Coleg Gwent News

For many years, our Equestrian Department has supported the Clytha Group, a branch of the Riding for the Disabled Association based in Usk, to help dozens of local people with disabilities who have attended their inclusive riding sessions.

Supporting our learners is one of our priorities at Coleg Gwent. And our caring and friendly Additional Support Assistants (ASAs) like Anthony Price are central to our supportive community, making sure you’ll never feel alone at college.

Torfaen Learning Zone has been highly anticipated for quite some time, and after a difficult year in the midst of a global pandemic that’s affected us all, we’re excited to officially open our brand-new state-of-the-art campus in the heart of Cwmbran.

As a French speaker from Cameroon, Rachele studied ESOL to learn how to speak better English, so she could communicate and interact with other people within the community and become a Social Worker.

April marks World Autism Month, and Nadine Wood, one of our dedicated Learning Resources Officers at Coleg Gwent, shares her story and explains why she chose to complete a challenge for Autism Awareness, and how we can become more autism-friendly.

Over the Easter half term break, our Creative and Technical Studies (CaTS) faculty management team have been donning their Lycra, speedos and running shoes, to cycle, walk, swim or run the distance from Land's End to John o' Groats for St David’s Hospice Care.