tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64076160186072957582024-03-13T22:41:29.907+00:00Llandrillo College - Principal's BlogHUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-46268086738033731372011-09-08T15:18:00.003+01:002011-09-12T15:54:57.472+01:00New termMae cychwyn fy nhymor olaf yn teimlo fel tir cwbl newydd i mi fel Pennaeth. Ar un llaw rwyf wrthi’n paratoi’r Coleg ar gyfer y dyfodol, gan baratoi’r ffordd ar gyfer yr uno gyda Choleg Menai, ac ar y llaw arall, rwy’n cychwyn cwblhau gwaith a chynllunio ar gyfer dyfodol gwahanol.<br />Cynhaliwyd y cyfarfodydd blynyddol i’r holl staff ym Mhwllheli, Dolgellau, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos a’r Rhyl. Eleni, y thema ganolog oedd cyrhaeddiad sefydliadol, cyrhaeddiad y myfyrwyr a llwyddiant y Coleg yn yr arholiadau diweddar gan ragori ar y perfformiad cenedlaethol ar bob lefel. Mae hyn yn gyrhaeddiad aruthrol i Goleg sydd â chymaint o fyfyrwyr wedi cofrestru i sefyll arholiad, ac mae’r canlyniadau’n glod i bawb a fu’n ymglymedig. <br /><br />Roedd y cyfarfodydd hefyd yn gyfle i drafod goblygiadau’r uno sydd ar ddod. Bydd yn gyfle unigryw i adeiladu ar gryfderau’r ddau Goleg, gan greu strwythur grŵp, a chadw hunaniaeth dysgu’r tri Coleg a fydd yn rhan o Grŵp Llandrillo-Menai. Wrth i mi ysgrifennu rwy’n ymwybodol iawn o’r her enfawr sydd o’n blaenau dros y misoedd nesaf os ydym ni’n bwriadu cyrraedd y targed o uno erbyn Ebrill 1af 2012. Gobeithio y bydd secondiad diweddar Robin Beckmann o Adran Addysg a Sgiliau yn ein cynorthwyo i ddod â’r meysydd corfforaethol ynghyd i wneud hyn yn bosibl.<br /><br />Mae’r broses o recriwtio Prif Weithredwr i’r Grŵp wedi cychwyn a bydd hysbysebion am y swydd i’w gweld yn fuan yn y wasg a’r cyfryngau cysylltiedig (rydym wedi penderfynu cadw’r sillafiad Cymraeg o Grŵp). Bydd y Coleg estynedig yn un o’r rhai mwyaf yn y DU a bydd yn creu her broffesiynol gyffrous iawn i’r sawl a gaiff ei b/phenodi. Bydd y swydd hefyd yn golygu y bydd yn creu cyfle i benodi swyddi Haen 2 a fydd wedyn yn ddeiliaid swyddi uwch y sefydliad estynedig.<br />Mae unrhyw newid yn golygu cyfnod o ansicrwydd i unrhyw un. Mae’r Coleg wedi ymrwymo i gwblhau’r uno a chreu’r grŵp estynedig mewn modd mor esmwyth â phosibl. Gwnaed addewid yn y deg ymrwymiad i gadw ac amddiffyn staff, ac mae copi ohono i’w weld isod. Mae’n debygol y bydd disgwyl i rai o’r staff uwch ymgymryd â swyddi newydd ac estynedig ond bydd gan bawb swydd yn y sefydliad diwygiedig.<br /><br />Mae llawer o waith i’w wneud er mwyn paratoi’r ffordd ar gyfer yr uno sydd ar ddod. Y flaenoriaeth gychwynnol yw lleihau risg ac adnabod y swyddogaethau busnes critigol sydd angen bod yn eu lle erbyn Ebrill 1af 2012, i sicrhau y cawn drawsnewid effeithiol. Mae angen cynnal y broses ymgynghori â rhanddeiliaid a pharatoi ‘Achos Busnes’ cyn cyfarfodydd mis Rhagfyr a fydd naill ai’n cymeradwyo’r uno neu ddim.<br /><br />Os oes gan staff gwestiynau mwy penodol yr hoffent eu gofyn, gallwch gysylltu â mi drwy’r Blog. Os oes gen i atebion, fe wnaf bob ymdrech i’w hateb, a buaswn yn fodlon cael trafodaeth gyda chi.<br /><br /><strong><u>Grŵp Llandrillo-Menai<br />Uno’r Colegau: Deg Ymrwymiad</u></strong><br />Mae Coleg Llandrillo Cymru a Choleg Menai’n cydweithio er mwyn edrych ar y posibilrwydd o uno’r ddau Goleg yn 2012. Byddai hyn yn ddatblygiad sylweddol o ran addysg a hyfforddiant yng Ngogledd Cymru, a byddai’n esgor ar gyfleoedd newydd i’r ddau Goleg.<br />Os bydd y Colegau’n uno i ffurfio Grŵp Llandrillo-Menai, yn ystod y broses uno, bydd y ddau Goleg yn ymrwymo i: -<br /><br />1. Gadw hunaniaeth Coleg Menai, Coleg Llandrillo Cymru a Choleg Meirion-Dwyfor<br />2. Cadw’r holl gampysau, gan ymateb i’w anghenion a’u dyheadau<br />3. Buddsoddi’n deg yn isadeiledd y campysau, gan ymateb i anghenion lleol<br />4. Ehangu’r dewis a’r cyfleoedd sydd ar gael i ddysgwyr, gan sicrhau eu bod yn cael arweiniad diduedd <br />5. Sicrhau bod ethos dwyieithog pob safle’n cael ei ddatblygu ymhellach<br />6. Ehangu’r cwricwlwm dwyieithog a gynigir ar bob safle<br />7. Sicrhau bod y staff i gyd yn cael eu trin yn deg, a bod unrhyw newid a wneir i delerau ac amodau yn cael eu cytuno ar y cyd, yn unol â’r Rheoliadau Trosglwyddo Ymgymeriadau (Diogelu Cyflogaeth)<br />8. Cynnal perfformiad ariannol cadarn hanesyddol y Colegau, gan anelu at reoli newid heb orfod diswyddo’n orfodol<br />9. Datblygu cysylltiadau â chyflogwyr er mwyn sicrhau bod anghenion yr economi leol o ran sgiliau’n cael eu bodloni’n llwyr<br />10. Cynnal ac ehangu’r partneriaethau ag ysgolion, gan adlewyrchu’r ardal a sicrhau dewis da o gyrsiau galwedigaethol i ddysgwyr 14-19 oed.<br /><br /><br />The beginning of my final term as Principal feels like unchartered territory. On the one hand I’m beginning to prepare the College for the future, paving the way for the forthcoming merger with Coleg Menai, on the other beginning to tie up loose ends and plan for a different future.<br />The annual rounds of staff meetings have now been completed with meetings held in Pwllhelli, Dolgellau, Rhos-on-Sea and Rhyl. This year the themes concentrated on institutional achievement, student achievement and the recent examination successes of the College outstripping national performance for every level of examination. This represents a considerable achievement for a College with so many examination entries and a credit to all involved.<br />The meetings also allowed an opportunity to discuss the implications for the forthcoming merger. A unique opportunity to build on the strength of the two Colleges, whilst creating a grŵp structure, maintaining the delivery identities of the three Colleges which will become a part of the Llandrilllo-Menai Grŵp. As I write I’m also very conscious of the enormous task over the next few months if we are to meet the April 1st 2012 deadline to bring about the merger. The recent secondment of Robin Beckmann from the Department for Education & Skills will hopefully assist in drawing together the corporate strands to make it possible.<br /><br />The process of recruiting a new Chief Executive for the Grŵp (we have decided to use the Welsh spelling of Group), has now effectively commenced and advertisements will soon be in the press and related media. The extended College will be one of the largest in the UK and will represent an exciting professional challenge for whomever is eventually successful. The decision will also open the way for the appointment of the Tier 2 positions who will form the senior post holders of the extended organisation.<br /><br />Any period of change is seen by most as being unsettling. The College is committed to achieving the merger and the creation of the extended Grŵp in as seamless a way as possible. From the outset it has been stated that this is the merger of two strong colleges and there is no intention to initiate significant restructuring. A promise has been made in the ten commitments, a copy is included below, to preserve and protect staff. It is likely that some of the more senior staff will be expected to undertake new and extended roles but all will have a position in the revised organisation.<br /><br />Much work now needs to be undertaken to prepare the way for the forthcoming merger. The initial priority is to minimise risk and identify the business critical functions which need to be in place by April 1st 2012, to ensure effective transition. The Stakeholder consultation process needs to be undertaken and the ‘Business Case’ prepared prior to the December meetings of the two Boards which will approve or otherwise the decision to merge.<br />If there are more specific questions which staff need to ask please contact me via the Blog. Every effort will be made to answer questions if answers are available, and I would be pleased to engage in dialogue.<br /><br /><strong><u>Grŵp Llandrillo-Menai<br />College Merger: Ten Commitments<br /></u></strong>Coleg Llandrillo Cymru and Coleg Menai are working together to look at the possibility of merging the two Colleges in 2012. This would be a significant development for education and training in North Wales, bringing with it new opportunities for both Colleges.