College News

Catering students prepare to represent Wales

Two Hospitality students from Gower College Swansea are set to represent Wales at the WorldSkills UK LIVE National Finals.

Paige Jones, who is on the Level 3 Diploma in Food and Beverage Service Supervision course, and Paulina Skoczek, who is studying Level 2 Diploma in Professional Cookery, will take part in the Restaurant Services Finals at Birmingham’s NEC in November.

Former student returns to head up College Oxbridge programme

A familiar face is set to return to Gower College Swansea.

Fiona Beresford, who studied A Level History, English and Maths at the Gorseinon campus, has been appointed as the College’s brand new Oxbridge/HE+ Coordinator.

After completing her A Levels in 2009, Fiona attended Churchill College, Cambridge where she achieved a First in History before beginning a teaching career.

Electronic Engineering students head to skills competiton

The UK’s top apprentices and learners will be going for gold at the WorldSkills UK LIVE National Finals on 15-17 November.

Among them will be two Electronic Engineering students from Gower College Swansea - Matthew Belton and Jamie Skyrme.

They will attend the event at the Birmingham NEC and undertake a challenging set of competition tasks including fault finding, electronic design, programming and prototyping.

New International students enjoy the city centre experience

A group of our new students recently enjoyed a Swansea city centre orientation exercise with the International team.

They visited Swansea's famous indoor market where they sampled cockles, laverbread and Welsh cakes. The tour also took in Castle Gardens and Swansea Marina.

The College has almost 100 International students currently studying across the Gorseinon, Tycoch and Llwyn y Bryn campuses.

Catering students treated to kitchen skills demo

New Catering and Hospitality students at Gower College Swansea were treated to a live demonstration as part of their induction

Former students Ben Adams and David Davies returned to the Tycoch kitchens to prepare chicken and chorizo terrine, sauté supreme of chicken with dauphinoise potatoes, butternut squash puree and panache of vegetables, followed by chocolate chartreuse mousse.

Lecturer guest of honour at bakery launch

Stephen Williams, Catering and Hospitality lecturer at Gower College Swansea, was guest of honour at the recent official opening of a brand new bakery in the city centre.

The Hong Kong Bakery on Brynymor Road is owned by Peter Wong, a former student at the College.

“Peter completed his catering qualifications with us and then returned as an adult learner, taking a part time Baking and Just Desserts course with me,” says Stephen. “I was delighted to be asked to cut the ribbon to officially launch his new business venture and wish him every success for the future.”

Still looking for your ideal course for a September start?

For hundreds of students across Swansea, the summer will have been an emotional rollercoaster of excitement and nerves as they patiently awaited their GCSE exam results. Although that day has now come and gone, some feelings of uncertainty could still be an issue for many young people. Here to offer some advice and reassurance to those still unsure about what to do next is Mark Jones, Principal at Gower College Swansea.

Freshers’ Fayres welcome new students to College

New students got a chance to find out more about campus life when they attended the Gower College Swansea Freshers’ Fayres at Gorseinon and Tycoch.

College enjoys a Welsh Celebration Day

Staff at the Broadway Hair, Beauty and Holistic Centre recently enjoyed a Welsh Celebration Day as part of inset week.

Kicking off the day with a lot of laughter were comedians Ignacio Lopez and Daniel Glyn. They were followed by a session on Welsh place names with Bethan Mair, and a Welsh-themed treasure hunt. For the latter, staff used a dictionary app to search for the English versions of keywords used in a salon – a little task they can now adapt for their students.

Outstanding results for International A Level students

This year’s A2 class scooped amazing A Level results with an impressive 64% achieving A* or A grades.

Over 90% of these students have been accepted by Russell Group universities, including Oxbridge.

Our AS Level students had a lot to celebrate too, with ten students achieving either four or three A grades.

We would like to say a big well done to all of our students and wish each and every one of them success in their forthcoming studies.