Coleg Llandrillo _Cymru (also known by several other names^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. Further education (often abbreviated FE) is post-secondary, post-compulsory education (in addition to that received at secondary school). ... The University of Cambridge is an institute of higher learning. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Approximate extent of North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales. ... Conwy is a county borough in north Wales. ... Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a county in North Wales. ... A part–time job usually pays less than a full–time job, and has fewer working hours per week. ...

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. Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...

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.

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. Location Penrhyn Bay is a small town on the North Wales coast. ... Abergele is an old Roman trading town, situated near the coast between the popular holiday resorts of Llandudno and Rhyl, in the county borough of Conwy, traditional county of Denbighshire, North Wales. ... This is about a town in Wales. ... Rhyl (Welsh: Y Rhyl) is a seaside town located on the Irish Sea, in the administrative county of Denbighshire and the traditional county of Flintshire, North Wales, United Kingdom, at the mouth of the River Clwyd (Welsh: Yr Afon Clwyd). ... Llandudno South Parade (on the north shore) viewed from the Great Orme, with the twin mounds of Deganwy Castle in the distance Llandudno Bay and the Little Orme viewed from the Great Orme Llandudno Pier viewed from the Happy Valley gardens A sunny corner in the Happy Valley gardens Llandudno... St. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

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. Conwy (formerly anglicised as Conway) is a town in Conwy county borough in North Wales, which faces Deganwy across the river Conwy. ... Llanrwst (pronounced , or approximately hlanROOST) is a small town and Community on the A470 road and the River Conwy in the county borough of Conwy, traditional county of Denbighshire, North Wales. ... Llandudno Junction (Welsh: Cyffordd Llandudno), once known as Tremarl, is a small town in the county borough of Conwy. ... Llanfairfechan is a town in the county borough of Conwy, traditional county of Caernarfonshire, north Wales, lying on the north coast and the A55 road. ... A village in North Wales. ... Colwyn Bay at sunset Colwyn Bay (Welsh: Bae Colwyn) is a town and seaside resort on the coast of the Irish Sea in North Wales. ... Penmaenmawr is a town in the county borough of Conwy, traditional county of Caernarfonshire, north Wales. ... Prestatyn is a seaside resort in the administrative county of Denbighshire, traditional county of Flintshire, North Wales, lying on the north coast. ...

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. Affiliations University of Wales Website http://www. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In the academic FE sphere, it offers the International Baccalaureate and Welsh Baccalaureate as well as the more usual A-levels. The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a group of three educational programmes, as established by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). ... The Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification (WBQ or Welsh Bac) is a pre-university qualification which may in the future be offered in schools and colleges in Wales in place of 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.

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. GCSE is an acronym that can refer to: General Certificate of Secondary Education global common subexpression elimination - an optimisation technique used by some compilers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The college also has a christian union, who organise talks, discussions and film viewings. [1]

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] The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, (Philip Mountbatten; born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Originally a Prince of Greece and Denmark, Prince Philip abandoned those titles to serve in the Royal Navy, but did not renounce them. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

It was given the highest grade for any welsh college by her majesty's inspectors, Estyn. Estyn is the office of Her Majestys Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales. ...

In late 2005, the main campus buildings where each labelled with Welsh place or personal names replacing the existing block letters. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...

External links

• Official WWW site
• Official WWW site for international students
• Open Directory Project: Coleg Llandrillo Cymru (collection of links relating to the college)