<br />If the Colleges merge to form Grŵp Llandrillo-Menai, during the merger process, both Colleges are committed to: -<br />1. Retaining the identities of Coleg Menai, Coleg Llandrillo Cymru and Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor<br />2. Retaining all campuses, responding to their needs and aspirations<br />3. Investing in campus infrastructure in an equitable manner in response to local need<br />4. Enhancing the choices and opportunities for learners ensuring impartial learner guidance<br />5. Ensuring that the bilingual ethos of each site is further developed<br />6. Expanding the range of bilingual curriculum on all sites<br />7. Ensuring that all staff are treated fairly and that in accordance with TUPE any change in terms and conditions will be by mutual agreement<br />8. Maintaining the historically strong financial performance of the Colleges, thus aiming to manage change without the need for compulsory redundancies<br />9. Developing employers’ links to ensure that the skills needs of the local economy are fully met<br />10. Maintaining and expanding the partnerships with schools to reflect the area and ensure a rich vocational offer for 14-19 learners.HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-6182633997157929012011-06-06T15:15:00.014+01:002011-06-13T09:32:31.092+01:00June 2011I was delighted to be present at the Colegau Cymru Awards presentation when the College was successful in gaining the ‘Maintaining and improving quality award for Wales’. This was a very competitiv<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YpEuht1ajNk/TezhnNr9P-I/AAAAAAAAAII/_tgK2heaE2U/s1600/Outstanding%2Bpractice%2Binmaintaining%2Band%2Bimproving%2Bquality%2BColeg%2BLlandrillo%2BCymru%2Bwith%2BTribal.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 136px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615110899229343714" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YpEuht1ajNk/TezhnNr9P-I/AAAAAAAAAII/_tgK2heaE2U/s200/Outstanding%2Bpractice%2Binmaintaining%2Band%2Bimproving%2Bquality%2BColeg%2BLlandrillo%2BCymru%2Bwith%2BTribal.jpg" /></a>e category including some of the high achieving colleges in Wales. This provides the College with an excellent platform to continue the many initiatives which have been initiated to maintain this important agenda for the College. This allied to the release by Welsh Assembly Government of the Learner Outcomes data reflects well on student achievement at the College, placing us at the forefront of achievement in Wales.<br /><br />Other achievements have recently included a clean sweep at the Niace Awards with the following staff being recognised for their achievements:<br /><br />Rhian Evans - Basic Skills Tutor of the Year<br />Ms Helen Hodgkinson - Vocational Tutor of the Year<br />Mrs Melinda Gardner Digital Inclusion Award<br />Ms Eirlys Bowler - Further Education Learner of the Year<br /><br />Congratulations are also extended to Michael Norton and Joyce Sneddon for their performance in their MA in Management Studies, recognised as being the highest marks awarded by the University of Wales, Newport in this category. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g3v_WRb-_UU/TezhbkgOZcI/AAAAAAAAAIA/rUTEtlKhfv8/s1600/MA%2Bresearch%2Bstudents%2Bof%2Bthe%2Byear%2B2010%2Bjoint%2Bwinners.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 128px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615110699195721154" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g3v_WRb-_UU/TezhbkgOZcI/AAAAAAAAAIA/rUTEtlKhfv8/s200/MA%2Bresearch%2Bstudents%2Bof%2Bthe%2Byear%2B2010%2Bjoint%2Bwinners.jpg" /></a><br /><br />On a completely different note the meetings with managers to review efficiency are ongoing and strategies are now in place to achieve a £1million reduction in expenditure for the coming year, reflecting the uncertainty of future funding regimes. The College is working hard to future proof its activities to allow for long term sustainable developments. The recent disappointment of the reductions in work based activity have been compensated to a degree by successes in strategic European projects, which has facilitated a realignment of activity without unnecessary staff disruption. Nevertheless the College has had to face up to uncomfortable decisions to balance work based expenditure with income.<br /><br />It was also a pleasure to visit the Glynllifon site last week and to undertake an informal tour of the ‘Pentre Addysg’. What an exciting project which will bring long term benefits to the area and provide the resource base for the land based industry which for some time has been lacking. We continue to have some concerns relating to the completion date for the project but I have recently been reassured that significant parts of the new build will be open to the new intake in September.<br /><br />Our discussions with Coleg Menai have also reached a decisive phase and a joint Board conference in late June will pave the way for separate Board decisions in July as to whether the proposed merger scenario will become a reality. As no formal decisions have as yet been taken it is difficult to discuss in an open manner. Suffice to say that key staff at both Colleges are working hard on the project, which is expected to become the cornerstone of the ongoing response to transformation in Wales.<br /><br />On a final note, blog readers may be aware that the book on the history of Coleg Llandrillo, will be entitled ‘O Grefft i Gryfder’ (From Skill to Strength) and will be formally released in the early Autumn. The book, written by Gill Evans, traces the growth and development of the College from its early beginnings to the point of the recent merger with Coleg Merion Dwyfor.<br /><br />On a lighter note a<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2QFE9WqrrNE/TeziGj1-s2I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/JlVSOuFBbjs/s1600/Picture%2B011.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615111437752906594" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2QFE9WqrrNE/TeziGj1-s2I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/JlVSOuFBbjs/s200/Picture%2B011.jpg" /></a>t the recent Colegau Cymru conference I was invited to present Richard Hart with a gift as recognition of his work with the FE sector over many years. Richard was most recently the Regional Director for North Wales - Welsh Assembly Government. His response is recorded below for posterity. Richard Hart pictured from right to left above pictured with myself and Dr John Graystone, Chief Executive, Colegau Cymru, 26 May 2011, Colegau Cymru Awards Presentation Cardiff Hilton<br /><br /><br />Ten Principals in a line<br />One named Fred and then there were nine<br /><br />Nine civil servants deciding who to relocate<br />One sent to Llandudno Junction and then there were eight<br /><br />Eight quango types thought ELWa was just heaven<br />But along came the Pop Factory and then there were seven<br /><br />Seven Principals thought their budgets were in a fix<br />But I’m alright, said David Jones and then there were six<br /><br />Those six College Principals saw their funding take a dive<br />Glyn Jones said Andrew Clark’ll look after me and then there were five<br /><br />Five College Principals were now feeling rather poor<br />I’ll be safe if I merge with Llandrillo thought one and then there was four<br /><br />Four College Principals just could not agree<br />So Paul Croke said I’m off and then there were three<br /><br />Three Civil Servants wondering what to do<br />One took early retirement to become a NEET and then there was two<br /><br />Two College Principals deciding how to have fun<br />Let’s have another merger said Huw and then there was one<br /><br />One College Principal had no-one with whom to debate,<br />so he brought in Gavin Thomas at twice the hourly rate……<br /><br /><br /><br />Roedd hi’n bleser gen i fod yn bresennol yng nghyflwyniad Gwobrau Colegau Cymru pan enillodd y Coleg ‘Wobr Cynnal a Gwella Ansawdd dros Gymru’. Roedd hwn yn gategori cystadleuol iawn gan gynnwys rhai o’r colegau mwyaf llwyddiannus yng Nghymru. Mae’r wobr yn rhoi platfform ardderchog i’r Coleg i barhau gyda sawl menter a gychwynnwyd i gadw’r agenda hwn sy’n bwysig iawn i’r Coleg. Mae hyn, ynghyd â data Canlyniadau Dysgwyr a gyhoeddwyd gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru, yn adlewyrchu’n dda ar gyrhaeddiad myfyrwyr yn y Coleg, gan ein rhoi ar flaen cyrhaeddiad yng Nghymru.<br /><br />Mae cyraeddiadau eraill diweddar yn cynnwys llwyddiant yng Ngwobrau Niace ble cafodd cyraeddiadau’r staff canlynol eu cydnabod:<br /><br />Rhian Evans – Tiwtor Sgiliau Sylfaenol y Flwyddyn <br />Ms Helen Hodgkinson – Tiwtor Galwedigaethol y Flwyddyn <br />Mrs Melinda Gardner – Gwobr Cynhwysiant Digidol <br />Ms Eirlys Bowler – Dysgwr Addysg Bellach y Flwyddyn <br /><br />Fe hoffwn hefyd ddweud llongyfarchiadau wrth Michael Norton a Joyce Sneddon am ennill eu MA mewn Astudiaethau Rheolaeth, gan ennill y marciau uchaf a wobrwywyd gan Brifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd yn y categori hwn.