Gower College Swansea is celebrating the achievements of five apprentices from Swansea Council’s Digital Services team, who have recently completed their two-year Telecoms Professional apprenticeship programme. All five have successfully transitioned into career opportunities within the Council, marking a significant milestone in the partnership between the College and Swansea Council.
By Paul Kift, Vice Principal: Skills and Partnerships, Gower College Swansea
In today’s fast-evolving economy, businesses face constant pressure to stay competitive, innovative, and productive. One highly effective yet underutilised strategy is apprenticeships. At Gower College Swansea, we see daily the transformative impact they have on businesses across Wales.
Apprenticeship Week Wales is back for 2025, an annual celebration that shines a spotlight on the vital role apprenticeships play in shaping the future workforce, empowering learners and driving business success.
This year, AW Wales runs from Monday 10 – Sunday 16 February, where employers, colleges, schools and more come together to showcase the life changing opportunities apprenticeships provide and their significant contribution to the economy.
It’s no secret that relevant skills, knowledge and experience are all incredibly valuable to employers – and fortunately, there’s one form of learning that can help you gain all of them in one neat package: an apprenticeship.
Gower College Swansea has held a special awards ceremony as part of National Apprenticeship Week and Apprenticeship Week Wales 2023.
The special event, hosted by BBC Wales Scrum V Live’s Ross Harries at the Tycoch Campus, was held to honour the outstanding commitment and dedication of the College’s apprentices and employer partners from across Wales and England.
As part of the Apprenticeship Week Wales 2022 celebrations, Gower College Swansea held a virtual Apprenticeship Awards over its Twitter and LinkedIn social media feeds.
This virtual event was designed to highlight the very best of the best apprentices, employers and assessors.
With Apprenticeship Week Wales underway (Feb 7-13), Welsh businesses are being urged to rethink existing recruitment strategies to best manage future workforces.
Mark Jones, Principal of Gower College Swansea and Vaughan Gething, the Minister for the Economy, are asking Welsh businesses to consider recruiting apprentices in a bid to fill vacancies.
Apprenticeships are a great way to gain qualifications while you work and earn a wage.
The first fashion and textile apprentices in Wales successfully qualified at Gower College Swansea last year, with more set to follow this year. The College is the only pan-Wales, Welsh Government approved provider for Fashion and Textiles Apprenticeships levels 2-4, and has recently become the first educational partner of the UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) in Wales.