We believe that if you create a team of talented people from diverse backgrounds, they’ll each contribute their unique ways of thinking, responding, and problem solving 🧠
We are one. We are Coleg Gwent 🌍
We're proud to announce that Coleg Gwent Dragons
#Rugby
Academy are the Welsh Schools and Colleges League champions! 🏆🏉 Photos by Foundation Degree Photography student, Leighton Baker 📷 Read the full WRU write up here:
#MadeForGreatness
Freshly crowned WRU Welsh Schools & Colleges
#Rugby
League champions Coleg Gwent, met with Principal Guy Lacey for a team photo at
#Crosskeys
Campus yesterday. “I’m so proud of our amazing team - what an achievement this season.” said Guy 🏆🏉
"Massive shout out and thank you to the Coleg Gwent (student & staff) abseilers for rescuing my dog today when he fell down a hole on the Sirhowy Valley walk, you were amazing!" Lovely
#FridayFeeling
message from local resident, Colleen Probert. Well done everyone! 👏🏼🐶
Good luck to our Dragons Junior
#Rugby
Academy who depart on their whistle stop 9-day tour of
#SouthAfrica
on Sunday🏉🇿🇦
In between games students will experience Table Mountain, the Cape Peninsula, a safari game drive, a visit to Soweto and the Apartheid Museum 🦁
@dragonsrugby
Thank you to our incredible
#Engineering
tutors who have been volunteering their time to contribute towards the national
#PPEshortage
🏥 Our state-of-the-art machines will provide 150 face shields per week to the
@NHSuk
#NHSThankYou
Throwback to a year ago today when Coleg Gwent Dragons
#Rugby
Academy won the WRU Welsh Schools & Colleges League Championship 🏆
Join the No.1️⃣ college rugby teams in Wales & play alongside your studies 🏉📚
Full story:
📷Leighton Baker
#FridayFeeling
🥳 Daniel not only won our prestigious ‘Learner of the Year’ award, but he’s now heading to
@SwanseaUni
to study
#Sport
& Exercise Science with fantastic
#ALevel
grades ABC 🏃♂️🏅
Explore our
#ALevels
and apply now to join our top performing colleges ⬇️
We've had a fantastic day at
#Torfaen
Learning Zone today, for an inspiring
@DofE
Award challenge day.
👑 Thank you to our VIP guest, HRH The Earl of Wessex, who attended as Trustee of the
#DofE
!
Read more about the fantastic event here ⬇️
✨Introducing Jonathan Westwood, Head of Commercial at
@dragonsrugby
& proud Coleg Gwent
#sports
#alumni
🏉
"My time at college gave me a solid start & transition into working life. I learnt much from my days at Crosskeys Campus"
Read Jonathan's story ⬇️
We're excited to meet young
#rugby
players tomorrow at our Rugby Academy event with former learner & current
@dragonsrugby
& Wales player, Ollie Griffiths 🏉
Contact rugbyacademy
@coleggwent
.ac.uk to find out more about joining the current WRU Wales Colleges & Schools Champions
Covid may have slowed things down but there’s no stopping us now!
#Torfaen
Learning Zone is looking incredible in the final stages of ‘fit out & testing' ✨ We can’t wait to open the doors & welcome everyone on 4th Jan 2021 🏫🎒
#MadeForYou
@torfaencouncil
Congratulations to Coleg Gwent
#sport
student, Lewis Webb, on collecting his
#Welsh
schools U18s cap & being selected for the
#Wales
FAW U19's
#football
camp 👏🏻⚽️🏴
Coronavirus Update - a local lockdown has been announced from 6pm tomorrow for the
#Caerphilly
borough.
#Crosskeys
campus will remain open tomorrow prior to this so please attend as planned whilst we await further clarity from the authorities on how to proceed beyond 6pm. (1/2)
Happy 75th birthday to inspirational Coleg Gwent lecturer, Christine Jenkins 🎉 Christine delivers our
#PersonalTraining
,
#Fitness
& Exercise to Music courses at Usk Campus 🏋️♀️ Join Christine this September and you could be doing the
#SplitsAt75
!
