Exciting new podcast series provides practical teaching and learning tips for FE and WBL practitioners
#TeachPod is a new series of podcasts designed to provide practical teaching and learning support for the FE sector. Made possible by the financial support of Welsh Government and with contributions f...
FE colleges lead the way on the future of apprenticeships
ColegauCymru believes that the Welsh Government’s confirmation of investment in the FE-led work-based learning sector is essential to support Wales’ economic recovery post-Covid. ...
Wales’ FE colleges kick off scheme to empower next generation of active wellbeing young ambassadors
The inaugural meeting of the Further Education Young Ambassador Programme (FEYA) on 19 April 2021 signalled the launch of a new scheme to empower learners to become peer leaders in active well...
ColegauCymru Annual General Meeting
Notice is herby given that the ColegauCymru Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 18 May 2021, to receive the annual report. A calendar appointment, with papers and further detail...
EQAVET - VET graduate tracking measures in Europe and compared to Wales
Our latest EQAVET project ran from 2019 to 2021 and investigated VET graduate tracking measures in Europe and compared them to those in Wales. The report Where Did They Go? provides an insight int...
EQAVET - The relationship between higher level skills and economic resilience
Between 2017/19, CollegesWales International received funding to explore the relationship between higher level skills and on economic resilience. This project was carried out in the wake of the 2008 g...
EQAVET - Training and skills for the Retail, Tourism and Hospitality sectors in Wales
In 2016/17, CollegesWales International undertook a one-year project into the acquisition of skills for the Retail, Tourism and Hospitality sectors in Wales. The amusingly titled final report, Gammon...
Sustained financial support will be essential for young people to successfully emerge from Covid19 pandemic
We welcome today’s publication of the Welsh Parliament Children and Young People and Education committee final report The impact of COVID-19 on children and young people. The report re...
Mental health and blended learning provision must be fully funded to meet Estyn recommendations
ColegauCymru has today welcomed the findings of two thematic reports published by Estyn, looking at both the support available for learners’ mental health and emotional wellbeing; and developments i...
The future of further education and the Welsh language challenge
As a key part of Welsh life, considerations of the Welsh language run through all five of ColegauCymru’s policy themes. Highlighted is the Welsh language aspect from each theme, and how the...
ColegauCymru welcomes announcement of new International Learning Exchange programme to make good the loss of Erasmus+
The Welsh Government has today announced a new international learning exchange programme, following the UK Government’s decision to withdraw from the popular Erasmus+ scheme. ColegauCymru Chair...
Using Recognition of Prior Learning Seminars
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a key part of any process which can connect non-formal and informal learning to recognised entry standards and qualifications. Currently, there is no overarch...
EQAVET Project Dissemination
CollegesWales has been carrying out research looking at vocational graduate tracking - i.e. following up the destinations of those who have completed vocational courses - in countries and regions acro...
FE colleges welcome funds to help learners as they move on to the next phase in their learning
ColegauCymru has today welcomed the Minister for Education’s announcement to provide additional financial support for young people to move on to the next phase in their learning. Coleg...
ColegauCymru: Next Welsh Government needs a clear vision for FE and must provide the support and funding to deliver it
ColegauCymru today publishes our Policy Recommendations for the next Welsh Government. The elections to the Welsh Parliament in May 2021 offer an ideal opportunity to refocus and refine the uniq...
ALN Code and regulations laid in the Senedd
Following many years of planning, consulting and hard work from multiple sectors, the Additional Learning Needs Code and regulations have been laid is the Senedd this week. Following a plenary session...
Turing Scheme Information Session
The Turing Scheme is the UK’s global programme to study and work abroad providing funding for FE college learners to spend time living, studying or training across the world. We're pleased...
Introducing PolicyPod
We're calling on the next Welsh Government to think about a variety of issues including the approach to professional learning in Further Education, looking at the professional standards and qualif...
Next Welsh Government must put colleges and technical education at the heart of its future plans for manufacturing
ColegauCymru, the charity representing Wales’ 13 further education institutions has today called on the next Welsh Government to place colleges and technical education at the heart of its plans for...
ColegauCymru to consider Welsh Government’s response to Estyn report and recommendations on post-16 partnerships
ColegauCymru is set to consider Welsh Government’s response to the Estyn report and its recommendations on post-16 partnerships at the next Principals’ Forum meeting. The report reviews strateg...
FE and HE sectors must work in collaboration rather than in competition
Following an exchange between the Minister for Education and Bethan Sayed MS, ColegauCymru has welcomed the government’s recognition yesterday that the FE sector has an important part to play in ens...
Request for Quotation: Internationalisation in the FE Sector in Wales
ColegauCymru invites proposals from organisations to undertake research within the FE sector to establish the current status of internationalisation, to determine what needs to be in place to further ...
National Education Workforce Survey for Wales
In a matter of days, a limited number of vocational learners will return to college and the important task of compiling Centre Determined Grades for assessments will begin in earnest. As we return to...
“More of the same policy on education and skills will give us the best qualified underemployed workforce Wales has ever had”
ColegauCymru has today published an independent research report which gives some startling views on the future of further education in Wales. 2019 saw ColegauCymru commission an independen...
Additional funding vital to ensure completion of vocational programmes and to support apprentices
ColegauCymru has today warmly welcomed the additional funding announced by Welsh Government to enable the safe return of learners to college to complete their studies. A substantial £26.5m of a ...
