College News

Gold and Silver medals for GCS students

Gower College Swansea recently hosted a Skills Competition Wales Computer Aided Design (CAD) event which saw entrants from all over Wales gather at the Gorseinon campus.

Four Gower College Swansea Engineering students participated on the day and were very successful - with Scott Fry taking Gold and Brett Nethell taking Silver.

"Last year student Joseph Dickerson achieved Silver so we were delighted to go one better in 2016 and our students pulled off a brilliant team performance," says Curriculum Leader Huw Isaac.

ILS students open exhibition of work

In January, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - as part of its Offsite Secondary School programme - began a 10 week project with a group of students from the Independent Living Skills (ILS) department at Gower College Swansea.

Based at Gower College Swansea’s Tycoch Campus, the ILS department offers a range of courses that are tailored to students with specialist learning needs.

Students explore employment opportunities

Engineering Technology students from Gower College Swansea's Tycoch campus recently visited TIMET in Waunarlwydd.

TIMET is a world leader in the production of titanium for the aerospace, military, oil and gas industries. They are taking on apprentices this summer and invited our students to take a tour of the plant prior to the work experience stage of the recruitment process.

Welsh Girls make history at UK College Sport Finals

Students from Wales’ Further Education colleges re-wrote the record books and reached new heights in female team sports at last weekend’s AoC Sport National Championships in Newcastle.

Three of the Welsh Colleges women’s teams, competing against 11 other national and regional squads from around the UK, won podium positions in the blue riband rugby, netball and hockey competitions.

Students rise to Chemistry Olympiad challenge

A Level Chemistry students at Gower College Swansea have performed exceptionally well at this year’s Royal Society of Chemistry Olympiad.

The annual event is open to second year A Level students who are expected to achieve grades of A or A*in their exams, and is a challenging exercise that truly stretches the most committed young chemists.

A fantastic weekend for college at AOC National Championships!

Gower College Swansea is celebrating after a fantastic weekend at the AoC National Championships in Newcastle. 

There were over 2000 students in attendance, with the Welsh team consisting of 180 (57 of these were from Gower College Swansea - the biggest representation from a Welsh college.)

A huge congratulations to all the staff and students who were involved in this wonderful weekend of sport! The Welsh successes were:

New digital technology lab opens at Tycoch

Students at Gower College Swansea will benefit following the official launch of a brand new digital technology lab at the Tycoch campus.

The lab is the result of a very generous sponsorship package from Premier EDA Solutions, which includes a donation of around £500,000 of their sector-leading Altium Designer electronic design software.

Community focus for Bridge students

Vocational Studies students from the Bridge programme at Gower College Swansea have been asked to take part in a focus group session about the community of Townhill.

They were recently visited by former students Curtis Cana and Ashlee Wilde, who delivered the session as part of their degree course in Youth and Community Work at Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Curtis and Ashlee have conducted a profile on Townhill and wanted to interview college students about their experiences of living there and in similar areas of Swansea.

Congrats to Kaitlyn for Salon Cymru success

Beauty student Kaitlyn Hole, who is studying the part time Certificate in Cosmetic Make Up course at the Broadway Centre, has taken second place at the annual Salon Cymru competition (Level 2 Make Up category.)

"I'm delighted with this result and really pleased for Kaitlyn," says lecturer Cathy Mitchell. "All the students who participated in the competition were amazing - both in terms of their hard work leading up to the event and the excellent standard of work they produced on the day."

Thanks to ISA Training for the photo.

States trip for A Level students

A Level Geography, Politics and World Development students from Gower College Swansea recently visited the USA, taking in stops at the United Nations, Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty and the 911 memorial museum.

The geographers were able to examine the sustainability of New York City, including a look at an 'urban farm' and the High Line park regeneration.

Meanwhile, the politics and world development students travelled to Washington to visit the Capitol Buildings, the National Archives, the Lincoln Memorial and the White House.