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
Coleg Cambria is driving a series of campaigns to benefit the health and wellbeing of staff, students, and its community
Among them were information and support sessions with Testicular Cancer UK and the launch of a new Menopause Café. The college’s Bersham Road site also hosted a prostate cancer awareness event, attended by organisations and charities from across North Wales. Cambria’s Health and Wellbeing Specialist Jo Tincello said: “We have had a lot of feedback […]
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 […]
More than 130 young women attended an event designed to attract females into engineering and construction
Hosted by Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham, the taster day was enjoyed by pupils aged seven to 13 years old from schools across north east Wales. They were given a tour of the £10m complex, met with leading names from industry and had a go at a series of practical challenges and tasks […]