College News
College in the running for two Wales STEM Awards
Gower College Swansea has been shortlisted in two categories at the prestigious Wales STEM Awards 2025.
The Wales STEM Awards shine a spotlight on the organisations and individuals making a difference to the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) agenda in Wales.
The College is in the running for two awards – the STEM Educational Programme of the Year (Public Sector) and STEM Woman of the Year.
From the stage to the page
When he is not teaching the next generation of actors at Gower College Swansea, Wyn Richards – Curriculum Leader for the UAL L4 Professional Diploma in Performance (Acting) – writes for the highly-respected industry magazine Drama & Theatre.
Wyn’s latest article focusses on the work his students completed for their Final Major Project back in May.
College scoops prestigious Princess Royal Training Award
Gower College Swansea has been named the recipient of a prestigious Princess Royal Training Award for meeting the standard of excellence in workplace training and wellbeing through its pioneering menopause support initiative.
Celebrating a decade of training excellence, The Princess Royal Training Awards honour organisations that demonstrate outstanding commitment to learning and development.
Coinciding with HRH The Princess Royal’s 75th birthday, the tenth year of the Awards saw 143 applications, with 57 achieving the prestigious award.
Gower College Swansea expands Skills for Swansea initiative
Gower College Swansea is proud to announce an exciting new range of fully funded courses as part of the Skills for Swansea project, continuing its mission to empower individuals with the skills and knowledge to thrive in today’s ever-changing job market.
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Eleven Gower College Swansea students confirm Oxbridge places!
Eleven Gower College Swansea students are celebrating as their places at Oxford and Cambridge Universities are confirmed for September 2025.
Huge congratulations to the seven students heading to Oxford:
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Your future starts here: Why Gower College Swansea is the first choice for school leavers
By Kelly Fountain, Chief Executive Officer, Gower College Swansea
As we approach another GCSE results day, young people and their families across the country face some of the most important decisions of their lives. Learners today have more choice than ever - AS/A Levels, apprenticeships, and vocational pathways - with a large number of subject choices available.
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100% A Level pass rate as Gower College Swansea marks another year of academic excellence
Students and staff at Gower College Swansea are celebrating a fantastic year of academic achievement, as envelopes were opened to reveal another impressive set of A Level and vocational Level 3 results for 2025.
This year the College has seen a rise in its overall A Level pass rate, which stands at a remarkable 100% (the Wales national average is 97.5%), with 1250 individual exam entries.
How to get your exam / qualification results August 2025
Those with fixed results days should look out for an invitation from us w/c Monday 4 August. This will detail the arrangements for collecting your results.
The fixed results days are:
A Level, Vocational Level 3 (such as BTEC, OCR, UAL, NCFE) and Welsh Baccalaureate
Thursday 14 August 2025 (from 9.15am)
GCSE and Vocational Level 2
Thursday 21 August 2025 (from 9.15am)
Results will also be available via eILP on both days.
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The Transition to College: A Parent’s Perspective
“As parents, seeing Bethany evolve from someone who was once quite anxious, into a young woman thriving in a more mature learning environment meant everything to us.”
Watching your child take the next big step from school to college can feel both exciting and overwhelming.
We spoke with proud Killay parents, Helen and James Nicholas, whose daughter Bethany completed her A Levels at Gower College Swansea in 2024. Today, she’s thriving as a Medicine student at Cardiff University.
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Gower College Swansea celebrates staff wellbeing with annual summer event
At the close of another academic year, Gower College Swansea hosted its much-anticipated annual summer Staff Wellbeing Day on 3 July 2025, where over 300 staff were able to access over 40 separate activities.
This year’s event offered teaching and support staff a wide range of opportunities to unwind and recharge, featuring activities such as line dancing, shamanic healing, seated chair massage, hanging basket tutorial, cold water therapy, hot pod yoga, and silversmithing.