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Recent press releases

Students at Coleg Sir Gâr have been working with local company The Secret PlantHouse in Llanelli, to give them experience in presenting visual merchandising ideas.

Students in the Secret PlantHouse shop standing in a line with Cameron the owner in a dimly lit calm environment

Coleg Ceredigion construction students have returned from Denmark where they travelled to broaden their understanding of construction practices beyond the UK.

Students with a Welsh flag in front of a banner saying skills (a banner for the event)

Sports students at Coleg Sir Gâr are set to experience a trip of a lifetime as they prepare to travel to Canada as part of an upcoming educational, sporting and cultural tour.

Six people lined up outside the college with logo showing. They are sports students with Vaughan Constructions reps (sponsors)

A Coleg Sir Gâr agricultural engineering student who now works full-time for Gwili Jones tractor and farm machinery dealers, has won the 2025 prestigious IAgrE Student Project Award.

Kien being presented with his award, both are dress in shirt and tie

Abigail Hetherington is a tutor in electrical installation at Coleg Sir Gâr who is keen to encourage more female students getting into construction trades.

Abigail in the carpentry workshop wearing a college branded blue and black top looking at the camera smiling wearing glasses

Coleg Ceredigion business students have raised over £450 in an event they organised as part of their course.

Students inside running the event

Business students at Coleg Sir Gâr have raised nearly £400 for the charity Mind, with an event that saw Darth Vader and stormtroopers make a special appearance.

Darth Vader looking at the camera holding a light saber

People arrive at health and social care careers in different ways - and for many, a vocational diploma is the pathway that gets them there and into university.

Foreground a medical machine and background blurred nurses seeing to a patient

Learners and staff across Coleg Sir Gâr have raised an impressive £1,100 in support of Purple Day, helping to raise awareness of epilepsy and SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) through a series of creative and inclusive events.

A student dressed all in purple

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