College News

Charity single helps city's young people

A local indie band, featuring Justin Hendy from Gower College Swansea’s MIS department, teamed up recently with Swansea Young Single Homeless Project (SYSHP) to release a special limited edition Christmas single called ‘Winter Warmer’.

All proceeds from the single by Broken Fires will go to SYSHP to purchase packs of basic household items for young people starting out on their own for the first time.

Broken Fires also organised a very special show in support of the single at the Square Peg Coffee House in Sketty on 23 December.

Pop Up Cinema event a success

A group of Morriston Comprehensive pupils, working with Enterprise Officer Lucy Turtle, have organised the first ‘pop up cinema’ at the college, as part of the Kick Start Programme.

They screened two showings of A Streetcar Named Desire for A Level English students at Gorseinon. Curriculum Leader Joanna Dudley was delighted with the outcome of the event.

Industry giants to assist students with engineering project

Digital Technology students are set to benefit from the continuing links Gower College Swansea has formed with manufacturing giants Tongfang Global (THTF).

For the second consecutive year, the Port Talbot based company has agreed to assist students as they prepare to design and build the very latest Smart TV manufacturing aids for their Engineering Education Scheme Wales project.

College wins tennis award

Gower College Swansea has won an award from the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) Wales region.

The college’s Sport department was one of three finalists in the Education category at the 2015 Tennis Wales Awards, which was held at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama on 20 February. This was in recognition of the wide range of tennis activities the college organises throughout the year as part of the wider curriculum.

University taster sessions offered in Welsh

Following Gower College Swansea’s successful bid for Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol project money, a taster day was organised for students interested in following a career in nursing or midwifery.

Students experience a flavour of the textile world

A group of Art and Design students from Llwyn y Bryn were fortunate enough to recently visit the Melin Tregwynt woollen mill in a remote part of the Pembrokeshire coast. This visit was organised by Gower College Swansea's Bilingual Champion Anna Davies and Enterprise Officer Lucy Turtle.

The mill has been in the family of Amanda and Eifion Griffiths since 1912 and it employs over 30 people.

Students put on 'Ready Steady Cook' night for young renal patients

College students and young renal patients from Swansea have come together for a cooking demonstration evening with a difference.

The Gower College Swansea students prepared meals from a recipe book specially designed for people with kidney problems. Dishes were served up to a group of young people who attend the renal unit at Morriston Hospital, during an evening at the college’s Vanilla Pod training restaurant in the Tycoch campus.

The Ready Steady Cook event was inspired by Food with Thought, a recipe book produced by the National Kidney Foundation.

Students support White Ribbon campaign

A group of Health and Social Care students from Gower College Swansea have been working hard to raise awareness of domestic abuse issues.

The Level 2 Diploma students were inspired to act following a recent tutorial session delivered by the local multi-agency domestic abuse ‘One Stop Shop.’

Following on from this tutorial, the students decided to support the White Ribbon Campaign, an initiative - devised by men – that is aimed at encouraging everyone to stand up to those who commit violence against women.

A Welsh first for Rory

A Gower College Swansea student has become the first from a Welsh educational institution to be shortlisted in the Royal Economic Society’s Young Economist of the Year competition.

Rory Daniels, who is studying A Levels at the Gorseinon campus and is a student governor, made the final shortlist of just 20 taken from an initial 2000 entries.

Students inspired by Funky Pump founder

Former student - and inspirational entrepreneur - Chris Ware recently delivered a tour and workshop for Level 1 Sport and Public Services students at his Funky Pump fitness warehouse in Swansea.

Funky Pump is an award-winning concept which combines fitness with house music in a unique nightclub-style setting. With live DJs banging out sets while qualified instructors take you through your paces, there really is no other class like it around.