<br /><br />Ar nodyn cwbl wahanol, mae’r cyfarfodydd gyda’r rheolwyr er mwyn adolygu effeithiolrwydd yn parhau ac mae strategaethau nawr yn eu lle i wario £1 miliwn o bunnoedd yn llai dros y flwyddyn nesaf, gan adlewyrchu’r ansicrwydd yn y drefn gyllido ar gyfer y dyfodol. Mae’r Coleg yn gweithio’n galed i ddiogelu ei weithgareddau ar gyfer y dyfodol er mwyn galluogi i ddatblygiadau cynaliadwy hir dymor fynd yn eu blaen. Mae’r llwyddiant o ennill prosiectau Ewropeaidd strategol wedi gwneud yn iawn am y siom diweddar yng ngostyngiad mewn cytundeb seiliedig ar waith, sydd wedi golygu hwyluso aildrefnu’r gweithgaredd heb amharu gormod ar staff. Er hynny, mae’r Coleg wedi gorfod wynebu penderfyniadau anodd i gydbwyso gwariant seiliedig ar waith gydag incwm.<br /><br />Roedd hi’n bleser ymweld â safle Glynllifon yr wythnos diwethaf i gael taith anffurfiol o amgylch y ‘Pentre Addysg’. Mae hwn yn brosiect a fydd yn creu manteision hir dymor i’r ardal ac yn darparu’r sylfaen o adnoddau ar gyfer diwydiant diwydiannau’r tir a fu’n brin ers tro. Mae pryderon ynghylch y dyddiad cwblhau yn parhau, ond cefais sicrwydd yn ddiweddar y bydd rhannau arwyddocaol o’r adeilad newydd ar agor i dderbyn myfyrwyr newydd ym mis Medi.<br /><br />Mae’n trafodaethau gyda Choleg Menai wedi cyrraedd pwynt tyngedfennol, a bydd cynhadledd Bwrdd ar y cyd yn niwedd mis Mehefin yn paratoi’r ffordd i’r Byrddau wneud penderfyniadau ar wahân ym mis Gorffennaf, i weld a fydd yr uno’n troi’n realiti. Gan bod penderfyniad ffurfiol heb ei wneud eto, mae hi’n anodd trafod a sgwrsio mewn modd agored. Digon yw dweud bod staff allweddol y ddau Goleg yn gweithio’n galed ar y prosiect, a disgwylir iddo fod yn gonglfaen yn yr ymateb parhaus i drawsffurfio yng Nghymru. <br /><br />Ar nodyn terfynol, efallai bod darllenwyr y blog yn ymwybodol mai teitl y llyfr am hanes Coleg Llandrillo fydd ‘O Grefft i Gryfder’, a chaiff ei gyhoeddi’n fuan yn yr hydref. Mae’r llyfr, a ysgrifennir gan Gill Evans, yn olrhain tyfiant a datblygiad y Coleg o’r dyddiau cynnar hyd at yr uno diweddar gyda Choleg Meirion-Dwyfor.<br />Ar nodyn ysgafnach, cefais wahoddiad i gyflwyno gwobr i Richard Hart yng nghynhadledd diweddar Colegau Cymru fel cydnabyddiaeth o’i waith yn y sector AB ers sawl blwyddyn. Yn fwyaf diweddar, roedd Richard yn Gyfarwyddwr Rhanbarthol Gogledd Cymru – Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru. Nodir ei ymateb isod:<br /><br />Richard Hart 26 Mai 2011<br />Seremoni Cyflwyno Gwobrau Colegau Cymru, Gwestyr Hilton Caerdydd<br /><br /><br />Ten Principals in a line<br />One named Fred and then there were nine<br /><br />Nine civil servants deciding who to relocate<br />One sent to Llandudno Junction and then there were eight<br /><br />Eight quango types thought ELWa was just heaven<br />But along came the Pop Factory and then there were seven<br /><br />Seven Principals thought their budgets were in a fix<br />But I’m alright, said David Jones and then there were six<br /><br />Those six College Principals saw their funding take a dive<br />Glyn Jones said Andrew Clark’ll look after me and then there were five<br /><br />Five College Principals were now feeling rather poor<br />I’ll be safe if I merge with Llandrillo thought one and then there was four<br /><br />Four College Principals just could not agree<br />So Paul Croke said I’m off and then there were three<br /><br />Three Civil Servants wondering what to do<br />One took early retirement to become a NEET and then there was two<br /><br />Two College Principals deciding how to have fun<br />Let’s have another merger said Huw and then there was one<br /><br />One College Principal had no-one with whom to debate,<br />so he brought in Gavin Thomas at twice the hourly rate……<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"></div>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-10327905820229890432011-01-11T09:55:00.001+00:002011-01-24T11:24:40.394+00:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TSwpP-lh6sI/AAAAAAAAAHw/y95Xh-19_Z0/s1600/22%2BDec%2B2010%2Bsnowfall.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 127px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560864994370906818" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TSwpP-lh6sI/AAAAAAAAAHw/y95Xh-19_Z0/s200/22%2BDec%2B2010%2Bsnowfall.jpg" /></a><br /><div>As I write early in January, the snow has again returned making this one of the longest cold spells I can remember as Principal of the college. It was certainly the first time I can remember at least eight inches of snow on the Rhos campus a week before Christmas, with resultant severe disruption to many of our sites, particularly in Dolgellau and Pwllheli. All in all college services coped well with minimum disruption to students and staff.<br /><br />As all staff will now be aware, prior to Christmas I formally announced my intention to retire with effect from 31 August 2011. This was a difficult decision following 22 years as Principal which has coincided with a period of unprecedented growth, change and development, culminating in the recent merger with Coleg Meirion Dwyfor. For me personally this has been one of the most rewarding, challenging and enjoyable periods of my life, working alongside some of the best people in the FE sector in the UK. The letters of support and congratulations I have received have been touching and greatly appreciated.<br /><br />As I’ve previously indicated this is a time of great change within Wales. The transformation agenda, public sector expenditure cuts and the pressure to modernise public services, mean that no transitionary period can be straightforward. There is always the pressure to consider strategic options to work on creating different delivery models and to ensure best value. These are forces currently being addressed by local authorities, universities, colleges and hospital trusts. Increasingly regional or sub-regional models are being considered, which may involve institutional reconfiguration. From an institutional perspective I am clearly influenced by the successes of the last 15-20 years which has been made possible as a result of self determination and the incorporation of institutions. This has resulted in colleges increasing participation, improving their response to industry and developing a quality profile which is outstanding. Any alternative model would have to be powerful indeed to enable these successes to be matched over the coming fifteen or so years.<br /><br />Currently the FE Governance Review and the Public Services Review team may well propose changes which will impact on the current governance and management structure of the college. I clearly see my role during the last few months of tenure as Principal to position Coleg Llandrillo to fully benefit in the interests of staff and students from the changes when they emerge.<br /><br />There is now more of a need for institutional leadership and learning system leadership than ever. This will involve developing a strategy which is deliverable, focussing on learners and continually developing staff to create high performing teams. I also have a feeling that the successes of the future will be linked to those organisations that are prepared to be ‘brave’ and radical and develop a different mindset. </div><div> </div><div>Wrth ysgrifennu’n fuan ym mis Ionawr, mae’r eira unwaith eto wedi dychwelyd gan ei gwneud yn un o’r cyfnodau oeraf y gallaf ei gofio fel Prifathro’r coleg. Yn bendant, dyma’r tro cyntaf y gallai gofio o leiaf wyth modfedd o eira ar gampws Rhos yr wythnos cyn y Nadolig, ac o ganlyniad roedd ymyrraeth ddifrifol ar nifer o’n safleoedd, yn enwedig yn Nolgellau a Phwllheli. Ar y cyfan, llwyddodd gwasanaethau’r coleg i ymdopi’n dda gydag ychydig o ymyrraeth i fyfyrwyr a staff.<br /><br />Fel y gŵyr y staff, cyn y Nadolig, cyhoeddais yn ffurfiol fy mod yn bwriadu ymddeol, yn weithredol o 31 Awst 2011. Roedd hwn yn benderfyniad anodd i mi yn dilyn 22 mlynedd fel Prifathro a oedd yn cyd-fynd â chyfnod o dyfiant, newid a datblygiad na welwyd mo’u tebyg o’r blaen, gan ddiweddu gyda’r uno diweddar gyda Choleg Meirion-Dwyfor. I mi’n bersonol, bu’n un o gyfnodau mwyaf buddiol, heriol a phleserus o fy mywyd, gan gydweithio â rhai o’r bobl orau yn y sector AB yn y DU. Mae’r llythyrau o gefnogaeth a llongyfarchiadau a dderbyniais wedi bod yn deimladwy ac rwy’n eu gwerthfawrogi’n fawr.<br /><br />Fel y dwedais eisoes, mae hi’n gyfnod o newid mawr yng Nghymru. Mae’r agenda trawsnewid, toriadau ar wariant y sector gyhoeddus a’r pwysau i foderneiddio gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, yn golygu na all unrhyw gyfnod o drawsnewidiad fod yn syml. Mae yna bwysau cyson i ystyried opsiynau strategol i weithio i greu modelau dysgu gwahanol ac i sicrhau’r gwerth gorau. Mae awdurdodau lleol, prifysgolion, colegau ac ymddiriedolaethau ysbytai yn cyfeirio at y grymoedd ar hyn o bryd. Mae modelau rhanbarthol neu is-ranbarthol yn cael eu hystyried yn gynyddol, a gallai hyn olygu ailgyflunio sefydliadol. O safbwynt sefydliadol, yn amlwg dylanwadir arnaf gan lwyddiant y 15-20 mlynedd diwethaf a fu’n bosibl o ganlyniad i hunanbenderfyniad ac ymgorffori sefydliadau. Golygodd hyn fod colegau wedi cynyddu cyfranogiad, wedi gwella eu hymateb i ddiwydiant a chreu proffil ansawdd sy’n rhagorol. Byddai’n rhaid i unrhyw fodel arall fod yn un pwerus iawn i alluogi fod y llwyddiannau dros y pymtheg mlynedd neu fwy i ddod cystal â’r rhai blaenorol.