Coleg Cambria in North East

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is one of the UK's largest colleges,bbc.co.uk - Deeside and Yale colleges merge as Coleg Cambria
/ref> with over 7,000 full-time and 20,000 part-time students, and has international links covering four continents. Coleg Cambria was created following the merger of Deeside College and Yale College, Wrexham. Coleg Cambria began operating on 1 August 2013.legislation.gov.uk - The Coleg Cambria (Incorporation) Order 2013
/ref> It serves three local authority areas with a total population of almost 400,000: more than 12% of the population of Wales. The college works in partnership with over 1000 employers including

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, JCB,

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, Kronospan, Moneypenny, UPM Shotton Paper and Village Bakery. Coleg Cambria won the 2015 Global Enterprise Challenge. In November 2015, the college was inspected by

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and rated excellent in both current performance and prospects for improvement.

Locations

Coleg Cambria has five campuses across North East Wales: Deeside, Yale (Grove Park and Bersham Road in

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), Llysfasi and Northop.

Name

''Coleg'' is the Welsh word for college and ''Cambria'' is the Latin name for Wales, derived from the Welsh name ''

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''.

Branding and Logo

The 'spectrum design' was developed and chosen with support from students, staff, Governors and local businesses and is intended to signify the diversity and inclusivity of the college. The spectrum mark also forms an abstract letter ''C''.merger.cambria.ac.uk - Welcome to Coleg Cambria

References

External links

Coleg CambriaEstyn Reports
{{authority control Universities and colleges in Wales Further education colleges in the Collab Group Universities and colleges established in 2013 2013 establishments in Wales