College News

Covid update from Principal, Mark Jones (Monday 14 February)

Following last Friday’s updated guidance from the First Minister in relation to education, there will be no changes to our current Covid measures within the College before half term.

This means the following safety measures are all still in place:

Incident in the Gorseinon area (10 February)

We are aware of a violent incident in Gorseinon Bus Station last night (Thursday 10 February).

South Wales Police have since issued a Section 60 notice, which gives officers the authority to stop and search anyone within the area, this includes the Gorseinon Campus.

Although this incident would appear to have no links to the College, we are encouraging all students to stay on campus today. 

We also have support officers available to anyone who feels they have been affected by this incident.

Congratulations to our apprentice stars!

As part of the Apprenticeship Week Wales 2022 celebrations, Gower College Swansea held a virtual Apprenticeship Awards over its Twitter and LinkedIn social media feeds.

This virtual event was designed to highlight the very best of the best apprentices, employers and assessors.

Welsh businesses urged to re-think recruitment strategies amid workforce crisis

With Apprenticeship Week Wales underway (Feb 7-13), Welsh businesses are being urged to rethink existing recruitment strategies to best manage future workforces.

Mark Jones, Principal of Gower College Swansea and Vaughan Gething, the Minister for the Economy, are asking Welsh businesses to consider recruiting apprentices in a bid to fill vacancies.

Apprenticeship Week Wales – current vacancies and information sessions

Apprenticeships are a great way to gain qualifications while you work and earn a wage.

A warm welcome to Hannah

There have been some exciting developments at Gower College Swansea lately with the introduction of a new Learning Area called Built Environment, which encompasses courses in plumbing, construction, electrical and energy.

Gower College Swansea students win Pet Pawtrait competition

Two Gower College Swansea students have been presented with prizes for the under 18 category of the 9to90 Creative Community Pet Pawtrait competition.

The annual competition, organized by Jane Simpson of GSArtists, gives the community an opportunity to come together from all ages and abilities and to have their work exhibited in the gallery.

College launches Teaching Academy 2022

Ever wondered what it would be like to be part of an award-winning team, teaching at a sector-leading further education College?

A College where A Level results consistently outperform the Welsh national average in the top grades, where vocational students represent Wales at skills competitions across the globe, and where teaching staff have themselves brought home medals of distinction?

If the answer is yes, then 2022 could be the year you get the chance to find out!

Covid update from Principal, Mark Jones (27 January)

The Welsh Government's First Minister Mark Drakeford recently confirmed that from Friday 28 January, Wales will move to alert level zero, unless the public health situation changes for the worse.

But what does this mean for the College?  

During the autumn term, we have had consistently low numbers of cases among our student community.

This has been a result of the safety measures we have in place and your cooperation in ensuring that we all work together to disrupt the transmission of the virus.   

Update from Principal, Mark Jones (21 January)

Currently there are many very different messages in the media about covid restrictions that can be very confusing – and so I thought that it may be useful to clarify the College’s position. 
  
At this time, there are no proposals for any changes within the College or indeed within any education institution in Wales. Within Swansea, the risk of infection remains high and we all need to continue to remain vigilant.