Coleg Llandrillo Cymru

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Coleg Llandrillo Cymru ^Naming) is a multi-campus FE and HE college based on the North Wales coast in the UK, with campuses in both Conwy County Borough and Denbighshire and tens of thousands of mainly part-time students.

1 Naming
2 Campuses
3 Courses
4 Societies
5 History
6 External links

[edit] Naming

The current full name, Coleg Llandrillo Cymru, which is used in formal contexts, is Welsh for Llandrillo College of Wales. It was previously called Llandrillo College (or Coleg Llandrillo in Welsh) and is usually still known by that name. It is also known locally as the Tech, or just Llandrillo or college.

The current name was designed to imply that the college is for the whole of Wales.

The college was originally called Llandrillo Technical College, but the technical was removed in response to the college's shift towards teaching academic as well as vocational subjects.

The name Llandrillo derives from Llandrillo-yn-Rhôs, the Welsh name for the town Rhôs-on-Sea, where the primary campus resides.

[edit] Campuses

The main campus is on Llandudno Road at the westerly extremity of Rhôs-on-Sea, bordering Rhos-on-Sea Golf Course and close to Penrhyn Bay. There are also campuses in Abergele, Denbigh and Rhyl, as well as the Llandudno Cyberskills Centre, the Elwy Centre (for business courses) at the St. Asaph Business Park and a mobile IT bus.

The college also offers some courses based in halls, libraries and schools in the communities of Conwy, Llanrwst, Llandudno Junction, Llandudno, Llanfairfechan, Llysfaen, Colwyn Bay, Penmaenmawr, Rhos-on-Sea, Denbigh, Dyserth, Meliden, Prestatyn, Rhyl and St. Asaph.

[edit] Courses

The college mainly teaches vocational and FE courses, although some degrees are offered in collaboration with the University of Wales, Bangor, NEWI (North East Wales Institute) and the University of Glamorgan.

In the academic FE sphere, it offers the International Baccalaureate and Welsh Baccalaureate as well as the more usual A-levels.

There are wide range of vocational courses (some without formal qualfications and others leading to BTECs, etc.) in areas including art and design, beauty, business, computing, construction, counselling, engineering, English as a foreign language, the environment, finance, hairdressing, hospitality, teacher training, interior design, office skills, languages, painting and decorating, media studies, performing arts, plumbing, sports, mathematics, sciences, textiles, aromatheropy, reflexology, photography, first aid, sign language, health, sociology, psychology and motor vehicles.

[edit] Societies

A local astronomy society has been formed at the college by staff and students of the GCSE astronomy course. Llandrillo College and Coastal Astronomy Society has regular meetings and lectures at the college and in Llanelian Community Centre, observation nights at their 'observatruck' in Dolwen and field trips.

The college also has a Christian Union, which organises talks, discussions and film viewings. [1]

[edit] History

The college (which originally only composed of the main campus), was opened as Llandrillo Technical College by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on June 23, 1965. [2]

It was given the highest grade for any Welsh college by Her Majesty's Inspectors, Estyn.

In late 2005, the main campus buildings where each labelled with Welsh place or personal names replacing the existing block letters.