<br /><br />Gallai tîm Adolygu Llywodraethu AB a thîm Adolygu Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus gynnig newidiadau a fydd yn effeithio ar strwythur llywodraethu a rheolaeth bresennol y coleg. Yn amlwg, fy rôl yn ystod fy misoedd olaf yn y swydd fel Prifathro fydd i osod Coleg Llandrillo mewn safle ble y gall wneud y mwyaf o’r newidiadau pan fyddant yn digwydd er budd y staff a’r myfyrwyr.<br /><br />Fwy nag erioed, mae nawr angen arweinyddiaeth sefydliadol ac arweinyddiaeth system ddysgu. Bydd hyn yn golygu creu strategaeth y gellir ei gyflwyno, gan ganolbwyntio ar ddysgwyr a datblygu staff yn barhaus i greu timau sy’n perfformio’n uchel. Mae gen i deimlad hefyd y bydd llwyddiannau’r dyfodol yn gysylltiedig i’r sefydliadau hynny sy’n barod i fod yn ‘ddewr’ a radical, gan feithrin ffordd gwahanol o feddwl. </div>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-47923242518678929222010-11-17T17:21:00.005+00:002010-11-23T10:49:51.023+00:00<div><br />Yn ystod yr wythnosau diwethaf rwyf wedi ymweld â Tsieina a Fietnam ar ymgyrch recriwtio myfyrwyr rhyngwladol a phenderfynwyd ar bartneriaethau gydag ysgol yn Ho Chi Minh City yn Fietnam a thri choleg yn Chongqing yn Tsieina. Mae pob un o’r partneriaethau’n cynnwys hyfforddi staff a datblygu rhaglenni ar y cyd.<br /><br />Ar y 7fed o Hydref, roedd y coleg yn falch o gynnal dau ddigwyddiad i ddynodi agoriad Canolfan Ddysgu’r Bae a Chweched y Rhyl. Roedd y ddwy fenter yn cynrychioli ymateb pwysig i’r fenter trawsffurfio a buddsoddiad sylweddol mewn isadeiledd dysgu.<br /><br />Yn ystod y bor<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TOubxYzCvrI/AAAAAAAAAHc/Bd4MtI2haB4/s1600/bay%2Blearning%2Bminister%2Bopening%2B071.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 102px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542695039181962930" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TOubxYzCvrI/AAAAAAAAAHc/Bd4MtI2haB4/s200/bay%2Blearning%2Bminister%2Bopening%2B071.jpg" /></a>e agorwyd Canolfan Ddysgu’r Bae ym Mae Colwyn yn swyddogol gan Lesley Griffiths AC, Y Dirprwy Weinidog dros Wyddoniaeth, Arloesi a Sgiliau.<br /><br /><br />Agorwyd Canolfan Ddysgu’r Bae ym Mae Colwyn i fyfyrwyr cynharach yn y flwyddyn ac mae’n cynnwys swît Astudiaethau Byddardod pwrpasol a chyfleusterau TG blaengar. Ystyrir datblygiad Canolfan Ddysgu’r Bae, sy’n cael ei gydnabod fel prosiect blaenllaw yn Ardal Adfywio Strategol Arfordirol Gogledd Cymru (SRA), yn ganolog yn y broses o adfywio Bae Colwyn. Mae’r ganolfan yn cynnig cyngor, gwybodaeth, cefnogaeth ac addysg i’r rheini sy’n economaidd anweithgar, di-waith, wedi colli eu gwaith yn ddiweddar neu’n dymuno symud ymlaen o gyflogaeth sgil isel. Mae’r ganolfan yn cynnig amrywiaeth o gyrsiau yn cynnwys cynorthwywyr dosbarth, Astudiaeth Byddardod, TG a chyrsiau cyn-alwedigaethol eraill. Bwriedir yr olaf o’r rhain i helpu pobl ddatblygu eu hannibyniaeth bersonol a’u paratoi ar gyfer gwaith. Mae Coleg Llandrillo Cymru wedi datblygu’r ganolfan mewn partneriaeth â Chymunedau’n Gyntaf a’r Gwasanaeth Ieuenctid gyda chefnogaeth APADGOS (Yr Adran Plant, Addysg, Dysgu Gydol Oes a Sgiliau) a Menter Bywyd y Bae. Dyma ‘Cronfa Adfywio Strategol’ Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru yn cyfrannu £1 miliwn tuag at y broses o drawsnewid yr adeilad.<br /><br />Hwyrach yn y dydd roedd hi’n bleser croesawu Leighton Andrews AC, y Gweinidog dros Blant, Addysg a Dysgu Gydol Oes i agor cyfleuster Chweched y Rhyl sydd ar Gampws coleg y Rhyl. Dyma lawer o bobl yn mynychu’r digwyddiad ac roedd yn gyfle i’r Gweinidog a’r gwesteion gwrdd â’r dysgwyr a chael taith o amgylch y cyfleuster.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TOucKsXSuyI/AAAAAAAAAHk/Sc2yCD3Q-wg/s1600/rhyl%2Bsixth%2Bopening%2B015.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542695473931008802" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TOucKsXSuyI/AAAAAAAAAHk/Sc2yCD3Q-wg/s200/rhyl%2Bsixth%2Bopening%2B015.jpg" /></a><br />Mae Chweched y Rhyl yn bartneriaeth chweched dosbarth sy’n cynnig gwell cyfleoedd dysgu a hyfforddi i bobl ifanc y Rhyl a’r ardaloedd cyfagos. O ganlyniad i ganolfan bwrpasol Chweched y Rhyl gellir cynnig y dewis ehangaf o bynciau Lefel AS/A a Galwedigaethol yn Sir Ddinbych. Rydym yn rhagweld y bydd cyfnod pellach o ddatblygiad a fydd yn cynnwys partneriaeth estynedig gydag Ysgol Uwchradd Prestatyn, sy’n cynrychioli datblygiad sylweddol ar gyfer ardaloedd arfordirol Sir Ddinbych.<br /><br />Yng nghanol mis Hydref gofynnwyd i Louise Jowett fel Cyfarwyddwr Strategaeth Rhyngwladol y Coleg, a minnau, i wneud cyflwyniad ar ddatblygiadau rhyngwladol y coleg yn y Barbican yn Llundain. Dyma’r digwyddiad yn rhoi’r cyfle i ni ddathlu’r Cyrhaeddiad Beacon AOC yn y categori yma ac i ddisgrifio pwysigrwydd strategol o fyfyrwyr tramor i ddatblygiad y coleg.<br /><br />Mae’r tymor yma wedi gweld cychwyn adolygiad Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru o wasanaethau rheng flaen ac adolygiad o’r drefn llywodraethu mewn colegau. Mae’r adolygiadau yn cyflwyno llawer o gyfleoedd i golegau a sefydliadau awdurdodau lleol, ac rydym yn edrych ymlaen am yr heriau a ddaw o ganlyniad i’r rhain. Fel rhan o’r ymarfer yma rwyf wedi bod yn cyfathrebu gydag aelodau o sefydliad byd-eang PIN i bwyso a mesur y cyfeiriad ar hyn o bryd sef teithio byd-eang mewn colegau tebyg. Mae Byrddau bychain sydd â’u ffocws ar fusnes yn dueddol o fynd i’r cyfeiriad teithio, drwy adlewyrchu annibyniaeth a rhyddid o weithredu gyda phwyslais ar leihau biwrocratiaeth.<br /><br />Mae mis Tachwedd bron â dod i’w ddiwedd ac mae’r myfyrwyr yn ymgynefino’n dda. Rwyf wedi cael y cyfle’r wythnos hon i dreulio amser ar Gampws Glynllifon, profiad y byddaf bob tro’n ei fwynhau ac mae cynlluniau cyffrous ar y gweill a chanlyniad y rhain fydd strategaeth seiliedig ar y tir unedig i Ogledd Cymru mewn partneriaeth â champws Llysfasi yng Ngholeg Glannau Dyfrdwy. Mae’r fenter yma’n elfen bwysig o fewn y Gynghrair Strategol ddiweddar a gytunwyd arno gyda Glannau Dyfrdwy a bydd yn cael effaith gadarnhaol ar addysg dysgwyr yr ardal.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br />Over the last few weeks I visited China and Vietnam on an international student recruitment drive and partnerships have been agreed with a school in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and three colleges in Chongqing in China. All partnerships involve staff training and the development of joint programmes.<br /><br />On 7th October, the college was delighted to hold two events to mark the openings of its Bay Learning Centre and the Rhyl Sixth. Both initiatives represented an important response to the transformation initiative and a significant investment in learning infrastructure.<br /><br />During the morning, Lesley Griffiths AM, the Deputy Minister for Science, Innovation and Skills officially opened the Bay Learning Centre in Colwyn Bay.<br /><br /><br />The Bay Learning Centre, which is located on Conway Road, opened to students earlier this year and includes a c<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TOQPmrtDtGI/AAAAAAAAAHM/6w2boWSSOkI/s1600/bay%2Blearning%2Bminister%2Bopening%2B071.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 102px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540570598813709410" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TOQPmrtDtGI/AAAAAAAAAHM/6w2boWSSOkI/s200/bay%2Blearning%2Bminister%2Bopening%2B071.jpg" /></a>ustom-built Deaf Studies suite and state-of-the-art IT facilities. The development of the Bay Learning Centre, identified as a flagship project in the North Wales Coastal Strategic Regeneration Area (SRA) Action Plan, is considered pivotal in the regeneration of Colwyn Bay. The centre provides advice, information, support and learning to those who are economically inactive, unemployed, have been recently made redundant or wish to progress from low skill employment. The centre offers a range of courses including learndirect, Classroom Assistants, Deaf Studies, IT and other pre-vocational courses. The latter are intended to help people develop their personal independence and prepare them for work. The centre has been developed by Coleg Llandrillo Cymru in partnership with Communities First and the Youth Service supported by DCELLS (Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills) and the Bay Life Initiative. The funding to convert the building was supported by the Welsh Assembly Government’s Strategic Regeneration Funds to the tune of £1 million.