"2 years ago I dropped out of uni due to struggles with dyslexia & mental health.
1 year ago I sold 5 hampers at
#Christmas
when I launched my
#business
.
Today I’m dispatching 525 hampers & nearly 3000 units. Work hard & you will succeed"
Abi Chamberlain,
#ColegGwent
Alumna
Our
#Rugby
Academy players have been on fire recently with eight of them part of a 42-14
@dragonsrugby
U18s win over the Ospreys last week 🔥👏🏼
Fly half, Sam Berry picking up the man of the match award ✨
#MakeIt
Well done to
#BTEC
Sports learner Hywel on achieving a Distinction! You’ll hit the ground running studying
#SportsManagement
at
#CardiffMet
University this September! 🏃🏽
Find out what you could study at Coleg Gwent this September:
#BTECResults
We’re at Caerphilly Centre of Sporting Excellence this morning as Coleg Gwent Dragons Junior
#Rugby
Academy take on Llandovery College in the
#WRU
National Schools & Colleges Bowl Final 🏆🏉
Pob lwc/Good luck!
#MakeIt
Y chwiban olaf / Final whistle
Am ddiweddglo! Coleg Gwent yn cipio'r fuddugoliaeth ac yn cael eu henwi'n bencampwyr Cynghrair Ysgolion a Cholegau Cymru 2020.
@ColegyCymoedd
8
@coleggwent
14
#RygbiPawbS4C
Following the Palace’s announcement of the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II today, Coleg Gwent extends condolences on the passing of the longest reigning monarch in British history.
Principality stadium, here we come 🎊🏟 Huge congratulations to Coleg Gwent girls
#rugby
team who booked their place in the WRU Schools and Colleges final with a 34-5 win over Ysgol Godre'r Berwyn 👏🏼🏉
The girls will look to retain the trophy on Wed 6 December 🏆 Good luck 🤞🏼
Well done to Coleg Gwent Dragons Junior
#Rugby
Academy & Coleg Gwent Girls Rugby 7’s who took on a hard hitting Llandovery College yesterday 👏🏽
Great to see CG alumni, now
@dragonsrugby
players, supporting at the game 👊🏼
Full gallery over on our FB page:
Good luck to Coleg Gwent Dragons Junior
#Rugby
Academy as they take on Llandovery College this afternoon 🏉
A win today equals a Principality Stadium final 🏆
Coleg Gwent is helping the fight against Coronavirus in many ways, from virtual learning to donating PPE to the local health board. Read more
@southwalesargus
⬇
Following a gold medal at WorldSkills, Coleg Gwent
#GamesDesign
student, Nathan Parfitt, further developed his final major project & the results are incredible! It’s no surprise to us that a number of AAA companies in the UK are interested in Nathan’s skills 🎮 Well done Nathan👏🏽
💡 Did you know? Only 6% from Wales' poorest postcodes go on to become specialist doctors. Working alongside Agored Cymru and Professor Paul Edwards, we hope to change that✨
Read more here:
Shipping Day 📮
60 x ICU/surgery grade face shields
29 x ward grade face shields
All heading for Neville Hall Hospital 🏥
Huge thanks to our amazing
#Engineering
staff at BGLZ ❤️
#NHSheroes
#NHSThankYou
We are proud to celebrate
#LGBT
+ history month 🏳️🌈 Coleg Gwent has and will always embrace
#diversity
and is committed to standing and supporting our own LGBT+ community, both learners and staff 🙂
Coleg Gwent is an inclusive college
Everyone is welcome here 👋🏼
#LGBTHM2020
It was a pleasure to welcome
@dragonsrugby
Head Coach, Dai Flanagan, to Crosskeys Campus for celebration of Coleg Gwent
#Dragons
Junior
#Rugby
Academy earlier this month 🏉
Read more here:
We’re excited to be at the ICC Wales for the Coleg Gwent Staff Celebrating Excellence
#Awards
this evening 🌟
The awards recognise the outstanding achievements of our
#staff
and this year over 200 nominations were received!
