A FORMER student has swapped college life for Championship glory with Wrexham A.F.C.
Harry Ashfield, who this year completed a Level 3 Sports qualification at Coleg Cambria Yale, is celebrating promotion from League 1 with Wrexham AFC. Having signed a new contract earlier this year, taking him to the end of the 2026/27 season, the marauding midfielder can’t wait for life in the Championship, where they will face […]
Coleg Cambria to Host Inaugural Childcare Expo, Showcasing Excellence and Learner Achievement
The Childcare Show is to be held on Wednesday May 14 from 5.30pm-8.30pm in the new £14m Nant building at Yale in Wrexham, a health and wellbeing Centre featuring the popular Iâl Spa, simulated hospital wards and virtual reality environments. Organised by Childcare Assessor Lauren Lawrence, a former nursery manager with more than 10 years’ […]
Our Learners and Industry Partners Triumph at Skills Competition Wales
We secured 11 in total – three golds, five silver and three bronze. Gold medals were achieved by Jo Arrowsmith for CNC Milling, Oliver Evans (Aircamo Aviation Ltd) for Aeronautical Engineering, and Construction Metalwork contestant James Noller. Also finishing on the podium were: Tomos Roberts (CNC Milling), Mark Wright (Welding), Dylan Fullard and Kyle Gray-Owen […]
First fully funded Construction Degree Apprenticeships in Wales launched at Wrexham University
The first fully funded Construction Degree Apprenticeships in Wales have been launched at Wrexham University, in partnership with Coleg Cambria. A special event was held at the University’s Plas Coch campus in Wrexham this week to celebrate the introduction of the first Welsh Government fully funded Construction Degree Apprenticeships in Building Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction […]
FEARLESS fundraisers are about to take on their biggest ever feat for a transformative children’s charity
A group of lecturers and staff led by Karl Jackson, Assistant Principal for the Institute of Technology at Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham, are aiming to complete the Skye is the Limit Challenge next month (May). Over recent years they have taken on the Welsh Three Peaks and the Crazy 7 for Stepping Stones North Wales […]
COLEG CAMBRIA has retained its position as a leader in cyber security education
The college – based in Deeside, Llysfasi, Wrexham and Northop – received a gold award from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as part of its CyberFirst initiative, which aims to address the UK’s cyber skills gap. Cambria is one of only eight institutions in Wales to achieve this benchmark. The good news comes as […]
COLEG CAMBRIA provides a warm, welcoming environment for people of all ages.
COLEG CAMBRIA provides a warm, welcoming environment for people of all ages. And that was the case when more than 60 elderly and retired individuals attended arts and crafts sessions at the college’s Wrexham and Deeside sites. Organised by Cambria’s Student Voice team, participants were reached via social media, local coffee mornings, community noticeboards, word […]
BTEC Business students have again demonstrated their generosity and community spirit by donating project profits to a selection of charities.
Learners on the Coleg Cambria course hit the headlines last year after opening a pop-up shop at the Yale site’s Enterprise Hub in Wrexham, raising hundreds of pounds for Nightingale House Hospice. This year the Level 3 cohort has gone even further, gathering £637 for The Dogs Trust, WWF, Hope House Hospice, Ronald McDonald House based at […]
An award-winning gardener has cultivated a new career in education and been honoured with a prestigious accolade.
Geraint Ellis, from Porthmadog, received The Livery Company Prize for outstanding learners and tutors who have achieved City and Guilds qualifications. Now a Work-based Learning Practitioner in Horticulture, Environmental Conservation and Trees and Timber at Coleg Cambria Deeside, he was selected by The Worshipful Company of Gardeners to receive the title at a ceremony held at Mansion […]
Coleg Cambria has launched a new crime-fighting course for the next generation of super sleuths
The BTEC Level 3 Applied Diploma in Criminology is the equivalent to an A Level and will be taught at the college’s Deeside Sixth Form Centre. Beginning in September, the programme includes modules on the social construction of crime, policy development, evaluating theories of crime, crime and punishment, from crime scene to courtroom and comparing […]