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Morgan Makes It to Young Pastry Chef of the Year Semi-Finals
21 May 2021
When Level 2 Professional Cookery learner, Morgan Upcott, saw the Chefs’ Forum ‘Young Pastry Chef of the Year’ competition, he jumped at the chance to show them what he could do in the patisserie section.
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Record label success for BGLZ student, Laura Huckbody
30 April 2021
Our courses allow you to study near to home but go far with your career, as seventeen-year-old Laura Huckbody from Tredegar has found out after being offered a recording contract!
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Meet the Learner: Rachele's journey to becoming a Social Worker
19 April 2021
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.
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Meet the Learner: Kayleigh puts higher education centre stage
24 March 2021
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.
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Meet the Learner – Jack Bright found his future career with our Digital Technologies Course
18 March 2021
Meet Jack, who studied our BTEC Career Colleges Digital Technologies Level 3 course at Crosskeys Campus in 2018, before going on to study his Bachelor’s Degree at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
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Aspiring writer, Tegan Davies, talks about college life, confidence & future goals
22 February 2021
As someone who enjoys writing essays and analysing as part of her learning, A levels were the ideal route for Tegan, who chose to study at Torfaen Learning Zone.