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Recent press releases

Coleg Ceredigion health and social care students - along with those following an access course to health sciences, recently returned from an enriching study visit to Utrecht in the Netherlands.

Health students in uniform holding a Welsh flag

Students at Coleg Sir Gâr’s Carmarthen School of Art are showcasing their end of year work at the school’s Job’s Well Road campus in Carmarthen and they are welcoming visitors to support emerging new artists.

two human hands/arms, one with a tattoo. It's all black and white and they are holding a ceramic piece shaped like a simplified human shape

Hairdressing students at Coleg Sir Gâr have widened their professional training with an eight-week specialist course in afro and textured hair.

Two hairdressing students working with afro hair on a client who  you can see in a salon mirror

Coleg Sir Gâr and Coleg Ceredigion’s Students’ Union were invited to the NUS Cymru celebration event in Cardiff where Women’s Officer Alys Mosey received an NUS Cymru President’s Award.

Alys receiving her award from a NUS rep

Coleg Sir Gâr and Coleg Ceredigion are pleased to announce the launch of new level two foundation apprenticeships in carpentry and bricklaying, starting from September 2026.

A student working with bricks with the competition in the background

A Coleg Sir Gâr lecturer has been interviewed on BBC Breakfast to talk about the national Jog On project which aims to keep female runners safe from public harassment.

Georgia taking a selfie in front of the BBC branding

The health and social care team at Coleg Sir Gâr has introduced new AI technology into class with a simulator mannequin.

Alex the AI mannequin in a bed with a student and lecturer one side and the other Rebecca and Vicky

Two accountancy apprentices at Coleg Sir Gâr have won awards presented by the Worshipful Livery Company of Wales (WLCOW).

The two apprentices standing with Gareth David and a rep from the Worshipful Livery with two college branded banners on each side (they are holding certificates)

Three A-level students at Coleg Sir Gâr have successfully taken part in British Biology Olympiad, a UK-wide science competition.

Sarah ‘Asher’ Little, was one of the students who took part and gained a bronze award for their work.

Sarah 'Asher' Little holding up her Olympiad bronze certificate

As part of Coleg Sir Gâr’s Medical Field Programme, students recently visited Swansea University to take part in a biomedical science session.

Two students in lab coats and glasses wearing PPE gloves conducting an experiment

Coleg Sir Gâr public services and creative media students recently visited Poland, where they explored the historic city of Kraków, the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, and the district of Nowa Huta.

Locations were chosen by staff which would teach them about different Polish eras such as the war, post war/communist era as well as modern Poland.

Students at the UK equivalent town council in Krakow

Professional cookery students from Coleg Ceredigion’s Aberystwyth campus delivered an ambitious eight-course menu in a one-night-only takeover at Ynyshir Restaurant.

Students at the pass, plating up food with low lighting

Second year BA textiles students at Coleg Sir Gâr’s Carmarthen School of Art are presenting their work at Wonderwool Wales, where they will give an insight into their creative studies.

An array of blues and greens stringy weave design. Tegan James Double Bed Mercerised Cotton and Mohair

Sitting in a kitchen that opens out onto a finca garden filled with trees of banana, coffee, papayas, coconuts and oranges with the Chirripó mountain rolling across the distance is former A-level student Hannah Freckleton.

Hannah with her Costa Rican family round a table

A Coleg Ceredigion student has won the Welsh heat of the UK and Ireland 2026 Young Risotto Chef of the Year competition.

Acting principal Vanessa with Glyn and tutor Sam college branding behind Glyn holding skills competition Wales medal