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It’s good to talk! Mencap support staff brushing up Welsh language skills

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English | Cymraeg Mencap is focused on ensuring that Welsh speakers accessing the charity’s services in Cardigan can use their first language when engaging with staff. Manager Charlotte Morgan has arranged for one of the service users to lead Welsh … Read more »

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Pioneer Tomos chooses Welsh to work towards new heritage qualification

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English | Cymraeg Tomos James is coming to the end of a pioneering Cultural Heritage Traineeship which he is undertaking mostly in the Welsh language. The 22-year-old Aberystwyth learner is one of the first cohort of Cultural Ambition trainees to … Read more »

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Love of animals leads apprentice Lois to dream job on a dairy farm

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English | Cymraeg Welsh speaking Lois Jones is the first female learner to do a bilingual Foundation Apprenticeship in Agriculture through Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor’s Glynllifon Campus. The Apprenticeship Programme is funded by the Welsh Government with support from the European Social … Read more »

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Apprentice Jess developing her dream career through the medium of Welsh

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English | Cymraeg Apprentice Jess Prince has landed her dream job at a Tenby primary school and is reaping the rewards of Welsh medium education and training. Jess, 23, from Saundersfoot, works as a learning support assistant at Ysgol Hafan … Read more »

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Give apprentices a voice on apprenticeship decisions, says Minister

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Wales’ Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning, Eluned Morgan, wants apprentices to be given a stronger voice in decisions made about apprenticeships. Making the keynote speech at the second teaching, learning and assessment conference organised by the National Training … Read more »

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Conference aims to empower learners for future prosperity

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English | Cymraeg Equipping Wales’ work-based learning practitioners with the skills needed to tackle complex social and economic challenges in the 21st century will be the mission of a spring conference to be held in Cardiff. Around 250 delegates from … Read more »

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Deeside aerospace company succeed twice at VQ Awards

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English | Cymraeg Aerospace engineering business Electroimpact UK completed a notable double at the Vocational Qualification (VQ) Awards ceremony on Tuesday night. The Hawarden-based business collected the VQ Employer of the Year award and its UK manufacturing lead Matthew Booth … Read more »

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VQ Awards decision time for 12 shortlisted finalists

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English | Cymraeg A dozen finalists from across Wales will discover on Tuesday evening (June 6) if they have won one of this year’s Vocational Qualification (VQ) Awards, which celebrate those who use technical, practical and vocational qualifications to achieve … Read more »

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Employers and learners across Wales urged to enter VQ Awards

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A successful entrepreneur who has established four children’s nurseries in South Wales is encouraging learners and employers across the nation to enter this year’s Vocational Qualification (VQ) Awards, which launched today (March 2). A memorable 2015 saw Jenine Gill, director … Read more »

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Deputy Minister in focus during VQ Day visit to Sony UK Technology Centre

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Wales’ Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology, Julie James, was very much in focus as she began Vocational Qualifications (VQ) Day with a morning visit to global technology giant Sony UK Technology Centre (UKTEC) in Pencoed, Bridgend, where professional and … Read more »

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