College News

Welsh businesses urged to re-think recruitment strategies amid workforce crisis

With Apprenticeship Week Wales underway (Feb 7-13), Welsh businesses are being urged to rethink existing recruitment strategies to best manage future workforces.

Mark Jones, Principal of Gower College Swansea and Vaughan Gething, the Minister for the Economy, are asking Welsh businesses to consider recruiting apprentices in a bid to fill vacancies.

Apprenticeship Week Wales – current vacancies and information sessions

Apprenticeships are a great way to gain qualifications while you work and earn a wage.

A warm welcome to Hannah

There have been some exciting developments at Gower College Swansea lately with the introduction of a new Learning Area called Built Environment, which encompasses courses in plumbing, construction, electrical and energy.

Gower College Swansea students win Pet Pawtrait competition

Two Gower College Swansea students have been presented with prizes for the under 18 category of the 9to90 Creative Community Pet Pawtrait competition.

The annual competition, organized by Jane Simpson of GSArtists, gives the community an opportunity to come together from all ages and abilities and to have their work exhibited in the gallery.

College launches Teaching Academy 2022

Ever wondered what it would be like to be part of an award-winning team, teaching at a sector-leading further education College?

A College where A Level results consistently outperform the Welsh national average in the top grades, where vocational students represent Wales at skills competitions across the globe, and where teaching staff have themselves brought home medals of distinction?

If the answer is yes, then 2022 could be the year you get the chance to find out!

Covid update from Principal, Mark Jones (27 January)

The Welsh Government's First Minister Mark Drakeford recently confirmed that from Friday 28 January, Wales will move to alert level zero, unless the public health situation changes for the worse.

But what does this mean for the College?  

During the autumn term, we have had consistently low numbers of cases among our student community.

This has been a result of the safety measures we have in place and your cooperation in ensuring that we all work together to disrupt the transmission of the virus.   

Update from Principal, Mark Jones (21 January)

Currently there are many very different messages in the media about covid restrictions that can be very confusing – and so I thought that it may be useful to clarify the College’s position. 
  
At this time, there are no proposals for any changes within the College or indeed within any education institution in Wales. Within Swansea, the risk of infection remains high and we all need to continue to remain vigilant. 
  

Message from the Principal  – Thursday 13 January 

It’s been a week already since we welcomed you all back to campus.

I therefore wanted to thank you for not only your patience and understanding, but your willingness to comply with the safety measures we have in place and your ongoing commitment to your studies. 
 
As you know it has been a challenging few years, but we are committed to ensuring we can deliver as much face to face teaching as possible so that you have the best experience. 
 

Start of term arrangements for employers and work based providers

We are looking forward to welcoming all of our learners back to College.

Working closely within the guidance provided by both Welsh Government and our local public health team in Swansea, we will be continuing to prioritise face to face teaching as much as possible, whilst taking a positive approach to reducing any transmission of the virus.

College based learning
Delivery/day release for learners will remain the same unless instructed by College staff. 

Start of term arrangements – January 2022

Tomorrow, Thursday 6 January we will be welcoming all of our students back to College.

Working closely within the guidance provided by both Welsh Government and our local public health team in Swansea, we will be continuing to prioritise face to face teaching as much as possible, whilst taking a positive approach to reducing any transmission of the virus.

Contact groups
For all students we will be returning to the contact group model that we used successfully in 2020.