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What comes next? The stepping stones to success for Swansea students
Students across Swansea will now be looking forward to a well-deserved summer break after overcoming their biggest educational challenge yet: their GCSE exams. While many are set for pastures new, there are those who are still deciding on where to take the next steps of their educational journeys.
For students in Swansea, there are plentiful opportunities for further study. Mark Jones, Principal of Gower College Swansea, offers his thoughts on the next stepping stones towards success.
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£500 grant for local entrepreneur
The Swansea Seed Fund and C4EE - headed by Sue Poole, Enterprise Manager at Gower College Swansea - have awarded a £500 grant to a young man who has started his own security firm.
Jacob Stone started his security firm, Ozone Security, from the spare room of his Mumbles home when he was just a teen and opted to ditch studying to focus instead on his business, which now employs 15 permanent members of staff on a full time basis.
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Nathaniel heads to 'top of the class'
Kick Start student Nathaniel Parker has steadily made his way to ‘top in the class’ at the Gorseinon campus.
The Kick Start Programme is an initiative developed by Gower College Swansea and aimed at Key Stage 4 students who enrol at college to complete a BTEC in Vocational Studies. It enables students to study a range of different pathways and gives them the opportunity to discover an area of interest that they could pursue on leaving school.
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Students selected to attend prestigious IET event
Two Tycoch-based Engineering Technology students have attended the 2017 IET South Wales Prestige Lecture and Dinner at the Liberty Stadium.
Evelyn O’Brien and Mateus Ligocki, who both study the BTEC Level 3 course at the Tycoch campus, were selected from over 50 full time students to attend this prestigious event, which was hosted by the IET Wales South West Local Network.
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Michelle was the face of SkillsCymru – will you be next?
The hunt for aspiring TV presenters, radio DJs or YouTubers is on, as young people across Wales are encouraged to apply to be the “face” of SkillsCymru.
SkillsCymru is Wales’ largest annual series of careers, skills, jobs and apprenticeship events and will return to Llandudno and Cardiff in October 2017.
The organisers are searching for new “hosts”, who will be followed by a film crew as they explore the event and interview exhibitors and visitors.
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Two former Gower College Swansea students are celebrating after receiving top grades in their degree courses at Swansea University.
Kayleigh Jones and Lewys Aron will be graduating with first class honours in Welsh this summer.
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Gower College Swansea...in China
Gower College Swansea Principal Mark Jones and International Manager Kieran Keogh recently visited Guangzhou (Southern China) to discuss the prospect of opening a Gower College Swansea-branded A Level campus there.
Mark and Kieran held successful meetings with both the investment team and the Local Education Bureau and conducted two site visits regarding potential locations for the campus.
Watch this space!
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Gower College Swansea Annual Student Awards 2017
At the close of a very eventful academic year, a selection of our outstanding students have been honoured at the Gower College Swansea 2017 Annual Awards ceremony.
The ceremony took place at the Liberty Stadium, with recipients representing every aspect of college life from art, sport and engineering to construction and hospitality.
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Stepping up to STEM
For the past six weeks, pupils from local schools have attended a Saturday Club at Gower College Swansea which aims to develop their skills and enthusiasm for engineering.
The Saturday Club allows pupils to access the expertise of the teaching staff, the industry-specific equipment and on-site facilities of the Tycoch campus.
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VQ Day 2017
Gower College Swansea is looking forward to supporting VQ Day 2017.
The College currently offers around 40 vocational pathways for full time learners, which includes courses in subjects as diverse as catering, digital technology, beauty, sport and travel and tourism.
One student who is thoroughly enjoying his college journey is Josh Neill, who is studying towards a Level 3 qualification in Hospitality and Catering.
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