The land-based education college is hosting a workshop on hydroponics after students and staff trialled it as a greener and cost-effective method of food production
Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor News
![A student working with plants growing in the hydroponics unit at Coleg Glynllifon.](/imager/images/575110/studenthydroponics3_262ad2c161ef7de1cf39a128443c8546.jpeg)
![Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor students Osian Thomas, Lydia Matulla and Eluned Lane](/imager/images/574778/Osian-Lydia-Eluned_00416e49ce881ab1090500db7408bb1e.jpeg)
The second-year A-level students shared their experiences after being sponsored by Pwllheli Rotary Club
![Coleg Glynllifon Agriculture and Engineering students at Agritechnica in Germany](/imager/images/574040/Agriculturalshow_8799e413fedd64081dd0e8e9f37c617d.jpeg)
Coleg Glynllifon's Agriculture and Engineering students recently visited Agritechnica in Hanover, Germany, to learn from some of the leading experts in the field of agricultural technology.
![Lois Roberts with marine engineering students and lecturers at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor’s Hafan campus in Pwllheli](/imager/images/572947/Loiswithstudents_8799e413fedd64081dd0e8e9f37c617d.jpeg)
Lois Roberts landed a job as a flotilla technician in Croatia after studying Marine Engineering at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, and recently returned to the Hafan campus to talk about her travels
![Iolo Williams with Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor lecturer Barbara Morgan and former students Rob Whittey, Osian Lewis-Smith and Rabia Ali](/imager/images/572284/Iolo-Williams-with-Race-to-Antarctica-team_8799e413fedd64081dd0e8e9f37c617d.jpeg)
Springwatch presenter Iolo Williams visited Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor to help raise funds for former student Dr Kath Whittey, who is on her way to Antarctica as part of the Homeward Bound project
![Hollie McFarlane with her book, 'Sometimes, Mummy feels...'](/imager/images/571157/Hollie_8799e413fedd64081dd0e8e9f37c617d.jpeg)
Hollie McFarlane, a former student at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, Pwllheli, has written a children's book while she was receiving treatment for breast cancer to help her young daughter cope with what was happening.
![Students using a laptop at Coleg Menai’s Llangefni campus](/imager/images/570275/Llangefni-2023-92_8799e413fedd64081dd0e8e9f37c617d.jpeg)
Coleg Llandrillo, Coleg Menai and Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor offer a huge range of opportunities – from vocational courses, apprenticeships and A-levels through to degrees and professional qualifications
![A tractor at Glynllifon farm](/imager/images/564484/Hydrogenelectrolysertractor_2023-10-30-110640_zitw_b1970cca402b1320acdc763991ce5cf6.jpeg)
Tractors at Coleg Glynllifon were retrofitted with a hydrogen electrolyser to explore ways of finding a greener fuel for the future
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Engineering students from across Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor and Coleg Menai recently got to hear from major Engineering employers based in the region, at ‘Work Placement Showcase’ events.
![Dr Harri Pritchard, Dr Esyllt Llwyd and Ffraid Gwenllian from the North Wales Medical School visiting Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor’s Pwllheli campus](/imager/images/563779/NorthWalesMedicalSchool_e42ccc1c8ffaf1807352ea07b2540355.jpeg)
Dr Harri Pritchard, Dr Esyllt Llwyd and Year 5 Medical Student Ffraid Gwenllian shared their insight into the development of the North Wales Medical School at Bangor University with Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor and Coleg Menai learners