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Coleg Cambria and Read Construction are laying the foundations for future generations of workers in the building sector

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 […]

A group of intrepid explorers will again scale great heights for charity

Led by Karl Jackson, the team from Coleg Cambria are aiming to raise more than £1,000 for Menstrual Health Project (MHP) by taking on the Cairngorm 4000s later this month. They will brave the elements while journeying over three days across the 4,000ft+ mountains of the region, in Scotland’s eastern highlands, and camping in the […]

An intrepid group of educators completed a gruelling challenge for charity

Sixteen staff from Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham took on the Welsh Three Peaks. So far they have raised more than £3,450 for Stepping Stones North Wales, an organisation providing therapeutic counselling and support services for adults who were mentally and physically abused as children. The team climbed Snowdon, Cadair Idris and Pen […]

Kind-hearted students wrote a new chapter for children at a Wrexham school

Enrichment learners at Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site created and shaped a ‘story time chair’ for pupils at nearby Victoria Community Primary School. As part of their regular school links sessions with Cambria’s Carpentry and Joinery department, the group – made up of pupils from Ysgol y Grango, The Maelor School and Ysgol Rhiwabon – […]

Coleg Cambria excelled in finishing among the top four FE institutions in the UK at this year’s WorldSkills competition

The college achieved 18 points with three golds and two silver medals. Categories were hosted by different locations across the country – including Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham. Among those to receive medals were: Aircraft Maintenance: Gold – Rosie Boddy, Airbus UK; Silver – Tymoteusz Rozanski Beauty Therapist: Silver – Caitlyn Lawton Beauty Therapy Practitioner: Gold – […]