A total of 65 students from Gower College Swansea took part in the recent Individual Senior Maths Challenge (these challenges are undertaken by more than 600,000 students from more than 4000 schools and college across the UK).

Gower College Swansea students gained 11 Golds, 11 Silvers and 15 Bronzes, with ten students scoring highly enough to go through to the next round of the competition.

Nine of these were from our International cohort - pictured here are Tony, Brian, Jonas, Jasmine, Lucy and Faye.

Gower College Swansea recently welcomed Dr. Wen Cao - Dean of International at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) - who presented to senior managers and board members on the topic of K-12 international education in China.

"The College aims to establish an international school in China so it was an excellent opportunity to gain valuable insight from an organisation that has already established five international A Level schools in the region," says International Manager Kieran Keogh.

A group of our International students enjoyed an exciting trip to one of Britain’s most appealing cities.

They visited the Roman Baths and spent time at the award-winning Bath Christmas Market.

The group also had time to browse the artisan goods and tuck in to some delicious street food.

Gower College Swansea recently welcomed teachers from Zhuzhou, Hunan, China to participate in a short teacher training programme.

Our Chinese guests observed a range of different A Level classes and taught sessions and also participated in a cultural exchange event, with some of our current Chinese students performing in the role of interpreters.

The International team would sincerely like to thank everybody who helped with the programme and we look forward to welcoming more Chinese teachers in the New Year.

International students had a great time getting into the festive spirit at Swansea’s Waterfront Winterland.

The evening started off with an ice skating session followed by all the fun of the fairground.

It was wonderful to see our students relaxing together before they break up for their Christmas holidays.

Gower College Swansea recently hosted a regional heat for the Senior Team Mathematics Challenge, a competition coordinated by the United Kingdom Maths Trust and sponsored by Rolls Royce.

Over 1200 teams took part this year and International students Jonas, Faye, Jasmine and Tony, who are all from China, secured first place in their heat.

This is the second consecutive year that our international students have won the regional championship. They will now proceed to the national finals in London next February.

A great performance and result all round!

Congratulations to International student Jarret-Yuzhe Zhang on winning the Welsh Colleges Table Tennis Championship.

Jarret, who is from Singapore, scooped first place by defeating the reigning champion - and fellow GCS student - Jacob Young.

The two, who are good friends and often practice together, will go on to represent Wales in the National Championships next April.

When congratulated, Jarret said he felt really proud to have won and to hold up a Welsh flag.

Well we’re all very proud of you too Jarret – well done!

Second year International students have donated original artwork for greeting cards to raise money for Children in Need.

Maggie and Iris, who both study fine art and textiles and Trista, a photography student, supplied the fabulous images.

Sale of the cards generated almost £100.

In addition, the International Office organised a stall selling Pudsey merchandise and fortune cookies and managed to tot up just over £200.

Seven International A Level students have applied to study at either Cambridge or Oxford University in September 2019.

All of these students achieved at least three A grades in their AS exams and have already received offers from world renowned universities such as Imperial College London, UCL and London School of Economics.

All students completed their Oxbridge aptitude assessments over half term and are now waiting to see if they will be given an interview.

We wish all College students the very best of luck with their Oxbridge applications.

International Manager Kieran Keogh has signed an educational partnership agreement with Britlink, a subsidiary of the large Singapore based Dimensions Education Group, to deliver vocational qualifications throughout Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam.

In partnership with Britlink, Gower College Swansea will offer Level 2 and 3 qualifications in a business related discipline from early 2019.