College News

Covid update from Principal Mark Jones, Friday 25 March

Following today's announcement from the First Minister, which outlines that cases in Wales are continuing to rise and restrictions in schools should remain in place up until Easter, we can confirm that the College will be continuing with its current covid safety measures. 

These include: 

Impressive Skills medal haul for College students

Gower College Swansea is celebrating after scooping an amazing 20 medals at the recent Skills Competition Wales suite of events.

Skills Competition Wales aims to raise the profile of skills in Wales and offers students, trainees and apprentices a chance to challenge, benchmark and raise their skills by taking part in competitions across a range of sectors.

The competitions provide an opportunity for vocational learners to showcase and gain recognition for their skills in their chosen sector and to progress onto national and international competitions.

A return to rock for Gower College Swansea students

Two years of Covid restrictions have had a huge impact on the music industry. With performances either banned or heavily restricted, it has been a tough time for aspiring young musicians. Music performance students at Gower College Swansea adapted as best as they could, but closed-door live streams and socially distanced seated audiences haven’t been quite the same.

This all changed on Valentine’s Day as the learners took to the Bunkhouse in Swansea for a night of music.

GCS and You - our health and wellbeing strategy

Gower College Swansea is committed to providing a healthy working and learning environment to improve the lives and the futures of its community. For this reason, we are delighted to launch our health and wellbeing strategy, GCS and You, which provides a broad framework to enhance the health and wellbeing of both our employees and learners.

Neurodiversity Celebration Week

Staff and students at Gower College Swansea are looking forward to marking Neurodiversity Celebration Week from 21-27 March.

Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences.

Ambitious landscaping project moves to phase 2

Landscaping students at Gower College Swansea have been putting the finishing touches to a very special memorial garden at the Tycoch Campus.

And thanks to the ongoing generous financial support of environmental charity Keep Wales Tidy and Welsh Government, the learners are now turning their attention to a second project that is very close to their hearts – a wellness sensory garden.

Horticulture and Landscaping lecturer Paul Bidder, says:

College achieves CyberFirst Award

Gower College Swansea has obtained a Silver CyberFirst Colleges Recognition Award from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

The award is given in recognition of the College’s commitment to cyber security education.

The NCSC, which is part of GCHQ, aims to recognise schools and colleges whose approach to cyber security education is deemed excellent.

Gower College Swansea - Be a part of it!

Gower College Swansea is an award-winning College that provides education and training to over 4,500 full time and 10,000 part time learners across the Swansea area and beyond.

The College offers almost 40 different A Level choices and a wide range of vocational subject areas for school leavers, in addition to apprenticeships and HE courses. It also provides business-to-business training to individuals and employers across the region, as well as tailored employability support.

The College is now looking for talented and dedicated people to join its Corporation Board.

Covid update from Principal, Mark Jones (18 February)

The announcement by the Welsh Government last Friday was clear that any decision for further reductions in Covid restrictions was now for local discussion, using the Local Infection Control Decision Framework.

Therefore, this week we have met with our Regional Incident Management Team and education colleagues in our local colleges and can confirm that, from 28 February, face coverings will be removed in all classrooms and workshops.

Please note that face coverings will continue to be required in all communal areas after half term.

Important information re: inclement weather 18 February

As you will be aware, the Met Office has declared a RED warning in our area tomorrow, Friday 18 February.

Having discussed this with colleagues in the Council we have decided that, for tomorrow, we will move to remote learning in all areas, with all campuses closed to staff and students.

Students will therefore switch to online learning via Microsoft Teams in line with their normal timetable.