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Laura Tucker started to explore her interest in working with animals by studying a higher education online certificate at Coleg Sir Gâr.

An awards event has been held at Coleg Sir Gâr to recognise the academic and personal achievement of students who followed A-level and access programmes to accomplish their future career goals of studying at university, gaining a higher apprenticeship or going into employment.

Taking inspiration from local geology, land and sea, furniture making students at Coleg Ceredigion were tasked with the prestigious role of creating hand-made awards for the Caru Ceredigion Awards.

Students on A-level science programmes took part in a hands-on immunology taster session at Swansea
University as part of the organisations’ collaborative Medical Field Programme.

Students at Coleg Sir Gâr had the opportunity of meeting Paul Pugh during his visits to three college campuses to deliver an important message.

Shannon Brown won a bronze medal in restaurant services at this year’s WorldSkills UK national final.

She is studying both food service and professional cookery at Coleg Ceredigion’s Cardigan campus with food service as her personal passion.

Alisha Grace is an A-level student who was inspired to study Welsh when she met course tutor Philippa Smith.

Attending an open evening to decide her future plans, Alisha felt instantly at home speaking Welsh with Philippa and says her welcoming demeanour and passion for the language was inspiring.

Hannah Freckleton is studying A-levels at Coleg Sir Gâr as well as undertaking her pivotal role as president of the Students’ Union.

She explained that taking Welsh as an A-level was an important choice for her and because she wasn’t sure of her career path at the time, she knew that whatever she ended up doing, being able to use Welsh in her daily life would always give her an advantage.

Students at Coleg Ceredigion studying an Independent Living Skills (ILS) course, have been working with a geo-political artist with a passion for reducing climate change, in a Making Waves with Art workshop.

Coleg Ceredigion’s media students on a level three programme, recently took part in a week-long BFI Film Academy workshop which was a collaboration with Bulldozer Films.

A Coleg Sir Gâr textiles degree student who makes her own natural fabric dyes and yarns has been awarded a Sustainable Start Up grant for her work.

With aspirations of becoming a counsellor or social worker, Evanna Lewis is on the right path to a rewarding career winning a silver award for her health and social care skills at the WorldSkills UK national finals.

A textiles degree student has described an evening course at Coleg Sir Gâr’s Carmarthen School of Art, as a lifechanging experience, that inspired her to retire from a 27-year career in midwifery and embark on an exciting new journey into the creative arts.

Abbigail Marshall decided to study Coleg Sir Gâr’s online animal science course as she wanted to expand her knowledge but wasn’t able to attend university and due to her very busy life schedule.

Emily Cartwright is a familiar face at Coleg Sir Gâr libraries, as they support learners in their role as library assistant at the college’s Graig campus.