Cardiff and Vale College abbreviated to CAVC (Welsh: Coleg Caerdydd a'r Fro), is a mixed-sex education Further Education college in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
Cardiff and Vale College Coleg Caerdydd a'r Fro | |
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Motto | Inspirational. Inclusive. Influential. |
Established | September 2011 |
Chair | Geraint Evans |
Principal and Chief Executive | Mike James |
Staff | 1,100[1] |
Gender | coeducational |
Age | 16+ |
Enrolment | 30,000[2] |
The college was formed in September 2011 by the merger of Barry College and Coleg Glan Hafren. The merger was a result of the Welsh Assembly Government encouraging colleges in Wales to collaborate so that it could maximise benefits for students.[3] Cardiff and Vale College (or Coleg Caerdydd a’r Fro) is now one of the largest colleges in Wales.[4] The college took control of the Cardiff International Sports Stadium from July 2015 on a peppercorn rent to Cardiff Council.[5]
In 2015 a new main campus costing £45 million was opened in Dumballs Road, Cardiff, to cater for 4000 students. Facilities included 130 teaching rooms, film and dance studios, a theatre, a hair salon and spa and, on the top floor, a public bar and restaurant.[6] Having sold their main Cardiff site in City Road, Cardiff, the college intended to keep their other Cardiff campus, at Trowbridge and convert it to become an art college.[6]
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The main building of the City Centre Campus
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Automotive Training Centre
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Construction Training Centre
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Building Services Centre [Dumballs Road 2]
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The Parade
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Barry Campus
References
edit- ^ "Governance and Leadership".
- ^ "Governance and Leadership".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Cardiff and Vale College". Cavc.ac.uk. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Plans to rent Cardiff International Sports Stadium to Cardiff and Vale College are approved". Media Wales. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ a b Sion Barry (17 June 2015). "First look inside Cardiff and Vale College's new £45m campus in the centre of the capital". Wales Online. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
External links
edit- Media related to Cardiff and Vale College at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website