A flourishing wildlife garden unveiled earlier this year has already won an award for conservation
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The new wildlife corridor and wellbeing garden at Coleg Cambria Deeside received a prize in the Business category at the inaugural Bionet Awards, held at Venue Cymru, Llandudno. Bionet, the local nature partnership for north east Wales, praised the college for the creation of a biodiverse area featuring more than 2000 native bulbs, fruit trees, […]
Seven apprentices have become the first to graduate from an innovative collaboration between a civil engineering firm and a college
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Employer Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK and Coleg Cambria – based in Wrexham, Deeside, Northop and Llysfasi – have modernised the approach to delivering higher apprenticeships in civil engineering. Traditionally, students would be on day release throughout the programme, spending four days of the week on site with the employer, with the fifth day at […]
COLEG CAMBRIA is to host a competition which inspires metalworkers of the future
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Showcasing the skills of talented young metalworkers from across the UK, the college – which has recently been awarded World Skills UK Centre of Excellence status – will hold the Engineering Skills Competitions Sheet Metalwork Technology National Final. The annual competition is a culmination of regional qualifiers where 35 competitors put their skills to test […]
As part of Toyota Deeside Engine Plant’s 30 year celebrations they donated another hybrid vehicle to Coleg Cambria Deeside
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Natalie Morris, Senior Specialist at Toyota, handed over the keys during an event attended by Elfyn Evans, Toyota’s World Rally Racing driver – along with his Yaris GR vehicle, and Jason Stanley, General Manager of Toyota GB Marketing. Nick Tyson, Vice Principal for Technology, Engineering and Construction at the college accepted the donation and hosted […]
A prominent landscape supply firm laid the ground for improvements at a blooming wildlife garden
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Organised by Alyn and Deeside MS Jack Sargeant, Sealand-based Dandy’s Topsoil and Landscape Supplies kindly donated bark mulch to the ‘wildlife corridor’ and wellbeing garden at Coleg Cambria Deeside. CEO Adam Dandy said: “We’re so glad our donation will help transform the new growing area at the college. “We are known for our giveaways to local […]
Coleg Cambria received a prestigious award after developing new guidance for employability staff and students
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The Jobs Growth Wales+ team at Deeside was lauded for introducing a long-term strategy for lecturers, learners, and support workers at the college. The department’s successful pilot project saw them presented with the acclaimed Careers Development Award from Careers Wales. The award was designed to recognise an educational establishment’s “commitment to continuous quality improvement” and […]
Primary school children enjoyed a sporty summer with Coleg Cambria
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The college’s Active Cambria programme held free sessions for youngsters across north east Wales, funded by the Welsh Government’s £7m Summer of Fun scheme and the StreetGames Fit and Fed programme. Cambria hosted six weeks of activities which included athletics, health and fitness exercises, football, arts and crafts, and dance. With nearly 200 young people attending the Yale Wrexham […]
A growing partnership cultivated between a leading college and environmental charity was praised by a North Wales politician on a visit to a blossoming wildlife garden
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Alyn and Deeside MS Jack Sargeant was at Coleg Cambria yesterday (Tuesday) to experience the ‘wildlife corridor’ and wellbeing garden which has become a huge hit with students and staff in Deeside. Jobs Growth Wales+ learners, staff and members of the Construction Trainee Academy began work on the 40 sq metre site a year ago, […]
Coleg Cambria’s acclaimed University Centre will host a series of summer drop-in sessions for prospective students
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The college has a wide range of higher education courses on offer in partnership with leading institutions such as Bangor, Wrexham Glyndwr, Liverpool John Moores, Swansea, and Aberystwyth universities, in addition to programmes run alongside Pearson, the national awarding body. Subjects include Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering, Animal Management, Creative Media Production, Health and Social Care, […]
Skilled engineers, builders and the trades are being urged to consider a future in education
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Coleg Cambria is holding a recruitment event at its Institute of Technology in Deeside from 5pm-7pm on Wednesday July 13. Following on from the success of last week’s Digital Manufacturing Skills Expo – which welcomed more than 200 people and businesses to the Medru – Skills Factory – the institution is aiming to take on experienced workers from industry to meet demand for lecturers, technicians, and instructors at its sites across north east Wales. “The popularity of our courses […]