A leading talent spotter who signed hit records to some of the UK’s top labels has given Wrexham Glyndwr University students an insider’s view of the music industry. Andy Thompson – who throughout his three-decade career has worked with leading names such as Adele, Pete Tong, Mylo, Madison Avenue [...]

ONE of the UK’s leading canine experts took the lead at the launch of a cutting-edge dog grooming academy and salon. Julie Harris, co-founder of The Groomer’s Spotlight website, spoke at the unveiling of the new Collar and Comb facility at Coleg Cambria Llysfasi. With more than 35 years’ [...]

A NEW-LOOK business course is aiming to meet huge demand in the administrative and event management sector.  And one former Coleg Cambria student is already reaping the rewards after swapping a job packing firelighters for a new role with Aura, a not-for-profit organisation managing leisure facilities and libraries in [...]

Search begins to find the Innovation School of the Year in Food, Farming and Environment 2020 Leading farm education charity, LEAF Education and Coleg Cambria Llysfasi have announced the start of their national competition to crown this year’s Innovation School of the Year in Food, Farming and Environment.   [...]

SECOND HIGH-PROFILE CRIME SCENE DAY LEARNING SIMULATION HELD AT WREXHAM GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY A high-profile Crime Scene Day learning simulation has been held for the second time at Wrexham Glyndwr University – drawing together students and lecturers from across the institution. This year’s day followed a successful similar event in [...]

COLEG CAMBRIA is inviting prospective students to a series of accessible ‘talk and tour’ events. The college will hold sessions at its sites in Wrexham, Deeside and Northop aimed at potential learners who may find traditional, crowded open days and evenings quite intimidating or uncomfortable. These events will be [...]

The transformative power of technology on businesses across Wales will be put in the spotlight at an Innovation Conference at the Glyndŵr University’s OpTIC Technology Centre next month. Organised by the Welsh Opto-Electronics Forum, it will allow people to discover more about – the Centre for Photonics Expertise (CPE), [...]

Precision Livestock Project welcomes farmers and further education students to IBERS. Farmers and further education students from across Wales have visited IBERS (Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences) to learn about ongoing precision agriculture technology research at Coleg Cambria Llysfasi and Aberystwyth University. These events were organised as [...]