College News

New fashion and textiles centre for College

A new Fashion and Textiles Centre at Gower College Swansea will enable students to hone their skills on industry standard equipment that will set them in good stead when applying for jobs within the profession.

Thanks to a £150,000 funding boost from Welsh Government, the new facility at the Llwyn y Bryn (Uplands) campus will be used by students on a range of art and design related courses,

Elite skilled youngsters head to Budapest battle

The finest young skilled students from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have been selected to represent the UK at Europe’s most important and prestigious skills competition, it has been announced.

Among them is Gower College Swansea Hospitality student Collette Gorvett.

Team UK – which heads to the EuroSkills Finals in Budapest from 26 to 28 September – will comprise of 22 elite competitors skilled in a broad spectrum of disciplines from engineering to construction, digital to creative.

Positive Estyn inspection for Gower College Swansea

Gower College Swansea has recently received a very positive Estyn inspection which praises the College for its support for learners, strong partnerships with industry and schools, excellent exam results and successful student progression to top universities.

In January 2018, the College was visited by a team of 17 HMI and peer inspectors who spent two weeks working across all seven of the main campuses.

Achievements celebrated at Sports Awards 2018

Students from Gower College Swansea have celebrated another successful sporting year with a special awards ceremony at the Liberty Stadium.

National success for students at the Urdd

There was exceptional success for our students in art, design and technology competitions at the recent Urdd Eisteddfod.

Litter pick initiative launched at Tycoch

It was all hands on deck at Gower College Swansea when Swans Ambassador Lee Trundle dropped by to lend his support to a brand new litter picking initiative at the Tycoch campus.

The initiative will see a different tutor group from Tycoch patrol the area around the campus every Thursday, covering four routes in Tycoch/Sketty using equipment kindly donated by City and Council of Swansea.  

Students head for Hay Festival

Two A Level English students from Gower College Swansea have been selected to attend the Beacons Project residential writing course at the Hay Festival 2018.

Emma Rowley and Sophie Apps are among just 20 young people to win places on the prestigious course, which offers Welsh students the opportunity to develop their creative writing skills and explore careers in writing and journalism by working with professional writers, broadcasters and journalists.

Georgia pens prize-winning review

An A Level student from Gower College Swansea has taken first place at the Dylan Thomas Prize book review awards.

Get creative for Adult Learners’ Week 2018!

Gower College Swansea is delighted to be celebrating this year’s Adult Learners’ Week with a series of creative workshops on offer at our Llwyn y Bryn Campus.

The workshops range from drawing and photography, to screen printing and fashion illustration. They are suitable for beginners or those with limited experience of art and design.

All workshops are free and open to those aged 18 and over and will be delivered at our Llwyn y Bryn Campus, 77 Walter Road, Uplands, SA1 4QA.

Workshop 1: Life Drawing

Applications – full time courses 2018

Applications are now open to study a full time course with us in September.

There’s no official deadline to apply but, when you have decided what you’d like to study, submit your application to ensure you secure a place on your first choice of course - just follow the links below:

If you are a pupil from a school within the City and County of Swansea, you need to apply via UCAS Progress