Gower College Swansea recently hosted a Skills Competition Wales Technology Mega Heat at the Tycoch Campus

Over 80 students – from Bridgend College, Cardiff and Vale College, Coleg Cambria, Coleg Gwent, Coleg Sir Gar, Coleg Y Cymoedd, NPTC Group, St David's College and Ysgol Pen Y Bryn - took part in a variety of competitions on the day in coding, cyber security, networking, IT tech support and inclusive skills

Thanks to a successful bid to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW), a classroom at Gower College Swansea has been transformed into an active learning space complete with videoconferencing facilities, interactive boards and VR headsets.

Swansea University led on the bid - entitled Growing Comms: to enhance HE and FE collaboration in innovation and engagement activity – and will now work in partnership with Gower College Swansea, NPTC Group and Pembrokeshire College to deliver collaborative learning opportunities for students.

IT students at Gower College Swansea will soon have an opportunity to combine their academic studies with realistic workplace training, thanks to a new partnership with global employability programme Galaxias Tech.

The Enhanced IT Programme is open to Level 3 ICT students who are not planning on progressing to university and are instead focusing on honing their skills in a practical setting.

The classes will run initially on the College’s Tycoch/Hill House campus before transferring to IndyCube in Wind Street.

Hannah Davies, a second year A Level Design & Technology student from the Gorseinon campus of Gower College Swansea, has received the British Science Association’s prestigious Gold Crest Award.

The award was given to Hannah for her work as a designer and illustrator on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Engineering project where her main task was to design an additional feature enabling the production of renewable energy.