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Recent press releases

A Coleg Sir Gâr A-level student has secured an apprenticeship with one of the four largest international accounting and professional services companies where she will study to be an accountant and eventually gain chartered accountant status

Olivia standing against a plain wall looking at the camera in a blue top and coat

Coleg Sir Gâr agricultural engineering students have won Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE) student awards which were presented at the New Holland plant in Basildon.

Students with their certificates by a state of the art piece of machinery

Trina Smith says that one of the best decisions she made was to apply for an access to higher education course as it gave her the confidence and skills to train for a new career as a mental health nurse.

A headshot of Trina

Coleg Sir Gâr hosted a Skills Competition Wales event which last year saw two students’ progress to win gold in the categories of joinery and carpentry at a UK-wide final.

A student plastering

Poppy Bishop is a music technology student at Coleg Sir Gâr who has released her first ever music track.

Poppy's album cover which is her standing in the dark under neon sign and window

Coleg Sir Gâr and New College Oxford will soon be teaming up as part of the college’s successful application to become part of the university’s Step-Up Programme.

New college university of oxford logo

Engineering and computing students at Coleg Sir Gâr have taken part in an overseas educational visit to Croatia where they visited the biggest skills competition in southeast Europe.

Students gathered around a monument

Coleg Sir Gâr’s Ammanford campus had a real buzz in its canteen recently when Independent Living Skills students brought it alive with their special St David’s Day event.

A student taking an order

Martha Edwards has been studying the college’s online animal science certificate of higher education and travelled from Machynlleth to celebrate her graduation.

Martha Edwards

On May 19 a group of students from performing and production arts headed to the It’s My Shout awards at the ICC Wales, Newport where they won Best Ensemble cast.

group of winner holding award

Laura Thomas, an established woven textile artist and lecturer at Carmarthen School of Art, has won gold at the national Eisteddfod 2024.

Laura Thomas stood in gallery in front of her artwork

Two students from Coleg Sir Gȃr, Gelli Aur campus, have won prestigious awards at this year's Royal Welsh show.

Rhys jones holding award with group

Access to Higher Education courses provide a new start and a new challenge for those who sign up to take their educational journey and career to the next level.

Alex and tutor Nick standing at the entrance to Starbucks and the library

Will Matthews, art and design foundation student, impressed the panel and public at the Osi Rhys Osmond art awards winning the overall prize and people’s choice.

Luke Osmond and Will Matthews holding award

Coleg Sir Gar’s performing and production arts students took to the stage last week with their performance of  ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ at Ffwrnes theatre.

group of performing art students on stage