College News

Adult Learners' Week 2019

Gower College Swansea is delighted to be celebrating this year’s Adult Learners’ Week with a series of creative workshops on offer at our Llwyn y Bryn Campus.

The workshops range from drawing and photography, to screen printing and fashion illustration. They are suitable for beginners or those with limited experience of art and design.

All workshops are free and open to those aged 18 and over and will be delivered at our Llwyn y Bryn Campus, 77 Walter Road, Uplands, SA1 4QA.

Taylor heads for Hay

Gower College Swansea student Taylor Williams has been awarded a place on the Hay Festival Beacons Project, a prestigious, free workshop residency for 16-18 year olds interested in writing.

Taylor is currently studying A Levels in English Language, English Literature and Media Studies at the Gorseinon Campus.

College football team retains Cup

Gower College Swansea’s Premier Football squad have retained the Welsh Colleges Cup, beating Cardiff and Vale College 3-1 in the final.

Over the past four seasons, the team’s success has seen it pick up the Welsh Colleges Cup and the Welsh Schools Cup, as well as being named British Cup and Welsh Cup finalists.

Silver medals haul for Gower College Swansea students

Gower College Swansea students performed exceptionally well at the recent AoC National Championships in Nottingham.

In the Men’s Table Tennis competition, team members Jarrett Zhang, Jacob Young and Matthew Jones collected the first of three Silver medals.

Freya Fleming and Niamh Silvey were both members of the Welsh Colleges squad that took home the Silver medal for Ladies Hockey.

Students pen prize-winning reviews

Three A Level students from Gower College Swansea have claimed prizes at the 2019 DylanEd book review competition, which is organised by Swansea University as part of the wider International Dylan Thomas Prize celebrations.

The students, who are all studying AS English Language and Literature at the Gorseinon Campus, entered the 16-18 category of the competition and were awarded their prizes at a recent event in the Guildhall.

Leading Welsh employers collaborate to shape digital skills

As the digital world evolves, companies are increasing their investment in new technologies to enable better security, data analysis, and business productivity. With this innovation comes a growing digital skills gap and a need to adapt quickly in terms of upskilling the modern workforce.

College staff and students support Swansea Pride

Staff and students from Gower College Swansea were delighted to support a range of Swansea Pride 2019 events.

For the Up Next with Pride showcase at the Princess Royal Theatre – which was organised by Jermin Productions - music students from the Llwyn y Bryn Campus took their place amongst singers, dancers, choirs and young performers to put on a show that has been described as an ‘explosion of courage, confidence and of course talent!’

A record-breaking event for College athletics team

Members of Gower College Swansea’s athletics team took part in the recent Afan Nedd Tawe Athletics championships at Swansea University, where they competed against peers from Neath Port Talbot College and sixth forms in the Swansea/Neath area.

It was a successful day, with the GCS boys’ team winning the ‘senior boys’ category and the girls’ team taking second place in the ‘senior girls’ category.

Regional heat puts students to the test

Electronic Engineering students from Gower College Swansea have taken part in a WorldSkills UK regional heat at the Tycoch Campus.

The regional heat, part of the WorldSkills competition framework and organised in partnership with SEMTA, comprised three practical activities - electronic construction, test and measurement, fault finding – and a theory test.

The top students from this event will go forward to the next stage in the competition, with the ultimate goal being selection to represent Wales and the UK on the global stage.

Pupils enjoy sunny sports festival

Over 500 pupils from primary schools across Swansea have taken part in Gower College Swansea’s annual Dragon Multi-Skills and Sport Festival at the Elba Sports Complex.

In beautiful sunshine, the pupils were put through their paces in a range of activities such as hockey, rounders, football, netball, rugby and golf.