Alumni

It’s been 10 years since Coleg y Cymoedd was founded and now, our four Rhondda Cynon Taf and Caerphilly-based campuses are home to nearly 400 FE and HE courses, 9,000 learners and 800 staff whose hard work and dedication make us a leading vocational and academic institution that we are today.

Here are some of our learner successes over the past 10 years

Josh Wigley-Iles, used his music technology skills to sound out a dream career with tech giant Google

From Nantgarw to Albert Square! After studying A Level English Literature at Coleg y Cymoedd, Shannon Britton gained a place at Oxford University and is now working as a Script Development Editor on Eastenders

Georgia from Llantrisant turned curiosity into a career at our Open Event!
Now at just 19, she’s AerFin’s first female engineer, inspiring other girls to join the engineering revolution

Now a qualified Doctor and Oxford graduate, Calum Haggett chose to study A Levels at Coleg y Cymoedd for its unmatched academic facilities and one of the best rugby academies in Britain.

Treorchy-born Scott Jones joined Coleg y Cymoedd’s Music Technology course in 2012 as a mature learner. After achieving a triple distinction star, just over ten years later, he’s now the course leader for levels 2 to 4

From no GCSEs to PhD glory!
Richard Gater came to us as a mature learner with no GCSEs. After thriving on one of our Access to Higher Education courses, he is now a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Wales Institute of SERD