Two of our Chinese students, Fuhao Song and Han Xuanyuan, have recently been accepted to study at the University of Cambridge.

These students achieved an amazing 7 A* grades between them.

Six students following the Oxbridge Preparation Programme at Gower College Swansea have been offered a place to study at Oxford or Cambridge in 2018. They are:

Following Gower College Swansea’s successful bid for Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol funding, students with an interest in studying nursing, midwifery or social work through the medium of Welsh were able to attend a taster day at Swansea University.

Thirty of the 43 students currently following the Oxbridge Preparation Programme at Gower College Swansea have been successful in securing an interview at either Oxford or Cambridge.

The well-established programme, which is based at the Gorseinon campus, provides the best possible preparation for students aiming to progress to Oxford, Cambridge and other Russell Group universities.

Gower College Swansea has welcomed over 250 learners to the Gorseinon campus for the launch of the HE+ programme* for 2017/18.

Gower College Swansea, at the invitation of and in collaboration with, the University of Cambridge, is the ‘hub’ institution in the Swansea HE+ Consortium, working with the seven state sixth-form schools in the City and County of Swansea.

Students from Gower College Swansea are bucking the trend of two recent national reports.

The first, the figures released by the admissions body UCAS, showed that a quarter of Welsh constituencies have less than 25% of 18 year olds going to university – with Swansea West and Swansea East named as being under 25%, Gower only slightly above, and with Cardiff the highest at 47%.

Two former Gower College Swansea students are celebrating after receiving top grades in their degree courses at Swansea University.

Kayleigh Jones and Lewys Aron will be graduating with first class honours in Welsh this summer.
 

A group of International students from Gower College Swansea recently visited Cambridge.

The students stayed at Churchill College and attended application seminars and subject masterclasses. In addition, they visited other Cambridge colleges and were given tours by former Gower College Swansea students who are currently studying at the University of Cambridge.

Pictured: International students from China and South Korea at Churchill College with Felicity Padley, Oxbridge Tutor and HE+ Co-ordinator, and Mark Jones, Principal.

Over 100 Higher Education students from Gower College Swansea recently attended a special graduation event at the Great Hall on Swansea University's Bay Campus.

The students were celebrating achievement in subjects as diverse as accountancy, engineering, leadership and management, sports massage therapies, hair and beauty management, childcare, and health and social care services.

A Cambridge University academic, originally from Swansea, has just completed a week-long tour of South Wales to inspire 875 teenagers to enter top universities.