Case Studies

MFL Mentoring has been offering two vocational accreditation units certified by Agored Cymru to its student mentors for the past four years. The accreditation has been designed by the project team in collaboration with Agored Cymru, past mentors and teachers. - MFL Mentoring has been offering two vocational accreditation units certified by Agored Cymru to its student mentors fo...Read Story>

A ‘family-learning’ programme that aims to engage and foster positive attitudes towards education has won a major award. The Families Learning Together Programme at Cardiff and Vale College delivers a wide range of courses for adults and parents in over 80 schools throughout Cardiff and the Vale. - A family-learning programme that aims to engage and foster positive attitudes tow...Read Story>

Emma Hughes, a Coleg y Cymoedd student, has been awarded this year’s Agored Cymru Learner of the Year Award for Outstanding Commitment to Study. Our Learner of the Year awards celebrate the achievements of individuals who have completed Access to Higher Education diplomas – qualifications which prepare people without traditional qualifications to study at university. - Emma, 36,...Read Story>

“I still can't quite believe I won!” ~~ Kelly Osborne, a Grwp Llandrillo Menai - Coleg Meirion Dwyfor, student has been awarded this year’s Agored Cymru Learner of the Year Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement as well as the national Keith Fletcher award in the same category! - Kelly didnt always know what she wanted to do when she left school - after a few years travelli...Read Story>

One of our approved centres, that we are incredibly proud to be working with, is Down to Earth. Down to Earth is an innovative social enterprise tackling social inequality and climate change - one sustainable project at a time! Since opening over 15 years ago, they have worked with thousands of vulnerable and disadvantaged young people and adults, equipping them with skills a...Read Story>

Originally from Kurdistan, Northern Iraq, Shokhan Hasan moved to the UK in August 2010 to get married. As an Anaesthetic Nurse in Kurdistan, Shokhan moved to Cardiff. Speaking only Kurdish, Shokhan was determined to learn English initially, to enable her to continue to study. - In 2016 Shokhan enrolled to study at Cardiff and Vale College (CAVC) at Level 2 on the Skills for Furt...Read Story>