David Hagendyk

🎟️ Tickets now available for ColegauCymru Annual Conference!

📅 23 October 2025
📍 Cardiff City Stadium

🔗 Book now: www.colleges.wales/en/event/col...

ColegauCymru responds to 12% drop in apprenticeship starts - ColegauCymru New data published by Medr shows a 12% drop in apprenticeship starts this quarter, compared with the same period last year.

ColegauCymru responds to 12% drop in apprenticeship starts.

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@medr.bsky.social #furthereducation #apprenticeships

Team doing well? I wouldn't know anything about that this season Dawn.

Rydym yn falch o gefnogi sector #addysgbellach mwy cynhwysol 🌱

Ymwelodd Chris Denham â @nptcgroup.bsky.social yn ddiweddar i weld gwaith gwych yn cael ei wneud i gefnogi dysgwyr ag anghenion dysgu ychwanegol.

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We proudly support a more inclusive #furthereducation sector 🌱

Chris Denham recently visited @nptcgroup.bsky.social to see great work being done in supporting learners with additional learning needs.

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📢 SWYDD NEWYDD ✨

Rydym yn chwilio am 🌟 UWCH GYNGHORYDD - POLISI A PHARTNERIAETHAU 🌟 i ymuno â'n Tîm.

📅 Dyddiad Cau: 5 Mai 2025

👇 Ewch i'n gwefan am ragor o fanylion 👇
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📢 VACANCY ✨

We're looking for a 🌟 SENIOR ADVISER - POLICY AND PARTNERSHIPS 🌟 to join our busy Team!

📅 Closing Date: 5 May 2025

👇 Visit our website for further details:👇
www.colleges.wales/en/page/care...

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A big thank you to Yusuf for leading this training session for FE Governors today.

Governors have a vital role in both supporting and challenging the sector to deliver on the promise to make 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 an anti-racist nation. Proud of the work the sector is doing and the commitment shown today.

Longstanding champion of FE, John Griffiths MS, to stand down at the 2026 Senedd election - ColegauCymru Following this announcement, and as #CollegesWeek2025 draws to a close, this is a fitting moment for ColegauCymru to recognise and thank the Senedd Member for Newport East for his services to…

As #CollegesWeek2025 comes to a close, we thanks John Griffiths MS for his dedication to #furthereducation.

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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

I can only apologise for my actions.

Welsh Colleges Women’s Football Squad to Compete in Prestigious International Tournament - ColegauCymru With the popularity of women’s football at an all-time high and the Wales women’s senior side gearing up for the 2025 Euros in Switzerland later this year, Welsh FE colleges are playing a crucial…

Welsh Colleges Women’s Football Squad to Compete in Prestigious International Tournament ⚽

Tata: Company retraining Port Talbot steelworkers shuts office A firm which helped steelworkers retrain makes staff redundant after budget cuts.

It’s critical that our communities and the organisations that support them get clarity over how the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be replaced from 2026.
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Thanks to all who attended the #Apprenticeships Fayre at the Senedd today. Grateful to the Minister for FE & HE Vikki Howells MS for speaking, Luke Fletcher MS & @joycewatson.org.uk for sponsoring, & @colegau.cymru & @ntfwwbl.bsky.social members for exhibiting. Massive kudos to the team 🙌

🚀 It’s #AWWales2025! This week, we’re celebrating the power of #Apprenticeships and the amazing opportunities they create 🎉

💡 Choosing an apprenticeship is a #GeniusDecision - earning, learning, and gaining real-world skills for the future!

#ColegSirGar #ColegCeredigion

Early walk around Seattle ahead of the @colegau.cymru study visit to Seattle to look at the development and opportunities of AI.

Visits formally start tomorrow so a chance to explore the city.

Thank you to Taith for funding this important opportunity for the FE sector.

Good to get down to watch Wales take on England in a good quality and competitive game. Excellent representation from colleges across our two countries.

Congratulations to England on a deserved win, but good prep for our women before they head to Italy in a few weeks.

Sorry to hear you are stepping down Dawn. You've been a fantastic representative and have shown the importance of people from the trade union movement serving in elected politics.

Incredibly sad news. Mark was a brilliant leader of the college and was held in such high regard across the FE sector.

Always kind and compassionate, and always focused on the best interests of learners and the staff he led.

Thinking of his family and friends.

A group of students from a Welsh college have received a prestigious award after developing special glasses to help dementia patients recognise loved ones https://buff.ly/4gwU3Wz

The Observer view on the UK economy: don’t despair, signs of growth are emerging There are hazards ahead, but Rachel Reeves’s big calls in the budget have left the country better placed than the dominant narrative suggests A downside of living in a country with an extraordinarily one-sided media is that it becomes ever harder not to…

The Observer view on the UK economy: don’t despair, signs of growth are emerging

Before Christmas gets fully underway just a reminder that if you’re struggling with your #MentalHealth over the festive period, you’re not alone

There’s lots of information in English and Cymraeg available on the Mind website to help you navigate your mental health👇🏻

www.mind.org.uk/information-...

Clearly all down to the pre-race prep facilitated by your colleagues last night.

Amazing performance of Hamilton last night at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay. Highly, highly recommend going.

Coleg Ceredigion visit Alberta, Canada - Taith

Another fantastic international story, funded by Taith - with staff and learners from Coleg Ceredigion partnering with norQuest College in Canada to work on a model for Health & Social Care www.taith.wales/story/coleg-... @colegaucymru.bsky.social @sianholleran.bsky.social @davehagendyk.bsky.social

A really good couple of days in Belfast with the Colleges Alliance.

Always good to spend time with colleagues from across the UK and Ireland, as well as international partners.

Lots to take back to Wales, especially strengthening 14-16, increasing non-university skills pathways and improving data.

ColegauCymru welcomes additional in-year college funding - ColegauCymru Today, the Welsh Government has announced an additional £10million in-year allocation to support the further education sector this year.

The additional £10million in-year funding for colleges from Welsh Government is very welcome - and a recognition of the budget pressures facing the FE sector www.colleges.wales/en/blog/post...

Hard no!

Nope. The Christmas tree is as far as I will go.