<br /><br />Later that the day it was a pleasure to welcome the Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning, Leighton Andrews AM <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TOQQtUzQfMI/AAAAAAAAAHU/lAKdN6ObCEo/s1600/rhyl%2Bsixth%2Bopening%2B075.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 118px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540571812436409538" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TOQQtUzQfMI/AAAAAAAAAHU/lAKdN6ObCEo/s200/rhyl%2Bsixth%2Bopening%2B075.jpg" /></a>to open the Rhyl Sixth facility based at the college’s Rhyl Campus. The event was very well attended and culminated in the Minister and guests being able to meet learners and tour the facility.<br /><br />The Rhyl Sixth is a partnership sixth form developed to offer enhanced learning and training opportunities for young people in Rhyl and surrounding areas. Through its purpose built centre the Rhyl Sixth offers the widest choice of AS/A Level and Vocational subject options in Denbighshire. It is envisaged that a follow up phase of the development will include an extended partnership with Prestatyn High School, which represents a significant development for the coastal areas of Denbighshire.<br /><br />In mid-October I was asked, together with Louise Jowett as Director of International Strategy at the college to provide a presentation on the college’s international developments at the Barbican in London. The event provided us with the opportunity to celebrate the AOC Beacon Achievement in this category and to describe the strategic importance of overseas students to the college development.<br /><br />This term has seen the start of the Welsh Assembly Governments review of frontline services and the review of FE governance in colleges. The reviews present many opportunities for colleges and local authority organisations and we are looking forward to the challenges these will provide. As part of this exercise I have been communicating with members of the PIN organisation worldwide to gauge the current direction of travel globally for similar colleges. Small, business focussed Boards seem to be the direction of travel, reflecting independence and freedom of operation with an emphasis on reducing bureaucracy.<br /><br />November is now fast disappearing and students are now settling well into the term. I have had the opportunity this week to spend some time on the Glynllifon Campus, which I always enjoy and exciting plans are beginning to evolve which will result in a unified land based strategy for North Wales in partnership with the Llysfasi campus of Deeside College. This initiative is an important element within the recent Strategic Alliance agreed with Deeside will have a positive effect on the learners of the area.</div></div>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-54969484973842990302010-09-29T11:11:00.002+01:002010-09-29T11:13:13.624+01:00Post Update September 29th 2010<p><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The college has again settled to the rigours of the teaching year. Students who only a few weeks ago appeared uncertain have again found their feet and are participating in all aspects of college life. As I write, a small group of our higher education students are preparing to be questioned by the QAA as part of the review of the University of Wales provision which is currently offered by the college. Increasingly students at college are expected to work in partnership and need to be included at all levels of decision making. This is clearly reflected in the new quality assurance regimes, be it for higher or further education.<br /><br />A very warm welcome is extended to Bethan Roberts, the new Student Union President, who is currently a student at our Dolgellau Campus. She will be expected to play an important part in ensuring the seamlessness of the recent merger, whilst ensuring that the needs and expectations of all our students are recognised, regardless of campus location. The Students’ Union is an important stakeholder in responding effectively to the need for an enhanced presence for the learner voice.<br /><br />In the context of stakeholders, an independent Governance review has recently been announced by the Welsh Assembly Government. This review will consider whether the current arrangements for further education institutions, as set out in the Instruments and Articles of Government remain relevant for the challenges and expectations that face the sector.<br /><br />These challenges and expectations will of course be shaped by the forthcoming ‘Public Spending Review’ and the outcomes of the ‘transformation process’ which will impact on all parts of Wales.<br />These changes will inevitably demand a response which will involve developing new ways of working and the potential development of new Governance models.<br /><br />The college has already successfully engaged with the transformation agenda which indirectly has led to the following:<br /><br />- The Coleg Llandrillo / Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor merger.<br />- The reorganisation of post 16 education in Rhyl and the creation of the Rhyl 6th.<br />- New Learning Partnerships across the three counties covered by the college.<br />- New work based consortia, aimed at modernising the delivery of work based activities.<br />- The potential for dual sector operations in North West Wales, involving both HE and FE to improve progression and responsiveness.<br /><br />The above initiatives are all at different stages of maturity but all represent new ways of working which will eventually demand new structures and new skills sets.<br />The challenge faced by colleges in all parts of the UK is indeed complex. On the one hand we need to become strategic bodes with the critical mass to invest in infrastructure and our staff, whilst on the other hand remaining close to our communities, and most importantly close to the student group.<br />The college is clearly responding to these new challenges and is already preparing for the forecasted financial downturn. The long term success will however be judged by our students, what they achieve and how they contribute to society. This must be at the core of all our activities and integral to future success.<br /><br /></p></span>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-11685645151552330052010-09-06T17:00:00.004+01:002010-10-05T11:14:34.392+01:00The first day of term<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TIXxbLW4UDI/AAAAAAAAAHE/5kShvyv4UOs/s1600/health+and+care+building+panorama.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 85px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514078767992557618" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TIXxbLW4UDI/AAAAAAAAAHE/5kShvyv4UOs/s200/health+and+care+building+panorama.JPG" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">This is the first day at college for our first year students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The college suddenly feels different, corridors are busy and common areas are a hive of activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s also really good to see the new areas which have been commissioned for student use beginning to be utilised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The college certainly feels full and that’s without second years, part time students and our higher education contingent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is a message that’s percolating through from all campuses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s certainly going to be a challenge for this college to match its intake with its funding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The demand for further education is currently unprecedented.<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></p><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 84px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514078306167198274" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TIXxAS7IkkI/AAAAAAAAAG8/nae6kMhs9TI/s200/rhyl+sixth+new+head+panorama.JPG" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Over the last few weeks major capital programmes have been reaching the final stages of their</span></p><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514073621682782722" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/TIXsvn3BAgI/AAAAAAAAAG0/mF-2CBM9eO8/s200/turf+cutting+group+glynllifon+02+09+10.jpg" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">implementation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This includes the new Institute of Health on the Rhos campus, the Rhyl Sixth which is integral to Coleg Llandrillo Rhyl and the extension to the student heartspace referred to earlier at Rhos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It was also a pleasure to be involved last week in cutting the first turf ceremony at our Glynlllifon Campus to create the ‘learning village’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The completion of these projects will transform what is possible for the Glynllifon Campus enabling world class land based activities to be delivered for the site.