Good luck everyone 🤞🏼
#TopPerformingCollege
Amazing win from the Girls
#Rugby
Academy! 👏
The girls absolutely smashed it, a 39-0 victory over
@LlandoveryColl
to take the WRU WSC Rugby National Girls U18s Champions trophy!
@principalitysta
🏆 🏴
Find out more about our award-winning teams 🙌
✨Tom is over the moon with grades A*AA today, securing his place at
@UniofOxford
to study
#History
!
"I found Coleg Gwent to be friendly and the tutors were great. It's not a rigid learning environment!"
Join Coleg Gwent and get into a top
#university
!
Today marks the first day of
#PrideMonth
🏳️🌈
We’re committed to celebrating our diverse community and do all we can to encourage
#inclusivity
.
This year, we’re super excited to join the celebrations and vibrant atmosphere of the
@PrideCymru
Parade 🎉
We’ll also be visited by
Today’s the day 🚴🏽 Faculty Director, Ian Millward has already been on the road for 2 hours with James Andrews & Martyn Cooke now joining him, aiming to reach BGLZ
#EbbwVale
by 9am. Long-distance walks, cycling & on-campus challenges will also take place today - watch this space!
#Refugee
&
#asylum
seekers studying English (ESOL) at Coleg Gwent produced these fantastic images of themselves at iconic
#Newport
locations in their traditional clothes - demonstrating their new life & identity in South
#Wales
🏴🙂
“My goal is to become a
#zoologist
, and the college has helped me improve my overall science skills and built up my confidence when doing practicals.”
Congratulations on achieving Distinctions*!
#CardiffUni
awaits
#BTEC
#AppliedScience
learner Hollie 🎓
Congratulations to our Dragons Junior
#Rugby
Academy players who are through to the WRU Development League Cup semi-final with a convincing (and muddy) 26-3 win over Ysgol Glantaf 🏉👏🏼
Play sport alongside your studies 🏐 Find out more here:
#MakeIt
Well done to Coleg Gwent Girls
#Rugby
Academy on a fantastic performance in the British Colleges League, beating Loughborough College 41-7 👏🏼🏉
The young Crosskeys team scored 7 tries, maintaining the push for a play-off spot in the Elite Performance League 🏆
#FridayFeeling
"I was worried about being the only boy but everyone on the course is great & friendly. I want to be a primary school
#teacher
in
#Wales
", Josh Wall,
#Childcare
Level 2 student. Start your success story like Josh this September! 👐
#MadeforGreatness
If anyone deserves a positive
#RoleModel
award, then it’s Coleg Gwent student, Ayesha Khan ✨
Ayesha's been supporting charities and helping those in need since 2001!
Now she needs our help to get to the National
#Diversity
Awards 🏅 Nominate her here:
Applications now open for
#Torfaen
Learning Zone! Check out this video to see where you could be studying in September 2020 📚 Find out more & apply today:
@torfaencouncil
Congratulations to Coleg Gwent Girls Dragons Junior Rugby Academy on winning the
@WelshRugbyUnion
@Urdd
Welsh Schools and Colleges 7's for the third year running 🏆🏉
The girls played 7 games, scoring 279 points and conceded only 10 👏🏽
#MakeIt
@dragonsrugby
@DragonsWomen
🏆 Scoring 249 league goals, Coleg Gwent Crosskeys
#netball
team have won every
@AoC_Sport
netball league fixture played since September, topping the league after phase one of the season 🎉
✨ Congratulations to the team!
Learn about sport at college:
🎉 Congratulations to Alice Townsend! With grades A,A,A*, you’re going to
@UniofOxford
to study Law; to become a Solicitor or Barrister 🎓
Get the grades for top Russell Group universities; join us this September! ✨
#ResultsDay
#UniversityofOxford
🧪 With a passion for
#Science
, Cameron is thrilled to receive A*AA today in his Biology, Chemistry and Maths
#ALevels
🎉 Well done!
He’s now going to study Biomedical Science at
@cardiffuni
!
Apply now to start your journey ⬇️
We always knew our staff and learners at Coleg Gwent were made for greatness 💪 but we're so proud of the kindness and dedication shown as
#CollegeContinues
despite the
#lockdown
.
