Former Coleg Menai student Nick Elphick brought tears to the eyes of an acclaimed inner-city trauma surgeon when he sculpted him for TV show Extraordinary Portraits.
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![Nick Elphick with trauma surgeon Dr Martin Griffiths and presenter Bill Bailey](/imager/images/550311/Martin-Griffiths-Nick-Elphick-Bill-Bailey-1_6f32e9c83a9d7806529e334cc64a5ef8.jpeg)
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Coleg Llandrillo’s Orme View Restaurant and Bistro will open again this month as the new academic term begins.
![Jane Parry with her book Nonconformist outside Palas Print bookshop in Caernarfon](/imager/images/549394/JaneParry_bookshopMAIN-1_ab982c7721740a9d41011319107562fd.jpeg)
Coleg Menai art and design lecturer Jane Parry is celebrating the launch of her new book.
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Internationally renowned food safety expert Dr Ellen Evans says college ignited a passion that fuelled her acclaimed career
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Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s new Student Union Presidents have been elected ahead of the 2023/24 academic year.
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Grŵp Llandrillo Menai learners rated the quality of Higher Education Provision at 83% in the 2022-23 National Student Survey (NSS), 13% above the UK sector average. These results rank Grŵp Llandrillo Menai as the highest of all providers in North Wales, and in the top three in Wales.
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Sion Jones has gained an apprenticeship with Rehau after completing his BTEC Level 3 Enhanced Engineering diploma at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor.
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Coleg Menai art students have illustrated a book exploring the links between the global slave trade and the Welsh wool industry of the 18th and 19th centuries.
![Ceri Bostock on the set of Bolan’s Shoes with fellow cast member Mark Lewis Jones](/imager/images/541388/270723CeriBostockMarkLewisJonesinBolansShoes_9923807901dd9fe819998a70770d0e5c.jpeg)
Former Coleg Menai student Ceri Bostock is set for her silver screen debut in glam rock drama ‘Bolan’s Shoes’, out in cinemas in September.
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Grŵp Llandrillo Menai learners are celebrating after another exceptional year of A Level and vocational results.