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><br />Last week again saw the annual round of whole college staff meetings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This year, for the first time, these were organised by county, covering the three counties where the college is operational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Gwynedd meeting was held in Porthmadog, the Conwy meeting in Rhos on Sea and the Denbighshire meeting in Rhyl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Well over six hundred staff attended these meetings which provided the opportunity to focus on the following themes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type="disc"><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">College performance: student and financial.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Future quality assessment regimes.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">The learner imperative.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Delivering more with less money.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Welsh Assembly Government priorities.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Potential Public Sector cuts.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Creating new learning systems.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Welsh language strategy.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">The main planning priorities of the college build upon these themes and are translated into seven key themes which have been widely consulted upon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>These seven themes will be operational until 2012, by which time I am sure that new funding priorities will demand further change.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">At these meetings the importance of looking forwards, not backwards was stressed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is particularly important for the college as it builds on the success of the recent merger and begins to look at new ways of operating which fully take into account the technology available, the expectations of learners and the importance of new partnerships.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">The FE sector has never avoided change and currently the demands to embrace change are greater than ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Coleg Llandrillo has always positioned itself to take full advantage of change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I have always drawn comfort from the fact that staff have always responded positively to such challenges which can be contributed greatly to the strength of the college today.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><br />The coming months will see change manifest itself in different ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Of particular note will be the response of our higher education provision to future capping arrangements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><br />The realignment of work based provision to meet new tendering expectations and our response to the forecast downturn in public sector funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><br />Today is however a good day, a new generation of students, new expectations and the college buzzing again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><o:p>Diwrnod cyntaf y tymor<br /><br />Dyma ddiwrnod cyntaf yn y coleg i rai o’n myfyrwyr yn y flwyddyn gyntaf. Yn sydyn mae’r coleg yn teimlo’n wahanol, mae’r coridorau’n brysur ac mae’r ardaloedd cyffredin yn llawn bwrlwm. Mae hi hefyd yn braf gweld yr ardaloedd newydd a gomisiynwyd ar gyfer y myfyrwyr yn cael eu defnyddio. Mae’r coleg yn teimlo’n llawn, ac mae hynny cyn i fyfyrwyr yr ail flwyddyn, rhai rhan-amser a’r rhai addysg uwch gychwyn. Mae hon yn neges sy’n gyffredin i bob campws. Mae hi’n bendant yn mynd i fod yn sialens i’r coleg i uno ei mewnlif â’r arian. Ni welwyd y fath alw am addysg bellach o’r blaen.<br /><br />Dros yr wythnosau diwethaf mae prosiectau cyfalaf mawr wedi dod tuag at eu terfyn. Mae hyn yn cynnwys Sefydliad Iechyd ar gampws Rhos, Chweched y Rhyl sydd yn integrol i Goleg Llandrillo y Rhyl ac estyniad i fan canolog y myfyrwyr yn Rhos. Roedd hi hefyd yn bleser yr wythnos ddiwethaf i fod yn y seremoni i glustnodi’r achlysur ar Gampws Glynllifon i greu’r ‘pentref addysg’. Bydd cwblhau’r prosiectau hyn yn trawsffurfio Campws Glynllifon gan alluogi i weithgareddau tir o’r radd flaenaf gael eu cyflwyno ar y safle.<br />Yr wythnos ddiwethaf cynhaliwyd yr arfer blynyddol o gynnal cyfarfodydd staff i’r coleg cyfan. Eleni, am y tro cyntaf, cawsant eu trefnu yn ôl sir, gan gael eu cynnal yn y tair sir ble mae’r coleg yn weithredol. Cynhaliwyd cyfarfod Gwynedd ym Mhorthmadog, cyfarfod Conwy yn Llandrillo-yn-rhos a chyfarfod Sir Ddinbych yn Y Rhyl. Mynychodd dros chwe chant o staff y cyfarfodydd, a rhoddodd y cyfarfod y cyfle i ganolbwyntio ar y themâu canlynol:<br /><br />Perfformiad y coleg: myfyrwyr ac yn ariannol.<br />Trefn asesu ansawdd yn y dyfodol.<br />Hanfod y dysgwr.<br />Darparu mwy â llai o arian.<br />Blaenoriaethau Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru.<br />Toriadau posibl yn y Sector Gyhoeddus.<br />Creu systemau dysgu newydd.<br />Strategaeth yr iaith Gymraeg.<br /><br />Mae prif flaenoriaethau cynllunio’r coleg yn adeiladu ar y themâu hyn a chânt eu trosi i saith thema allweddol sydd wedi cael eu hymgynghori’n barod. Bydd y saith thema yma’n weithredol tan 2012, ac erbyn hynny rwy’n siŵr y bydd blaenoriaethau ariannu newydd yn gofyn am newid pellach.<br /><br />Yn y cyfarfodydd hyn, pwysleisiwyd y pwysigrwydd o edrych tua’r dyfodol ac nid i’r gorffennol. Mae hyn yn arbennig o bwysig i’r coleg wrth adeiladu ar lwyddiant yr uno diweddar ac yn cychwyn edrych ar ffyrdd newydd o weithio sy’n cymryd i ystyriaeth y dechnoleg sydd ar gael, disgwyliadau’r dysgwyr a phwysigrwydd partneriaethau newydd.<br /><br />Tydi’r sector AB erioed wedi osgoi newid ac yn bresennol mae’r galw i groesawu newid yn fwy nag erioed. Mae Coleg Llandrillo wedi lleoli ei hun i gymryd mantais lawn o newid. Rwy’n cael cysur o wybod fod staff wedi ymateb yn gadarnhaol i sialensiau fel rhain a gall hyn gyfrannu’n fawr tuag at gryfder y coleg heddiw.<br />Bydd llawer o newid dros y misoedd nesaf mewn sawl ffordd. Yn benodol fydd ymateb ein darpariaeth addysg uwch i drefniadau capio yn y dyfodol.<br />Aildrefniant o ddarpariaeth yn seiliedig ar waith i gwrdd â disgwyliadau tendro newydd a’n hymateb i’r dirywiad economaidd yng nghronfa’r sector gyhoeddus sy’n cael ei ddarogan. </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><o:p><br />Mae heddiw fodd bynnag yn ddiwrnod da, cenhedlaeth newydd o fyfyrwyr, disgwyliadau newydd a’r coleg yn byrlymu eto.<br /><br /> </o:p></span></p>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-63144083639360498432010-07-16T14:45:00.001+01:002010-08-20T14:49:53.267+01:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">July 2010</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The last few months have possibly been the busiest and most demanding of my professional career, taking me back to the period of seeking incorporation back in the early 90s. Consequently my normal practice of posting a blog on a regular basis has been seriously compromised – my apologies.</span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />Following an intense period of negotiations and discussion, the college formally merged on April 1</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">st</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> with Coleg Meirion Dwyfor. The merger has resulted in an extended Coleg Llandrillo which operates from ten sites located across the counties of Denbighshire, Conwy and Gwynedd. The enhanced critical mass £46,000,000 will allow the extended college to provide an enhanced service to learners in this part of North Wales. It also provides for some comfort at a time of proposed public sector cutbacks, that the college is operating from a sustainable base and is capable of adapting to change.