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Landbased Careers Day
Careers Wales hosted an event at Coleg Sir Gar’s Pibwrlwyd campus to encourage Year nine and 10 school pupils from across south-west Wales to consider land-based courses as a career path. 250 pupils...
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Change of career leads to medical apprenticeship
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University (ABMU) Health board engineering apprentice Steven Reynolds, decided to change career from working as a tree surgeon to working with medical professionals at Morriston...
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College welcomes international guests
Coleg Sir Gâr welcomed international guests from Finland, the Basque Country and Canada as part of the college’s St David’s Day celebrations. International relations with further education colleges in...
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Army veteran in demand as he retrains as counsellor
Inspired by his own road to recovery, an Army veteran is retraining as a counsellor and making headway in confronting trauma-related mental health issues. Charles MacMillan, a final-year counselling...
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Art school celebrates 50 years of Foundation Art & Design with alumni event
Carmarthen School of Art at Coleg Sir Gâr is celebrating 50 years of its foundation art and design course with a celebration which will reunite alumni spanning half a century. One of the course’s...
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Student Union President develops Welsh Language Charter for colleges of...
Coleg Sir Gâr Students' Union is celebrating being one of the first colleges in Wales to accept the NUS Wales Further Education Welsh Language Charter. The college’s Students' Union president Sion...
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Students’ Brits Awards experience
Three students at Coleg Sir Gâr have shared their experience of being invited to help the hospitality team at the Brits Awards at the O2 Arena. Working with London-based company Payne and Gunter, who...
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Students premiere anti-bullying film
Pre-foundation students at Coleg Sir Gâr have made an anti-bullying message the focus of a short film they’ve created with the Prince’s Trust and Into Film. The group chose anti-bullying as a theme in...
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Automotive centre supports Halfords with training needs
Coleg Sir Gâr’s Automotive Engineering Centre is helping Halfords implement national training standards within their workforce by providing training facilities at the college’s Pibwrlwyd campus....
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A librarian at Coleg Sir Gâr has been named a top social media user in a national competition by Jisc, the not-for-profit digital solutions organisation for further, higher education and skills. Jean...
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Gourmet evening promotes careers in catering and hospitality
Catering and hospitality students at Coleg Sir Gâr provided a dining experience at their training restaurant where they worked with industry partners and some of the top chefs in Wales. Students...
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New apprenticeship in social media and digital marketing
A brand new apprenticeship in social media and digital marketing is being run at Coleg Sir Gâr from this summer. The level three training programme combines employment with one day a week at college...
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Shane wins Construction Youth Trust award
A Coleg Sir Gâr student and council employee who has a serious medical condition has won the Construction Youth Trust’s 2016 award as well as winning the planning and architecture category. UK winner...
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Event celebrates award-winning students
To promote Apprentice Week Wales, the success of Coleg Sir Gâr engineering and computing students and apprentices was celebrated at Parc y Scarlets. Over 30 prizes were awarded to the best learners in...
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Criw Celf Portfolio Project – School pupils exhibition of art
King Street Gallery in Carmarthen is exhibiting the work of young people from Carmarthen and Llanelli schools who are taking part in an arts project at Carmarthen School of Art at Coleg Sir Gâr. The...
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Fashion student wins London internship at House of Fraser
A fashion degree student at Coleg Sir Gâr’s Carmarthen School of Art has returned from an internship which he won through a competition brief commissioned by House of Fraser. 20 year-old James Holmes,...
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Animal studies apprenticeship
The animal studies centre at Coleg Sir Gâr’s Pibwrlwyd campus in Carmarthen is offering apprenticeship training in animal care starting this July. Accredited training is available for 16 to 24...
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Army veteran in demand as he retrains as counsellor
Inspired by his own road to recovery, an Army veteran is retraining as a counsellor and making headway in confronting trauma-related mental health issues. Charles MacMillan, a final-year counselling...
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Art school celebrates 50 years of Foundation Art & Design with alumni event
Carmarthen School of Art at Coleg Sir Gâr is celebrating 50 years of its foundation art and design course with a celebration which will reunite alumni spanning half a century. One of the course’s...
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Student Union President develops Welsh Language Charter for colleges of...
Coleg Sir Gâr Students' Union is celebrating being one of the first colleges in Wales to accept the NUS Wales Further Education Welsh Language Charter. The college’s Students' Union president Sion...
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