Here are just some some of the amazing things that have been going on…
The Coleg Gwent Creative Arts Department has been selected from thousands of nominations to win a Pearson National Teaching Silver Award 🎉
The team were honoured with the Silver Award for Further Education Team of the Year
@TeachingAwards
Congratulations!
#TeachingAwards
📢 Following yesterday's announcement of a local lockdown in
#Caerphilly
, Welsh Government have now confirmed that learners will still be able to continue travelling in & out of the county to attend college.
Find out what this means for our learners:
If you’re a learner with us and struggling with your thoughts and feelings, we will support you – details can be found on CG connect, or have a chat with your tutor and take things from there.
Please reach out for help. You’re not alone. You matter.
#MentalHealthMatters
📢 It’s been another incredible year of
#ALevel
and
#BTEC
results at Coleg Gwent today! We've seen outstanding performance in the higher A*-E grades at 97.4% while 88% of BTEC students achieved a pass grade or higher across 48 different vocational subject areas 🎓✨
Dan recently won
@Tafflab
funding for his
#business
idea & he said 💬 'The legal side of owning a business can be difficult, however Coleg Gwent has given me the opportunity to learn the legalities.'
Discover more about being an
#entrepreneur
at college:
We’re proud to announce that two of our Coleg Gwent & Worldskills UK Sport Alumni will be leading live
#fitness
and
#yoga
sessions for all colleges across the UK 🏋️♀️ Tune into
@AoC_Sport
LIVE on Facebook for weekly sessions, more details below 👇
With opportunities open to our
#Health
and
#Care
learners to volunteer with the Person-Centred Care Team at
@AneurinBevanUHB
, our students have been able to gain valuable experience in care settings during the pandemic 🏥
Our
#CollegeContinues
to make a difference during the ongoing pandemic, with our resourceful
#Engineering
department making and donating a custom protective screen for Tredegar Health Centre, to keep their reception staff safe.
Read more about it ⬇️
📢
#TorfaenLearningZone
update!
The new building is progressing well and we're excited to share some of the latest pictures with you. Find out more about your new campus here 👇
Support Teaching and Learning student, Lisa Jones, has created 20 amazing scrubs for
#NHS
staff at the Royal Gwent Hospital,
#Newport
🧵👕 We love the Dennis the Menace scrubs, which are your favourite?
#NHSheroes
Big win for Coleg Gwent Dragons Junior
#Rugby
Academy who beat Coleg y Cymoedd 31-28 yesterday 🏉🎊
Collision dominance and minimal tackle errors were the foundations of the season's best performance 💪🏼 Well done all 🌟
@DRA_Community
With a love of working with children and wanting a better career, Ntombizodwa studied Childcare as well as GCSE English and Mathematics 📚 👶
With this, she graduated from the
@UniSouthWales
, and began working as a teaching assistant at
@Malpas_Park
. She is now studying for an
A BIG welcome to all new and returning learners 👋🏼 Please remember to follow all guidance when on campus. Let’s all keep
#college
COVID secure! 👾🚫
#CollegeContinues
Coleg Gwent is celebrating an increase in
#ALevel
passes with an excellent 98.5% pass rate! Overall passes as well as grade A*-C are up on last year at one of
#Wales
’ top performing colleges ✨ Read more here:
#CGAlevels
#GwentAlevels
Nell is stepping into the exciting world of
@Cambridge_Uni
this September after achieving grades A*AA and being accepted to study
#Geography
Well done and good luck!
#MakeIt
to your goals - join Coleg Gwent this September to begin your journey
Join us LIVE on Tuesday 19 May 5.30pm to find out about starting your
#cyber
#career
at Coleg Gwent this September 💻 Meet our employers Admiral, Fujitsu and Thales to discover how this course can take you into
#digital
-related industries! Register now:
We are proud to be in the top 10 performing
#colleges
across the UK at
@WSUKLIVE
this year, scoring two golds & a highly commended!🥇🥇 Well done Lauren, Charlotte, Stacey & the rest of the
#ColegGwent
team ✨ More info coming soon 📰
#MadeForGreatness