangor University for a celebration to mark the successful completion of another 20Twenty Business Growth Programme. More than 1,000 businesses have…
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Coleg Cambria and Airbus partnership reaches new heights
AN ENGINEERING degree has taken off thanks to a college partnership with a world-leading plane maker. The collaboration between Coleg Cambria, Swansea University and Airbus has attracted high-calibre students to the BEng in Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering. The second cohort graduated at the South Wales institution just weeks ago, having enjoyed working and studying at…
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College celebrates incredible year with special guests at annual meeting
COLEG CAMBRIA marked a record-breaking year with a ceremony of reflection at its new £1.5m engineering complex. The college held its annual general meeting at the cutting-edge extension to its Centre of Engineering Excellence facility in Deeside. And what a year it has been; more than £115,000 raised for the NSPCC, Wales’ best-ever FE and…
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Sofa so good for college partnership with leading furniture maker
SOFA so good for the innovative partnership between one of the UK’s top furniture makers and a leading college. Coleg Cambria has supplied Westbridge Furniture with six apprentices since joining forces with the Deeside-based company and is encouraging more youngsters aged 16-18 to enrol on their popular traineeship scheme before moving on to a full…
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Clinician Sara wants to change face of aesthetics industry with pure approach to business
AN ESTEEMED clinician plans to change the face of the cosmetic industry with a pure vision for quality skincare treatment. Sara Cheeney’s unblemished approach towards the aesthetic sector has seen her place training and teaching at the top of her priority list, delivering talks and workshops across the UK and in Europe to encourage future…
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Top North Wales business leaders sign up to industry programme
BUSINESS leaders have signed-up to a prestigious industry programme taking North Wales companies to even greater heights. Richard Williams, Director of Williams Financial Planning in Wrexham, and Deeside-based Comtek Network Systems’ HR Director Christine Sheibani are among the cohort to begin the new 20Twenty Business Growth Programme in Rossett yesterday (Wednesday). Up to 30 senior…
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Coleg Cambria and orchestra unite to create sensory garden for dementia patients
STUDENTS have joined forces with a popular orchestra to create an innovative sensory garden for dementia patients. A team of first year learners from the Horticulture course at Coleg Cambria’s Northop site are working with Wrexham Symphony Orchestra (WSO) to transform the space at Wrexham Maelor Hospital Adult Mental Health Unit. They have already cleared…
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