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Student Union President, Laimis Lisauskas reflects on his first few days back at College
With the reopening of schools and colleges earlier this week, I thought readers may be interested in getting a student’s perspective of how these first few days have gone.
My role as the President of the Student Union at Gower College Swansea has allowed me to interact with a wide range of students over the past few days, and therefore the comments I make are representative of the feedback I have received from right across the College.
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Guidance on face coverings
Following the recent statement by Welsh Government, the College has decided that all staff, students and visitors will now be required to wear face coverings.
This will apply in all communal areas where social distancing is difficult to maintain (e.g. hallways, stairways or common rooms). It will also apply when using College or public buses.
Face coverings will not be expected to be worn in the classroom as all full time students will be in individual contact groups (bubbles) and all part time students will be social distancing.
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Sports Centre reopening – from Tuesday 1 September
Staff and students
We can confirm that the Sports Centre will reopen for staff and students from Tuesday 1 September.
To ensure the health and safety of all, please note the following changes:
There will be limited spaces available due to social distancing You will only be able to use the gym for a maximum of one hour Please bring your own water, there will be no access to water fountains There will be limited shower facilities available.Members of the public
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After a tough year, Gower College Swansea looks forward
After what has been a very challenging academic year, Gower College Swansea is now gearing up for the return of students from 1 September.
Work has been ongoing throughout the summer to adapt the campus buildings in light of Covid-19 and things will look very different when learners return for their inductions.
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A message from Principal Mark Jones re: BTEC results
There is a lot of confusion at the moment in relation to exam results, most recently BTEC results.
So I would like to take this opportunity to reassure all our prospective students that their place at Gower College Swansea is secure.
If you have already applied to join us in September, It is really important that you keep your enrolment appointment, whatever your grades. We have a team of dedicated staff on standby to support you and advise you on Centre Assessed Grades, GCSE results and predicted grades etc.
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Changes to results: what does this mean?
Following the announcement of 17 August by Welsh Government, students who have received A Level / AS Level / Welsh Baccalaureate (Skills Challenge Certificate) results this summer from the WJEC will have their grade updated to the grade we submitted to the exam board (Centre Assessed Grade or CAG).
In addition, please note:
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Gower College Swansea exam results 2020
Students at Gower College Swansea are celebrating an overall A Level pass rate of 99%, with 1255 separate exam entries.
Of these passes, 34% were at grades A*-A, 61% were at A*-B and 85% were at A*-C.
The overall pass rate at AS Level was 91%, with 66% of those passes being grades A - C and 43% being grades A - B. There were 2610 separate exam entries for AS.
The College’s vocational results are also strong again this year with a 99% pass rate across Level 3 Extended Diplomas. An impressive 64% of these students achieved at least one Distinction.
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Update from Principal, Mark Jones (11 August)
We have now received the final part of the Welsh Government’s guidance that will allow the College to reopen at the beginning of September.
Even though this guidance has been delayed, we have been working with Welsh Government colleagues throughout the summer and I am now pleased to be able to share our plans for September.
However, I do need to remind everyone of the College’s two key priorities as our plans are based on what we believe are the best means of achieving both of these.
Priority one
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Arrangements for results 2020 - updated
Update 19 August 2020
All students will be able to access their exam results from the examination details section of their eLIP. Alternatively, you can log onto the engage app after 8.30am on results day.
If you have any problems logging on, visit this page on the website
GCSE results will issue on Thursday 20 August after 8.30am.
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Update from Principal Mark Jones (6 August)
In the past few days we have now received guidance from Welsh Government on the arrangements for both the reopening of further education colleges and for school and college transport.
This guidance allows for a return to face to face teaching for our full time students, provided that they are managed in cohorts. We are calling this our Plan A.
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