College News

Congratulations to our Oxbridge students 2017

Seven students from Gower College Swansea have been offered places to study at Cambridge and Oxford Universities this year. They are:

Maths GCSE revision classes over Easter break

We are holding Maths GCSE revision classes at the college over the Easter break.

Tycoch students: Room B18a on Tuesday 11 and Tuesday 18 April (2.30pm – 4.30pm)

Gorseinon students: Room F21 on Tuesday 11 and Tuesday 18 April (11am – 1pm)

Students can attend both sessions - please confirm your attendance by emailing karen.phillips@gcs.ac.uk 

There is also a session at our Llwyn y Bryn campus (Room L20) on Wednesday 19 April (10am – 2.30pm) - please confirm attendance by emailing sara.harry@gcs.ac.uk

Skills Competition success for electronics student

A 22 year-old from Gower College Swansea has won a Gold medal in the electronics final of a national skills competition.

Backed by the Welsh Government through the European Social Fund, Skills Competition Wales is a series of events held in colleges across the country, designed to celebrate vocational skills and create highly skilled, award winning employees for the Welsh workforce.

Park & Ride service to cease

Please be aware that the free Park & Ride service that has run from Fforestfach to the Tycoch campus since November will STOP on Friday 7 April.

Additional parking spaces will become available at Tycoch over the coming weeks as a number of our temporary portacabins are removed from site.

Please can you ensure that you park in designated parking bays. Disabled bays can only be used when displaying an official blue disabled badge or a College disabled parking permit.

Students head to UK's top performance colleges

Gower College Swansea students have secured places at some of the most in-demand acting and theatre schools in the country.

The students – from a range of BTEC Performing Arts, Production Arts and A Level Drama courses – are coming to the end of their time at the Gorseinon campus and are looking forward to the next stage in their careers.

Sporting students head to AoC National Championships

Over 30 students from Gower College Swansea have qualified to represent the region at the AoC Sport National Championships 2017.

The students – specialising in a range of different sports including football, netball, hockey, rugby, golf, cross country and ladies football - fought off stiff competition from colleges across the UK for the chance to participate in the national finals at the University of Nottingham and surrounding facilities on 21-23 April.

'Revolting Pirates' at the National Waterfront Museum - 1 April

After a hugely successful tour that has seen them visit 25 local schools and perform in front of an estimated 4000 children, our first year BTEC Performing / Production Arts students are taking their 'Revolting Pirates' show to The National Waterfront Museum on Saturday 1 April.

There are FREE PERFORMANCES at 1pm and 3pm.

The feedback from the schools on social media has been excellent - so don't miss your chance to see this show for yourselves!

GCS Mens Football team through to British Colleges final

Gower College Swansea's Mens Football team has reached the final of the British Colleges Elite Football Cup after a stunning 5-2 victory over Heart of Worcestershire College in the semi finals.

"This is a truly fantastic achievement and we are all incredibly proud of the team," says Learning Area Manager Marcus Westmoreland. "We now turn our attention towards the final which will be held at St Andrews - home of Birmingham City FC - on 3 May."

Congratulations to Catering students

Catering students Collette Gorvett and Paige Jones represented Gower College Swansea at the SkillsCompetition Wales final at Cardiff and Vale College yesterday.

They had to a) prepare a variety of table layups b) prepare and serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and cocktails within a time frame and c) cook and present Steak Diane in the restaurant under the watchful eye of the judges.

Students enjoy sport conference

A group of L3 Sport students on the Gorseinon campus visited a ‘Bilingualism in Sport’ conference at Cardiff and Vale College.

The day was organised by the college, following sponsorship from CollegesWales, with the aim of promoting the Welsh language in sport. There was an interesting session from Huw Llywelyn Davies about commentating bilingually for the BBC on rugby, football and cricket games, and students got a taste of commentating on live games.