A Coleg Llandrillo Performing Arts student realised one of his dreams recently after he gained an acting role in an American multi-award-winning mockumentary series, sharing screentime with legends Dame Helen Mirren and Tom Jones!
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December
Over 100 students from Coleg Llandrillo’s Independent Living Skills (ILS) department - together with staff and students from several other departments - served up a winter wonderland today, hosting their annual end-of-year outdoor Christmas market at the college’s Rhos-on-Sea campus.
Stakeholders involved in a £38m EU-funded project that supported young people who were disengaging from education and at risk of becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training), gathered at Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s Rhyl campus to celebrate the difference Grwp Llandrillo Menai’s TRAC project has made to the lives of hundreds of learners across all Grŵp Llandrillo Menai colleges.
The Junior Culinary Team Wales is celebrating after winning silver and bronze medals at the Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg! Remarkably, two thirds of the squad is made up of current or ex-Grŵp Llandrillo Menai Hospitality & Catering students.
Students from Coleg Menai were given the opportunity of a lifetime to draft and publish a children’s Christmas story book with an accomplished author and illustrator.
The event, held at Venue Cymru recently, was held to mark the academic achievements of 111 healthcare support workers from Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
Last week we held our Green Digital Future event at Busnes@LlandrilloMenai in Parc Menai. It was great to welcome colleagues, partners and local businesses to celebrate our Green Digital Academy project. Taking centre stage were the SMEs who were part of the project. They shared their experiences and how they have been supported to reduce carbon emissions.
A group of Sports students from Coleg Menai took centre stage at a council-run well-being initiative for adults with additional leaning needs and disabilities.
Nearly 2,000 learners across Grŵp Llandrillo Menai gave the college group a giant thumbs-up in a recent student survey, with 99% of learners rating both their college, and the quality of teaching and learning, as ‘very good’.
A Coleg Llandrillo Hospitality & Catering student who is a key member of the Cricket Wales Mixed Ability Cricket Section, was recently capped by his country.
An ex-Coleg Glynllifon student who is now the owner of one of the largest harvesting contracting companies in the USA, returned to his former college recently to share his experiences and announce an exciting new exchange project.
Students from Coleg Llandrillo, Rhyl are helping rangers at a local nature reserve to clear areas ready to plant orchids and rebuild hedgerows to facilitate nest-building for a wide range of wildlife.
Apprentice chef Jack Quinney describes swapping a civil engineering university degree course to become an apprentice chef during last year’s Covid-19 pandemic lockdown as a wise career move.
Celebrating local businesses as they aim for carbon zero
Employees at RWE will complete Engineering Degrees through Grŵp Llandrillo Menai.
A former Coleg Llandrillo student who refuses to allow Asperger’s Syndrome be an obstacle to him succeeding, will shortly be awarded a PhD and will be permitted to use the title ‘Dr’.
Foundation Degree students in Outdoor Recreation at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor were recently selected to be part of an ambitious plan in partnership with the Urdd's outdoor centre in Glan-llyn.
Three students from Coleg Menai have come away from the WorldSkills UK Finals with silver and bronze medals.