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A Colwyn Bay student has begun his Engineering Officer cadetship with the Merchant Navy after successfully juggling work experience duties at Conwy Harbour with his Marine Engineering studies at Coleg Llandrillo.
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Coleg Glynllifon are trialling a new and innovative method of reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption of one of their farm tractors with the help of Farming Connect. South Yorkshire based start-up, Water Fuel systems have developed a low-cost method of reducing farm machinery exhaust emissions by up to 80% and claim fuel consumption is reduced by 20%.
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A-level Computer Science students from Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor’s Pwllheli and Dolgellau campuses are working on a joint project with Aberystwyth University to create and program carbon dioxide (CO2) monitors using Arduino circuit boards, which will be placed in classrooms throughout Wales.
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A Coleg Llandrillo staff member is “thoroughly delighted” after successfully organising the first fundraising luncheon in aid of her local NSPCC branch since the start of the pandemic.
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The hard work and dedication of a North Wales wind turbine apprentice was recently rewarded, when the former superyacht chief steward turned part-time firefighter scooped this year’s prestigious ‘Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Most Improved Apprentice’ award (Merseyside & North Wales).
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Coleg Llandrillo’s Art & Design students are celebrating after ‘coming away from France’ victorious, after winning a category at the prestigious 2021 DNA Paris Design Awards!
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Caring Health & Social Care students at Coleg Llandrillo’s Rhyl campus have been busy organising a raffle and collecting a wide range of donations for their annual Christmas fundraiser, which will benefit two charities.
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Coleg Llandrillo’s Independent Living Skills students have been taking time out from their studies to organise a ‘12 Days of Christmas’ initiative, encouraging staff to donate a range of much-needed goods for two local food banks, including tinned goods, pet food and toiletries, as well as some Christmas treats!
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Over 100 of Coleg Llandrillo’s Independent Living Skills (ILS) and Hospitality & Catering students served up a winter wonderland recently, hosting their annual end-of-year outdoor Christmas market at the college’s Rhos-on-Sea campus.