College News

Landlord Training Wales partners with college

Landlord Training Wales, a division of welfare services company A19 Secure Solutions, has partnered with Gower College Swansea to provide an in-class training course designed to help landlords secure the qualifications they will need by law to manage properties in Wales.

The classroom based training will be held at regular intervals and will complement online training courses offered by Landlord Training Wales, which is enjoying a surge in demand as the deadline for compliance creeps closer.

Students enjoy a Frosty Friday

Gowerton pupils taking part in the Kick Start Programme at Gower College Swansea held a Frosty Friday at the Gorseinon campus - selling Joe's ice cream as part of their Enterprise qualification.

“This was an opportunity for the pupils to put their theory into action," says lecturer Lucy Turtle, who organised the event alongside Kick Start Ambassador Curtis Cana. "They had put an awful lot of planning into this - creating a business plan, carrying out market research and working out the amount of profit they can make for Gowerton School.”

ILS students take Eisteddfod prize

Independent Living students from Gower College Swansea have taken third prize at this year's National Eisteddfod

The students - Nyle Bowen, Laura Evans, Kerri Green, Stephanie Harris, Joshua Jones, Amy Lewis, Abigail Maguire, Elle Wilkins and Jessica Williams - devised their piece of work around the theme of 'belonging'.

College wins public vote for share of NatWest’s Skills and Opportunities Fund

The Cardiff City FC Foundation and Gower College Swansea have each won a £35,000 share of NatWest’s £2.5million Skills and Opportunities Fund.

Both were chosen by public vote to benefit from the fund, which supports organisations in disadvantaged communities that help people develop, create or access the skills and opportunities they need to get into work or start a business.

College hosts Worldskills Industrial Electronics regional heat

A group of Digital Technology students from Gower College Swansea have competed in a WorldSkills competition, held at the Tycoch campus in association with Semta and Premier EDA Solutions.

It was an intensive day with four main parts to the competition: a soldering/construction exercise; a theory paper; a prototype challenge using a breadboard and a software programming test.

The winners were named as Kieran Belton (Gold), Cody Wilks (Silver) and Ryan Thomas (Bronze).

Twin Town writer inspires students

Paul Durden, the co-writer of Twin Town, delivered a recent workshop to Vocational Studies students at Gower College Swansea as part of their media qualification.

During his visit to the Tycoch campus, Mr Durden discussed the making of the film and the different type of job roles involved in its production.

Twin Town is a 1997 British crime drama filmed in Swansea and starring real-life brothers Rhys Ifans (in his first major movie role) and Llŷr Ifans along with Dougray Scott.

New company to support young entrepreneurs

An innovative new company set up to help creative young people develop their ideas has been officially launched.

The Centre for Entrepreneurial Education, or C4EE, held its first board meeting last week at Sketty Hall.

Hot dog dinner raises money for animal charity

Bishop Gore School pupils organised a recent enterprise event at Gower College Swansea as part of their Kick Start qualification.

The concept behind 'Hot Diggity Dog' was to make and sell hot dogs to staff and students at the Tycoch campus in order to raise money for Llys Nini Animal Centre.

Kick Start students explore sporting opportunities

Dylan Thomas Community School students have been treated to a football session as a reward for completing their Kick Start qualification at Gower College Swansea’s Tycoch campus.

Sport lecturer Andrew Stokes gave the students an insight into various sports courses and the career opportunities that could follow.

Gaming = fitness for Enterprise students

A specially selected team of enterprising students represented Gower College Swansea at the Global Enterprise Challenge finals in Cardiff last month, with an unusual futuristic concept that combines gaming with physical exercise.

The students - Alex Williams, Luke Williams, Hannah Moses, Ryan Evans, Joshua David Jenkins and Nia Griffiths – worked together in response to a brief to create an online business with a ‘disruptive’ slant.