Coleg Gwent News

Learners from Sport and Public Services at Blaenau Gwent Learning Zone have recently embarked on a Global Citizenship Programme to Nepal. They’ll be working with the FutureSense Foundation and its local teams to support rural, disadvantaged communities.

Coleg Gwent students have competed against hundreds across the country as part of Skills Competition Wales. This year, 113 students demonstrated their ability, competence and knowledge, bringing home a combined total of 17 medals in gold, silver and bronze categories.

Inspiring our students to constantly develop their skills and improve their confidence is very important to us as a college. Which is why we recently ran a brickwork skills competition at our Newport campus, to allow level 1 and 2 students to put their skills to the test.

At Coleg Gwent, we’re proud to be progressive and continually challenging gender stereotypes. That’s why this International Women’s Day, we’re taking the opportunity to celebrate some of our wonderful female members of staff who work in traditionally male dominated industries.

Predicted grades can be an important part of the admissions process here at Coleg Gwent, so it’s important to have a clear understanding of what predicted grades are and how they can affect your application process.

Music, Maestro! Meet the BGLZ Rock School! The Rock School is a music programme aimed to push the music students’ song writing along with getting them out into the wider community. It works alongside their main music course, developing on their composition and live performance units.