There was a silver lining for a top Welsh college at this year’s ‘Skills Olympics’
Coleg Cambria achieved three silver medals and a bronze at the WorldSkills UK finals. The successful participants were: James Donohue – Aircraft Maintenance – Silver Ben Gillin – LME – Electrical Installation – Silver Brandon Nicholson – Fabdec – Welding – Silver Kosiah Sylvester – Brother Industries Ltd – IT Support Technician – Bronze Jimmy […]
Coleg Cambria will take a 16-strong team of apprentices to this year’s WorldSkills UK competition
The event will be held over three days from November 14 at colleges, independent training providers and universities across Greater Manchester, including Rochdale, Salford, Wigan and Leigh, and Oldham. The representatives from Cambria are: Aircraft Maintenance – Kieran O’Loan, Jamie Foulkes, Aiden Williams, Henry Ankers, Jack Price, James Donohue (All Airbus) CNC Milling – Theodore […]
Coleg Cambria and industry partners topped the table at this year’s Skills Competition Wales tournament
The north east Wales college was represented by 124 learners and apprentices in a wide range of areas, achieving 15 gold medals, 10 silver and six bronze. Among those to emerge victorious were Joshua Mitchell for IT Network Security; Jack Sherry, Tylor Ward and Daniel Ward in the Manufacturing Team Challenge; Enterprise students Harrison Hughes, […]
Coleg Cambria learners have again demonstrated they have the skills to succeed on the global stage
Three apprentices have been selected for the WorldSkills UK squad in advance of the WorldSkills international event to be held in France next year. They are: Bella Bailey – Beauty Therapy Practitioner – Afon Spa, Aura Leisure Centre Deeside Rosie Boddy – Aeronautical Engineering – Airbus UK, Broughton Timoteusz Rozanski – Aeronautical Engineering – Airbus […]
Charlie Samson will compete for gold at the WorldSkills finals this autumn
But the 24 year-old will no longer have to travel to Shanghai as the event was cancelled earlier this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will now take place at Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham from November 1-4. Representing the college and Chirk-based Kronospan, Charlie joins South Walians George Denman and Michael […]
Wales will be flying the flag with more representatives than any other home nation at this year’s WorldSkills UK competition
And 11 of those participating in the event – to be held across six venues in November – are from Coleg Cambria. They are in the following categories: Aircraft Maintenance: Rosie Boddy (Airbus/Cambria), Jamie Harding (Airbus/Cambria) and Tymoteusz Rozanski Beauty Therapist: Lucia Contento and Abbie Smith Beauty Therapy Practitioner: Isabelle Bailey Construction Metalwork: Rhys Stanhope Manufacturing Team Challenge: James Coyle, Benjamin Wynn and Kumnan Lipdo Network Infrastructure Technician: Cameron Thompson Congratulating […]