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />Clearly the formal date of merger represents only the beginning of the challenge to develop a unified college approach. As I write initiatives are planned to bring staff together to identify priorities and plan the investment strategy for the future. Policies are being aligned and systems are being introduced which will facilitate the integration whilst respecting what is best from all parties. The decision has also been undertaken to review all developments in a year’s time to fully assess the impact of the merger, the effectiveness of the new structures and the balance of local accountability to the revised corporate culture.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />This is also a time in Wales when a focus has been brought to bear on the HE sector, with particular reference to an evolving regional agenda, employer engagement and partnership working with FE. The college supports the direction of travel and as an institution which aims to be the first in Wales to achieve Foundation Degree awarding powers and is already directly funded for HE can only see the benefit to the proposed reforms. Meetings are taking place in the near future to review working models and establish priorities for the region.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />The modernisation and development of the college campus continues unabated. Last month saw the formal opening of the £9million Marine and Built and Environment Centre at the Rhos on Sea site, by the college’s Honorary President Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas. Over 100 guests were present to mark the occasion, and the facilities are exceptional representing new developments in Renewables and Marine Technology, whilst reorganising leading edge practice in the Built Environment.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Rhyl 6</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">th</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> project is now nearing completion and is on programme to open to the new intake from September 2010. This state of the art facility will initially provide for an additional 100+ A/AS students in the Rhyl Campus and represents a step change in the provision that is available in the Rhyl area.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">On the Glynllifon Campus (Caernaerfon) tenders were opened recently to commence work on a major capital programme to create the ‘Pentre Addysg’ on the site. This project has the potential of significantly enhancing the capacity of the campus and allowing the site to work with other partners in regenerating the area.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />This is also a time of change for many college staff. Last week presentations were made to staff who were retiring or leaving the college at the end of term. Many of these staff have been a part of the college for a very long time and their contribution has been greatly valued. Not least my Deputy, Jean Smith, who is leaving the college following 22 years of committed service. My best wishes are extended to all who are leaving us this summer.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />As I write some early results are beginning to emerge. We have recently been informed that two of our International Baccalaureate students have gained places at Oxford, continuing the high performance of the course. Success is apparent from across the college and below some of the most notable achievements are described in outline.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Awards and announcements </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The college won two out of the seven awards it was shortlisted for at the recent Colegau Cymru Awards. The remaining five were runners up. Colegau Cymru is the national organisation representing all 21 further education (FE) colleges and institutions in Wales.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The winners were ‘College Engagement with Employers' Award’ and ‘Effective Use of the Tribal Benchmarking Tool Award’. The runners up included ‘Learner of the Year’, ‘Teacher of the Year’, ‘Outstanding Use of Technology’, ‘Excellence in Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC)’ and ‘Returning to and Widening the Scope of Learning’. This is a fantastic achievement for the College and all staff and teams involved have been congratulated for their work. The judging panels were very impressed, noting that the colleges had “raised the bar” this year.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The ‘College Engagement with Employers' Award’ is based around the work of Business Point/Pwynt Busnes (BP), Coleg Llandrillo Cymru’s main employer engagement interface. The focus is on employer engagement activity/practices, effective communication, meeting specific employer needs and the development of high quality, flexible programmes and services.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The ‘Effective Use of the Tribal Benchmarking Tool Award’ was won by the College for its implementation of an all-inclusive benchmarking tool that improves the overall student experience.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">At the regional heat of Skillbuild held last month at Coleg Menai the college students were successful in the following categories:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">John Seed - Carpentry & Joinery (gold medal)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Lisa Faulkner - Painting & Decorating (gold medal senior)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Danny Jones - Painting & Decorating (silver medal senior)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Richard Jones - Painting & Decorating (bronze medal senior)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Gavin Roberts - Painting & Decorating (silver medal junior)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Michael Shanks - Painting & Decorating (bronze medal junior)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Shaniel Bashar - Brickwork (bronze medal senior)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sean Davies - Brickwork (silver medal junior)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Three of the gold medallists were awarded gifts from local companies at the recent MBEC opening to mark their success in the competitions. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Urdd - A number of successes were achieved at the Pwllheli Urdd Eisteddfod in literary, music and the arts.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sheep Shearingathon - On 16th / 17th June a 24 hour sheep shearing event took place at Glynllifon with over 1600 sheep being sheared. The students and staff fully entered into the spirit of the shearathon and the college received very positive coverage on Ffermio. Congratulations to all involved in the exercise which was well received by the students and provided excellent promotional material. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Soloman Launch - On 16</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">th</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> June I attended the launch of the Soloman Rib (rigid inflatable boat). The Soloman was constructed as a Reaching Wider initiative and was presented to Communities First in Pwllheli. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Glynlllifon Prizegiving - I was delighted to attend in mid June annual Glynllifon prize giving event where over 150 students attended with their families. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Technology Innovation Centre Invention - </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A local inventor recently worked with the college’s Ian Thompson of the College’s Technology Innovation Centre, to win an international award for their telescope design. Peter Wise from Abergele, and the college won a gold medal at the Geneva Inventors' Fair. Peter worked with the college to design what is said to be a low price, high quality, lightweight telescope, which has already won interest from the surveillance and birdwatching markets. The Inventions Geneva fair is amongst one of the foremost exhibitions in the world for </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Niace Awards - </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">On Thursday 13 May, a number of college learners were presented with awards at the Inspire Learner of the Year Awards in Cardiff. Stephen Glyn Cockin from Rhos site was awarded the Conwy County Learner of the Year Award, whilst John Foulkes from Denbigh, received the Denbighshire County Learner of the Year Award. Donna Howard (Glasdir) received a Highly Commended Award. From Dolgellau, Zoe Smith, won the NIACE Adult Vocational Learner of the Year Award. The College is very pleased of its learners’ success in this area. