The success of a booming culture club was music to the ears of students in Wrexham
Coleg Cambria’s Culture Collective welcomed more than 50 learners to its latest event at Ial Restaurant. To celebrate this year’s Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod, the college held a special performance at the Hafod venue. Organisers Judith Alexander and Tim Feak introduced talented guest speakers Tony Cordoba, a Youth Leader for the Ethnic Minority Youth Support […]
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 […]
A new-look tourism qualification will help breathe life into the sector and train the next generation of hospitality workers
Delivered by Coleg Cambria, the FdA in Tourism and Hospitality Management has been revamped to meet the demands of the industry post-Covid. Learners can study for two years at the college’s Yale site in Wrexham before completing a third ‘top-up year’ on the BA (Hons) International Tourism Management degree or a related course at Liverpool […]
A transformative social mobility charity celebrating its 10th anniversary will support and educate even more young people across north east Wales in 2024
WeMindTheGap has received additional funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to extend its WeDiscover, WeGrow and WeBelong provision from January onwards. The programmes are backed by Wrexham and Flintshire councils, and supported by Coleg Cambria. WeDiscover is a virtual programme, for participants aged 16 to 25 years, providing them with the opportunity to discover more about themselves and the […]
Innovative ‘learning glass’ technology is among the cutting-edge methods being used to deliver virtual programmes at a leading college
Coleg Cambria University Centre is utilising state-of-the-art equipment to prepare students for higher level study by delivering lectures online, and students are reaping the rewards. The free full-time Access to Higher Education (HE)– Healthcare Level 3 Diploma is available at Deeside and Yale in Wrexham and just one example of a course which is using modern systems […]
An artefact of major historic and cultural significance for north east Wales has returned to its original home
A copy of the Wrexham and East Denbighshire Roll of Honour of the Fallen of the Great War (World War One) has taken pride of place in the library at Coleg Cambria Yale. Early in the last century the site was occupied by Roseneath Auxiliary Hospital before being converted to a hospital for wounded soldiers […]
A Coleg Cambria student is on cloud nine after making his Wrexham AFC debut
Harry Ashfield, 17, has been with the Red Dragons since he was just six years old. The marauding midfielder, who hails from the city, was thrilled to be included in manager Phil Parkinson’s squad for the 0-3 EFL Trophy victory over Crewe Alexandra at the Mornflake Stadium. And Harry, a Level 3 Sports learner at […]
Talented food producers headlined a multi-cultural college event for up to 100 students
Charlotte Stanley, owner of Up a Yard in Ffynnongroyw, near Prestatyn, appeared at the Culture Collective gathering Tastes of the World at Coleg Cambria’s Ial Restaurant in Wrexham. Charlotte, who trained as a chef at Cambria’s Deeside site, was joined by jam and chutney supremo Valerie Creusailor from Goch and Company and Sabor de Amor founder Beatriz […]
Coleg Cambria launched new complementary therapy programmes to help meet a surge in demand for highly trained health and beauty professionals.
Ahead of the opening of a £14m health and wellbeing complex next year, the college’s Yale site in Wrexham unveiled Level 3 and Level 4 Diplomas in Reflexology and Massage, to begin in November. Aimed at those already working in a beauty therapy role or private practice, self-employed or looking for a change in career, […]
Talented Rufus Edwards celebrated the week of a lifetime by passing his A Levels and winning a prestigious music prize
The 18 year-old from Bersham, a pupil at Coleg Cambria Yale in Wrexham, won the Instrumental Blue Ribbon (Rhuban Glas) at the National Eisteddfod, held this year at Boduan, Gwynedd. The victory came just days before he achieved A*s in Music and Politics, and an A in English Literature. Rufus will now go on to […]
