New Facilities, New Opportunities: How We’re Meeting Student Demand at Llysfasi with a £10m Hub
Coleg Cambria Llysfasi unveiled the state-of-the-art Hwb Arloesi (Innovation Hub) – backed with more than £5.9m from the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme – over the Christmas period. The 1,095 square metre, two-storey carbon-neutral complex was built by Wrexham-based Read Construction and includes a library, classrooms, laboratories, a coffee shop, climbing wall, meeting […]
PROPOSALS have been submitted for a 50-bedroom student accommodation building at a leading land-based college
Coleg Cambria plans to further develop its Llysfasi campus following the completion of a £10m agriculture and education centre, featuring a library, classrooms, a climbing wall, laboratories, a coffee shop, meeting spaces, atrium, and wellbeing and HE hubs. Designed by TACP Architects, the new development would be built by Read Construction – both companies are […]
Top performing Tilhill Forestry Diploma student celebrated with award
Armon Edwards has won the ‘Top Performing Student’ award on the Tilhill Forestry Level 3 Extended Diploma in Forestry and Arboriculture at Coleg Cambria Llysfasi. for best project report of the year which looked at the potential to power forest machinery by batteries, and other alternative fuels. Since starting the course, award winner Armon has […]
A talented singer-songwriter returned to college for a celebration of Welsh culture
Megan Lee headlined the latest Culture Collective event, held at Coleg Cambria Llysfasi, near Ruthin. A graduate of Cambria Yale in Wrexham, Megan began performing at the age of 11 with her family and is now a skilled multi-instrumentalist set to appear at major festivals next summer, including Roadhouse Weekender and in It Together. She […]
A State-of-the-art land-based college development will open in the coming weeks
The new £10million agriculture and education building at Coleg Cambria Llysfasi is nearing completion. Backed with more than £5.9m from the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme, the 1,095 square metre, two-storey carbon-neutral complex is being built by Wrexham-based Read Construction. Cutting-edge facilities include a library, classrooms, laboratories, a coffee shop, meeting spaces, atrium, […]
Forestry Skills Training Programme aims to upskill and expand contractor workforce in Wales
Tilhill Forestry and Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company (FSF) are proud to announce the continuation of the Foresight Sustainable Forestry Skills Training Programme in Wales, with the aim of better equipping contractors in the region. After a successful programme last year, Tilhill Forestry, the UK’s leading forestry and timber harvesting company – and a member of […]
Significant investment in technology is driving advances in precision agriculture and student numbers at a leading land-based college
New machinery and equipment coincided with a surge in learners at Coleg Cambria’s Llysfasi campus, with enrolment up by more than 80% this academic year. These developments come as work continues on a £10m redevelopment project at the Denbighshire site, featuring a state-of-the-art, 1095 square metre carbon-neutral education complex that will open in September and […]
Coleg Cambria and Read Construction are laying the foundations for future generations of workers in the building sector
The award-winning Wrexham-based developer has supported the first cohort of BTEC Level 3 Technical Construction and Built Environment learners as part of its Placement Enhanced Programme, funded via the Welsh Government’s Innovation Fund. Among them were Lois Jones and Josh Jones, who spent time on the college’s £10m Llysfasi development and at Read’s headquarters over […]
Coleg Cambria students have secured new jobs after completing a prestigious forestry programme
Coleg Cambria students have secured new jobs after completing a prestigious forestry programme
COLEG CAMBRIA will showcase its wide range of courses and cutting-edge facilities at a series of open events this Spring
The accessible sessions will take place on the following dates at these sites: Deeside and Deeside Sixth – Wednesday March 6 from 5pm-7pm. Llysfasi – Saturday March 9 from 10am-12pm. Yale and Yale Sixth Wrexham – Wednesday March 13 from 5pm-7pm. Bersham Road Wrexham – Wednesday March 13 from 5pm-7pm. Northop – Saturday March 16 […]