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 […]
The £10m redevelopment of a leading land-based college is set for completion this autumn
Backed with more than £5.9m from the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme, Coleg Cambria is transforming its land-based campus at Llysfasi, near Ruthin. Following the opening of its £1.2m rural education centre three years ago, a new state-of-the-art, 1095 square metre carbon-neutral education complex is currently being built by Wrexham-based Read Construction. Modern […]
Tickets now available for the fifth Wales Real Food and Farming Conference
Held at Coleg Cambria, Ruthin, the two-day conference will take place from Wednesday November 1 at the college’s land-based Llysfasi site. Now in its fifth year, it will open with an address by former BBC economics correspondent Sarah Dickins, who is in the Net Zero 2035 food challenge group and is a ‘making sustainability happen […]
Coleg Cambria will play host to a leading agriculture expo this autumn
The fifth annual Wales Real Food and Farming Conference is to be held at the college’s land-based Llysfasi site over two days from November 1. It will feature presentations, talks, live demonstrations and workshops with some of the leading names in both sectors. Accommodation will be available, and anyone interested in delivering a session can […]
Revolutionary new education and commercial buildings form part of a £10m rural college redevelopment
Backed with more than £5.9m from the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme, Coleg Cambria is transforming its land-based campus at Llysfasi, near Ruthin. A hub of sustainability, the college will use the state-of-the art complex to guide and educate the farming sector and local community toward innovative agricultural practices, as well as supporting […]
Coleg Cambria Llysfasi is powering ahead with its multi-million pound green vision
The land-based college is making progress with plans for a carbon neutral farm and this year unveiled a raft of net-zero initiatives, including a revolutionary biofactory that will support Welsh farmers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The anaerobic digestion system was unveiled by Biofactory Energy and is one of three low-carbon initiatives jointly funded by […]