The official account of Coleg Cambria, one of the UK's largest colleges based in North East Wales. 🏴For Welsh posts please follow
@ColegCambriaCym
Our 3D printers are running daily, printing visors and our laser cutting machines are shaping face masks. All of this will be donated to the NHS. We are also donating our supplies of goggles, gloves, aprons and face masks from our science departments to the NHS 😀
Two successful female farmers and former students are ploughing the way for future generations of women in the agriculture sector. You can read the full story here:
Student Charlotte Hawkins has successfully battled Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and has been inspired to study medicine by the doctors who helped her on the road to recovery. Read the full story here:
A huge well done to Airbus apprentice Lucy Bulkeley who raised over £1,000 for Cardiac Risk in the Young completing the London Marathon! Congratulations Lucy 😀
We have been shortlisted for the College of the Year prize, Best Teaching and Learning Initiative and Assessor of the Year prize, at the TES FE Awards 2018, which is taking place this evening. Good luck to everybody involved!
A huge congratulations to all the Airbus apprentices and everyone else who got involved in the rowathon from Deeside to Paris! A fantastic achievement whilst raising money for the NSPCC and British Heart Foundation - you can still donate here
WEATHER UPDATE- Thursday 1st March- 7.30pm
All college sites will be closed tomorrow (Friday 2nd March) for staff and students due to the adverse weather forecast. This includes the Toybox and Yale nurseries.
📣STARTING NEXT MONDAY📣
Any student at any college site and on any day is entitled to collect a FREE healthy breakfast from any of the College’s eating outlets 🍎☕
Incredible art installation designed by Coleg Cambria student Luka Mitchell unveiled to celebrate
#Shotton125Anniversary
A special thanks to Tony Commins & the staff in the fabrication and welding department at our Deeside site for bringing Luka's design to life
@TataSteelUK
❗ UPDATE ❗
As per Welsh Government announcement colleges and schools will be shut to students in terms of lessons from Monday 23rd March.
Please see our website for further details
So good to have students in our new build at Yale today, great atmosphere and finally being able to see young people getting the benefit of our new facilities is just the best 🙌
Remember TONIGHT you can either stand on your doorsteps or open a window and clap and cheer as loudly as you can for all the front line workers. Join in and
#clapforourcarers
👏👏👏
Today it’s the celebration of Santes Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of lovers.
❤️ Happy St Dwynwen's Day ❤️ Many people celebrate Valentine's Day but in Wales we also celebrate
#DyddSantesDwynwen
What an amazing morning celebrating our
@worldskillsuk
competitors! Good luck to all 21 who will be competing in the NEC in Birmingham in November! We are so proud of you all 🎉🎉🎉
Fantastic photos of our completed Yale Campus Redevelopment for
@colegcambria
The new £21m building houses facilties for catering, creative arts, sports and general teaching. The scheme has also supported the Wrexham Town Masterplan by benefiting the local economy!
#Construction
Good luck to the Airbus apprentices who are taking part in a rowing challenge this week rowing from Deeside to Paris to raise money for the NSPCC and The British Heart Foundation :)
A HUGE well done to our Elite Sports netball team who were crowned Welsh Champions at the Welsh College National Championships this week in Cardiff - we are SO PROUD of you 👏👏
On behalf of the staff, students and everyone here at the college, we join the rest of the country in mourning the loss of Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth II.
Read more here:
Well done to all Year 1 Airbus apprentices who have completed year one of their apprenticeship - congratulations and good luck with the next part of your journey!
WOW!
@DavidJCambria
& Julia 48 miles between the Cambria sites completed ✅ Congratulations and well done. Go and put your feet up - you deserve it 😃
You can still donate and support
@NSPCC_Cymru
#davidscambriacircle
WOW! 🤩How amazing does our Yale site look lit up for the
#LightUpWrexham
event . Well done to our Live Events & Theatre Production students who have been busy all day setting this up. 🎄🎅
Our Performing Arts learners are performing across Wrexham today in support of the town's bid for UK City of Culture
#Wrexham2025
🕺💃
Show some support if you see them! 👋
Congratulations to our students;
⭐Caleb rose
⭐Eric Merner
⭐Jacob Barratt
⭐Levent Gundagon
⭐Sam Williams
⭐Bobby Beaumont
Who have been selected to represent Welsh colleges FA under 19 in their forthcoming matches this December 👏
We have loaned Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board some iPads to support their virtual visiting initiative whilst physical visiting is suspended. This will enable patients to keep in contact with their families whilst they are unable to have visitors 🌈
Our catering students had an amazing experience this week working with some incredible chefs at the Hospitality in Action event! How tasty does the food look?! 😋
AND I WON!
Welsh Woman of the Year 2019
#WomensAwards
I wasn’t expecting this but very honoured & lovely to spend an evening with strong, interesting women ✌🏻
Congratulations to the 30 students that have completed their Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care at Deeside who have all secured a place in university to study a range of nursing qualifications. 16 of the students achieved D*D*D*. Well done! 👏
How incredible is this photo of the sunrise at our Yale site?! 🌇
Thank you to Iestyn Philips for sending us this amazing photo
Tag us or DM us your photos - We love seeing them 📸
We are so proud of Ethan Davies who has been named one of the finalists for the Learner of the Year - Higher Level Award at the VQ Awards 2018 - Good Luck Ethan
A huge well done to our Business Services Hairdressing and Beauty work based learning team who baked some tasty cakes and sold them to raise money for the
@BHFCymru
this week 🍰🍩
Today is
#WhiteRibbonDay
a campaign to end male violence against women. The 16 Days of Action is until 10th December during this time men are asked to wear a
#whiteribbon
and pledge never to commit, excuse or remain silent about male violence against women
A MASSIVE WELL DONE to all our students who took part in the poppy appeal this year! A HUGE total of £3,393.43 was raised - Congratulations to everyone involved and thank you for all your hard work 👏👏👏
Team Cambria have smashed it once again at
@worldskillsuk
finals - we are incredibly proud of all of our competitors who have worked so hard 🏆🏆🏆
#WSUKLIVE
Congratulations to our student Rhiannon Hughes who has completed her Level 3 Employed bench joiner course and has now been offered a place at university to study architecture and design. We are so proud of you Rhiannon - good luck with your future studies 👏👏👏
Face masks 😷
We have taken delivery of Coleg Cambria washable face masks and they are now available to collect at all sites.
Due to demand these will be allocated on a first come first served basis.