Coleg Gwent News

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.

University study is a big step. But as learner Kayleigh Barton discovered, you don’t have to go far from home to take your career to the next level thanks to our higher education courses.

Learners from our Level 3 Rock School Music Practitioners course have found inspiration in the pandemic and they’ve been busy collaborating on a lockdown album as part of their studies.