Erasmus+ - Facing an uncertain future as Brexit approaches
The Erasmus+ Programme offers exciting opportunities for participants to study, work, volunteer, teach and train abroad in Europe. Work placements are compatible with learners’ qualificat...
Challenges for academic year 2020-21 - We must focus on teaching and learning and not only assessment
ColegauCymru notes with interest the proposals from Qualifications Wales and the content of the interim report published by Louise Casella in response to the Mi...
ColegauCymru urges joint working to find a solution for 2021 examination series
As we approach the publication date for the interim findings of the Independent review of the arrangements for awarding grades for the 2020 summer exam series, and considerations for 20...
Request for Quotation: Evaluation of the Flexible Adult Learning pilot projects
In 2019, ColegauCymru was successful in securing a Welsh Government grant to provide funding to three FE colleges to pilot new approaches to Flexible Adult Learning (FLA). The projects aimed to ...
Celebrating further education colleges in #LoveOurColleges Week
#LoveOurColleges is a week where we celebrate all things college. From Monday 19 October – Friday 23 October 2020 we’re inviting further education colleges from across Wales to s...
Additional funding secured for free school and college meals
ColegauCymru welcomes today’s Welsh Government guarantee of free school meal provision for young people across Wales. Confirmed by Education Minister, Kirsty W...
Pay parity is needed between schools and the FE sector
Following consultation over the summer months, Welsh Government’s written statement has announced that there will be an uplift of pay to reward our highly skilled and ha...
Erasmus+ Days 2020: Celebrating how Erasmus+ programme broadens horizons and raises aspirations
Our European and International Project Manager Siân Holleran talks about #ErasmusDays initiative which will celebrate the Erasmus+ programme with events and activities taking place...
WBL redundancies: Welsh Government must maintain flexibility in delivery models
ColegauCymru is calling on Welsh Government to ensure flexibility in work-based learning (WBL) delivery models as new figures on apprentices furloughed or made redundant ...
ColegauCymru urges financial assurances on Welsh Government’s commitment of additional funds to tackle Covid repercussions
ColegauCymru is today warmly welcoming the support Welsh Government is providing further education following the publication of its report Covid19 Reconstructio...
ColegauCymru: We need urgent answers on the replacement for EU structural funds
ColegauCymru has today called for an urgent meeting with the Secretary of State for Wales in response to the publication of the Welsh Affairs Committee’s report Wales and the Shared Prosperity F...
Welsh Government must rise to the challenge of embedding mental health provision across all schools and colleges
As the window to respond to Welsh Government’s Consultation Embedding a whole-school approach to mental health and well-being closes, ColegauCymru urges the governm...
Celebrating the achievements of the Erasmus+ Programme whilst we approach an uncertain future
This year’s Erasmus+ Annual Conference took place online on 22 and 23 September 2020. The event which hosted over 200 delegates focussed on the positive impact of the Programme over the last sev...
The effects of Covid19 pandemic clearly visible in apprenticeship furlough and redundancy numbers
Early September saw Welsh Government publish figures on apprentices who have been furloughed and/or made redundant as a result of the Covid19 crisis. The figures make for uncomfortable, ...
ColegauCymru celebrates Adult Learners’ Week and the value of adult learning
ColegauCymru is delighted to support Adult Learners’ Week which will take place between 21 - 27 September 2020. The week aims to raise awareness of the value of adult learning, ce...
Rhondda Cynon Taf - Colleges remain open and fully operational as Welsh Government announce a tightening of Coronavirus laws
Welsh Government have today announced that the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) is to be subject to a tightening of Coronavirus laws similar to&nb...
Caerphilly lockdown: Further education colleges remain open and fully operational
Further to last night’s announcement of a sharp increase in the confirmed number of Covid19 cases and the associated local lockdown for the County Borough of Caerphilly, the South East Regional ...
Additional funding for face coverings welcomed but should not detract from funding deficit in other areas
ColegauCymru has today welcomed the Minister for Education’s announcement to provide £469,000 of funding to ensure the availability of free face cov...
ColegauCymru supports Welsh Government’s move to prioritise ALN reforms
ColegauCymru supports the Minister for Education’s statement with regards to plans for Additional Learning Needs (ALN) in Wales. We welcome yesterday’s a...
ColegauCymru sets out its priority following Welsh Government’s announcement of an independent review of summer 2020 examination series
We note today’s announcement by Welsh Government of an independent review of the arrangements for awarding grades for the disrupted 2020 summer exam series, and considerations for 2021. We are k...
ColegauCymru thanks Bethan Sayed MS for her support
Following Plaid Cymru’s announcement that Bethan Sayed MS will not be seeking another term in the Senedd Election in May 2021, ColegauCymru takes this opportunity to thank her for the support sh...
Colleges agree on a sector-wide approach for the use of face coverings
Following the recent Welsh Government announcement and associated media coverage, the thirteen members of ColegauCymru, have agreed that where co...
ColegauCymru responds to Welsh Government decision not to mandate the use of face coverings in schools and colleges
In light of today’s decision by Welsh Government not to mandate the use of face coverings in schools and colleges from September, Further Education colleges in Wales, su...
Colleges offer congratulations and pledge support to school leavers
Further education colleges across Wales are today congratulating learners on achieving GCSE and other results in what has been an unprecedented and challenging year. They are also pledging their...
ColegauCymru welcomes decision to award qualifications based on Centre Assessment Grades
(Image - Adrian White photography at Gower College Swansea) ColegauCymru welcomes the Minister for Education’s announcement that qualifications in Wales will now be awarded on the basis of Centr...
