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July

The successful Project SEARCH interns with staff from Coleg Llandrillo, Agoriad and BCUHB

Project SEARCH learners celebrate successful internships

Project SEARCH interns celebrated their success in front of their proud families in a ceremony at Coleg Llandrillo.

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Ceri Bostock directing The Hunger Pang Gang

Students’ films to be televised on BBC and S4C

Two films created by Coleg Menai students are to be televised - with Ceri Bostock returning to her former college to direct one of them.

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Young farmer Lea Williams

Glynllifon award winner earns place on national scheme for young farmers

Coleg Glynllifon award winner Lea Williams has been selected for the Farming Connect Agri Academy Junior Programme.

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Aron Griffith performing

Return to Coleg Menai helps past student break into music industry

Former Coleg Menai student Aron Griffith says returning to the college to work has given him opportunities he couldn’t have imagined in the music and film industries.

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Rahim Arif with Emily Byrnes and Andrew Scott

Student lands cyber security role with NHS

Coleg Llandrillo student Rahim Arif has secured a role in cyber security with the NHS after successfully applying for a degree apprenticeship.

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Students at the Access to Higher Education awards ceremony at Coleg Llandrillo’s Rhos campus

Students celebrate life-changing successes in Access to Higher Education awards

Learners celebrated achieving potentially life-changing qualifications at Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s Access to Higher Education awards ceremonies.

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Students Lucas Grew, Lili Bacciochi and Tom Barry with tutor Rob Griffiths

Gaming students work with industry mentors to take skills to next level

Coleg Llandrillo gaming students worked with industry professionals to bring their ideas to life in real working conditions.

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Cian Green celebrating with the Wales flag

Coleg Menai student strikes silver in Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships

Coleg Menai student Cian Green secured a silver medal for Wales in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in India.

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Rallying enthusiast Efa Glyn Jones

Rallying fan Efa on track to pursue dream motorsport career

Rallying enthusiast Efa Glyn Jones is gearing up to pursue her dreams after receiving an offer from Swansea University to study Motorsport.

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Photos of the finalists

Grŵp Llandrillo Menai students reach WorldSkills UK finals

Eleven Grŵp Llandrillo Menai learners will compete at the WorldSkills UK national finals this November.

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Students installing the gate with Gwyn Williams watching

Students give back by installing new gate for disabled man

Kind-hearted learners gave back to their community when they created and installed a new gate for a disabled man in Harlech.

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Attendees

Collaborative Professional Learning Fund (PLF) Project Celebrates Good Practice at End of Year Conference

Sixty tutors from across five organisations came together to celebrate the success of the PLF Collaborative project on bilingual teaching and learning, in a conference led by Grŵp Llandrillo Menai and Canolfan Sgiliaith.

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Students celebrate their graduation on the promenade in Llandudno

Hundreds of students graduate at Venue Cymru ceremony

The outstanding achievements of more than 300 students were celebrated at Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s annual graduation ceremony in Llandudno.

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Nell Jones and Branwen Griffith with their awards and certificates after winning the Enterprise Challenge

Science students on the crest of a wave as innovative idea wins Enterprise Challenge

Two Coleg Menai learners won an award for pitching an innovative concept offering surfers a chance to see marine life underneath the waves.

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Beginning of walk

Grŵp Llandrillo Menai Staff Raise Over £1,500 for St David’s Hospice

On Monday, July 3rd, Grŵp Llandrillo Menai held its annual Community and Volunteering Day, which gives staff the opportunity to take part in fundraising events, team building exercises, and volunteering opportunities.

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Megan Lowe (left) and Emma Jones on the ‘Autism Reality Experience’ bus

Apprentices and staff experience autism and dementia first-hand in pioneering reality event

Work-based learning apprentices and staff at Grŵp Llandrillo Menai felt what it’s like to live with dementia and autism as part of a pioneering immersive reality experience.

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Six members of the Work-Based Learning team

Apprenticeship staff Earn Glowing Praise from Estyn

Expert staff from across North Wales have been commended in a recent Estyn inspection report on work-based apprenticeship provision offered by the region’s leading apprenticeship provider.

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