Gower College Swansea student fast-tracked to Lyon!
Gower College Swansea student, Scott Tavner, has been entered straight into the WorldSkills Lyon squad after his outstanding performance in the WorldSkills UK 2021 National Finals.
WorldSkills is a global movement of over 80 countries, which supports young people across the world via competitions-based training, assessment, and benchmarking. The WorldSkills competitions are known by many as the ‘skills Olympics’, with competitors being trained to develop their personal and employability skills, as well as technical.
A return to rock for Gower College Swansea students
Two years of Covid restrictions have had a huge impact on the music industry. With performances either banned or heavily restricted, it has been a tough time for aspiring young musicians. Music performance students at Gower College Swansea adapted as best as they could, but closed-door live streams and socially distanced seated audiences haven’t been quite the same.
This all changed on Valentine’s Day as the learners took to the Bunkhouse in Swansea for a night of music.
Gower College Swansea's Visual Arts Exhibition goes virtual
In light of campuses being closed due to Covid-19, our annual Visual Arts Exhibitions are going virtual!
Engineering Technology student flies high on Degree Apprenticeship
Engineering Technologies alum, Fleet Morgan, has been placed on a Degree Apprenticeship with company, MBDA Missile Systems.
Media medal haul for Gower College Swansea
Seven Gower College Swansea students have medalled in the Media and Creative category of Skills Competition Wales.
Congratulations to Pariyah, a band consisting of Jasmin Eagles, Dylan Hodges, Alexa Jones-Young, Matthew Thirwell and Eleri Van Block in the Popular Music competition; Leah Jones in the Visual Merchandising competition and Wiktoria Nebka in the Fashion Design and Technology competition.
Five students enter the WorldSkills Talent Programme
Five students from Gower College Swansea have won places in the WorldSkills Long Squad after coming top in their fields in the National Finals in November.
Liam Hughes, Ben Lewis, Rhys Watts and Nathan Evans were four of the five winners in the Industrial Electronics category, while Paulina Skoczek won a place for Restaurant Services.
Arrangements for our Tycoch Campus open evening – 20 January 2020
Gower College Swansea is holding an open evening at the Tycoch Campus on Monday 20 January for people interested in studying full time and higher education courses.
As the campus is so large and spread out, below are some helpful pointers for visitors on the night:
Broadway Centre:
If you are interested in studying a hair, beauty or holistics course you can make your way directly to the Broadway Centre if you prefer, which is situated at the top end of the Tycoch Campus.
Oxford college expands outreach initiative to Swansea
Students at Gower College Swansea have taken part in a brand new initiative that aims to attract more young people from state schools to the University of Oxford.
Around 80 A Level students attended the recent Step Up workshop at the Gorseinon Campus which was led by Head of Outreach at New College, Oxford - and former student of Gower College Swansea - Daniel Powell.
A brand new Student Union for Gower College Swansea
Gower College Swansea has a brand new Student Union and - overseeing the smooth running of the organisation – a new full time (sabbatical) SU President, Laimis Lisauskas.
Laimis, who was an engineering student at the College before starting in his new role, will work across all campuses and represent all the College’s students. He will lead on events and initiatives and ensure that students’ opinions are fed back to senior management.
College launches HE+ and Seren Academy for 2019
Gower College Swansea has welcomed over 400 learners to the Gorseinon campus for the launch of the HE+ programme and Seren Academy for 2019/20.
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.
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