Aura Wales calls for longer-term deal after creating jobs and pumping millions into economy
AURA WALES has improved and enhanced the lives of hundreds of thousands of people across Flintshire and beyond over the last five years. As the employee-owned community benefit society unveiled its vision for the future, staff and board members met to celebrate its achievements in delivering services that have benefited the health and wellbeing of…
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Elderly and retired form new arts and networking community at Coleg Cambria
COLEG CAMBRIA provides a warm, welcoming environment for people of all ages. And that was the case when more than 60 elderly and retired individuals attended arts and crafts sessions at the college’s Wrexham and Deeside sites. Organised by Cambria’s Student Voice team, participants were reached via social media, local coffee mornings, community noticeboards, word…
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Have you MET? We are proud to be part of new access to experts membership site
PROMINENT names in sales, marketing and communications have joined forces to launch a new online membership that offers small businesses access to expert training and advice. My Expert Team (MET) launches today (Weds), a virtual platform focused on supporting SMEs and small businesses in North Wales and the North West. Founded by Dawn Roberts, Managing…
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Cor Cambria on song with national competition victory
A TALENTED choir are in fine voice and going from strength to strength after winning a national singing contest. Welsh language learners representing Coleg Cambria emerged victorious in the Welsh Learners Choir Competition at the recent National Eisteddfod, held in Boduan, Gwynedd. Among the songs performed by Cor Cambria was popular hymn, Calon Lan. The college’s…
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Aspirational Coleg Cambria course inspires career progression for health workers
AN ASPIRATIONAL health and social care programme will give people working in the sector an accessible route to promotion and progression. Led by programme leader and lecturer Andrea Roberts, the two-year Health and Social Care foundation degree is based at Coleg Cambria’s University Centre in Wrexham and gives learners a flexible path to achieve a…
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Tickets now on sale for Wales Real Food and Farming Conference
Tickets are now available for the fifth Wales Real Food and Farming Conference. Held at Coleg Cambria, the two-day conference will take place from Wednesday November 1 at the college’s land-based Llysfasi site. Now in its fifth year, it will open with an address by former BBC economics correspondent Sarah Dickins, who is in the…
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Dairy farmer celebrates national poetry success after learning Welsh language
SOPHIE ROBERTS is the perfect example of how adult learning can broaden horizons and inspire future generations to follow in your footsteps. Sophie, from Trelawnyd, began learning Welsh with Coleg Cambria just four years ago when she joined an intermediate class in nearby Holywell. The mum-of-two, who runs a busy dairy farm with husband Emlyn,…
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New Coleg Cambria programmes to meet surge in demand for beauty professionals in Wales
COLEG CAMBRIA launched new complementary therapy programmes to help meet a surge in demand for highly trained health and beauty professionals. Ahead of the opening of a £14m health and wellbeing complex next year, the college’s Yale site in Wrexham unveiled Level 3 and Level 4 Diplomas in Reflexology and Massage, to begin in November….
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Coleg Cambria first to join Vietnamese community pilot project
STUDENTS are supporting communities in Vietnam following an inspiring visit to Southeast Asia. A group of 15 Health and Social Care learners from Coleg Cambria Deeside spent two weeks living and contributing to community engagement programmes in the country. The Level 2 and Level 3 cohort supported women at a social support centre and students…
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Glowing HE report for Coleg Cambria following QAA review
COLEG CAMBRIA University Centre received a glowing report from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). A review by the QAA expressed confidence that ‘academic standards are reliable, meet UK requirements, and are reasonably comparable with standards set and achieved in other providers in the UK’. The review team – who visited the college twice,…
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