COLLEGE staff submerged themselves in a unique charity quest
The 12-strong team from Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham successfully completed the Bigger Boat Challenge. The task – referencing the 1975 movie hit, Jaws – was the toughest yet for Karl Jackson and colleagues as they kayaked around Lake Vyrnwy and Bala Lake and hiked 22-kilometres, while camping overnight in rough conditions, all in aid of […]
Students are laying the foundations for a future in construction on a groundbreaking new suite of apprenticeship programmes
The first cohort of learners have taken their places on Wales’s first fully funded Construction Degree Apprenticeships. The students will spend two years at Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham before completing a final two years at Wrexham University. Funded by Welsh Government, the qualifications will give them the opportunity to gain pivotal work […]
A band of educating explorers are preparing to get their Jaws around an epic charity expedition
The Bigger Boat Challenge – referencing the 1975 movie hit, Jaws – could be the toughest yet for Karl Jackson and his Coleg Cambria colleagues. Taking place over two days from Friday October 25, the 12-strong team from the college’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham will kayak around two lakes and hike a 22-kilometre route across Gwynedd and Powys […]
PUPILS and teachers at a village school wood like to thank Coleg Cambria for a generous donation
Mike Ward, a Carpentry and Joinery lecturer at Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham, has spent years designing and building furniture, planters, sheds and more for educators across the area. This time it was the turn of The Rofft School in Marford, which has a unique outdoor learning environment for the Explorer Nursery and Reception […]
Lessons at a primary school will be great outdoors thanks to a generous donation from Coleg Cambria
The college donated bat houses, birdboxes, and mud kitchens to Ysgol Rhosymedre, near Wrexham. The equipment was built byEntry to Construction learners at Cambria’s Bersham Road site and will be used by Reception pupils and children with additional learning needs (ALN). Lecturer in Foundation Construction Amy Rowlands made the presentation along with colleague Edd Young […]
Educating explorers smashed their fundraising target and a huge charity challenge
Karl Jackson, Assistant Principal for the Institute of Technology at Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham, and colleague Carl Roberts, Director for Curriculum – Engineering, completed the Skye is the Limit Challenge in aid of Hope House/Tŷ Gobaith children’s hospices. Over recent years Karl and the team have taken on the Welsh Three Peaks and the Crazy […]
A free family fun day celebrating the best of motors and music makes its return to Wrexham this summer
The always popular Bersham Wheels takes place at Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site from 10am-3pm on Saturday June 29. Featuring live entertainment, displays, trade stands, food and refreshments and a selection of extraordinary vehicles – from classic cars and bikes to souped-up sportsters and military machinery – it is an event not to be missed. Visitors can […]
Students dig a generous donation that will help train future generations of engineers in North Wales
Students dig a generous donation that will help train future generations of engineers in North Wales
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 four-metre dragon constructed from thousands of weapons will breathe fire into a knife awareness campaign
A four-metre dragon constructed from thousands of weapons will breathe fire into a knife awareness campaign