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">World Skills Success / Regional Heats - Construction and Electrical </span></span></span></o:p></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto" class="ListParagraph"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">From Coleg Meirion Dwyfor Dolgellau, three Construction students (14 -16 programme) took part in the regional Skills Competition Wales and gained a gold, silver and bronze award. The three then took part in the recent final in Bridgend College where Ben Owen from Ysgol y Gader, Dolgellau won the Silver Award.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">During the Wales region of the Skills M&E event recently held at Bridgend College, Chris Wray of Rhos site, gained the gold medal in the SkillPlumb event. David Parkes gained a bronze medal in the SkillElectric event. The college can now state that it has the best apprentice plumber in Wales. Chris Wray will now proceed to compete in the national finals to be held between the 5th and the 7th October 2010. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-background-origin: initial; BACKGROUND-: initialcolor:yellow;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Motor Vehicle </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">During the Easter break three industrial students from Motor Vehicle at Rhyl participated at the World Skills regional event at Openshaw College, Manchester. Unfortunately they weren’t successful in the top prized at the competitions, but the college and the students’ employers involved (Airbus/STTS and AM Richards, Llangollen), were very pleased with the commitment and enthusiasm the student demonstrated. The students were however awarded formal certificates of their achievements. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-background-origin: initial; BACKGROUND-: initialcolor:yellow;" ><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hairdressing & Beauty </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">On Friday 6th May, three ambitious level 2 NVQ hairdressing students, travelled to London for the World Skills Hairdressing Competition in London. Amy and Jade from Rhyl & Rhos respectively achieved the tremendous achievement of first place and second place. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">At the end of April, students studying ‘Nails’ at Rhyl won a first and a third at NEC in Birmingham heats of the competitions which it is hoped will enable the first place winner to proceed to a later stage. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Restaurant </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As reported in April, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Channon Morris a Hospitality Student at the Rhos site scooped the UK Champion award at the UK Skills Restaurant Service Award in Bournemouth last month. She now moves onto represent the UK in the World Skills Olympics. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Congratulations to all staff and students, these are all tremendous achievements. Best wishes to the students as they progress to the next phases.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Further Student and Staff Success - Megan Llyn (Pwllheli Campus) was recently selected for both the National Youth Theatre of Wales and the National Youth Theatre (GB). As she will not be able to be part of both schemes she has opted for the National Youth Theatre with whom she will attend a summer course in London. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal" class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto" class="ListParagraphCxSpLast"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Four students (three from Dolgellau and one from Pwllheli) have been selected for the National Youth Choir of Wales. They too will attend a summer course as part of their selection.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Twenty two students have been successful in gaining Scholarships to Bangor and Aberystwyth University - the total value of the Scholarship amounts to £40,000. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Abergele Campus held its annual awards evening to celebrate its learners’ success last month. Students from across Denbighshire and Conwy were presented with awards for Achiever of the Year and Tutor Recognition Awards. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="BACKGROUND: white"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">UK Industrial Electronics World Skills Competition Swansea - Two of the college’s learners, Llewellyn Evans and Jamie Harper, were successful in the recent UK Industrial Electronics WorldSkills Competition held in Swansea. They now progress to the UK Finals later in the month in Motherwell. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="BACKGROUND: white"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Automotive students in UK finals - </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">From over 600 applicants Phil Roberts, Central Garage Llanrwst and third year Automotive Engineering student at Coleg Llandrillo Rhyl will compete as one of the six finalist in the Skillauto Vehicle Technician UK finals at the BMW Academy, Reading on June 22nd & 23</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">rd</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="BACKGROUND: white"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Matthew Marubbi, of AN Richards, Llangollen and third year Vehicle Body Repair student at Coleg Llandrillo Rhyl will take part in the Skillauto Autobody Repair UK finals at the Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre, Thatcham, England on 16th & 17th June.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="BACKGROUND: white"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The top performers in each final will go through to the World Skills international competition being held in London next year.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In addition Daniel Evans, Smithy Garage, Dyffryn, Ardudwy, Gwynedd and third year Vehicle Body Repair student will compete in the UK Senior Panel Technicians of the Year finals at Thatcham, Berks, in late June.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">World Skills Success / Regional Heats - Construction and Electrical</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">From Coleg Meirion Dwyfor Dolgellau, three Construction students (14 -16 programme) took part in the regional Skills Competition Wales and gained a gold, silver and bronze award. The three then took part in the recent final in Bridgend College where Ben Owen from Ysgol y Gader, Dolgellau won the Silver Award.</span></span></span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">During the Wales region of the Skills M&E event recently held at Bridgend College, Chris Wray of Rhos site, gained the gold medal in the SkillPlumb event. David Parkes gained a bronze medal in the SkillElectric event. The college can now state that it has the best apprentice plumber in Wales. Chris Wray will now proceed to compete in the national finals to be held between the 5th and the 7th October 2010. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-background-origin: initial; BACKGROUND-: initialcolor:yellow;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Motor Vehicle - </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">During the Easter break three industrial students from Motor Vehicle at Rhyl participated at the World Skills regional event at Openshaw College, Manchester. Unfortunately they weren’t successful in the top prized at the competitions, but the college and the students’ employers involved (Airbus/STTS and AM Richards, Llangollen), were very pleased with the commitment and enthusiasm the student demonstrated. The students were however awarded formal certificates of their achievements. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-background-origin: initial; BACKGROUND-: initialcolor:yellow;" ><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hairdressing & Beauty - </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">On Friday 6th May, three ambitious level 2 NVQ hairdressing students, travelled to London for the World Skills Hairdressing Competition in London. Amy and Jade from Rhyl & Rhos respectively achieved the tremendous achievement of first place and second place. </span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">At the end of April, students studying ‘Nails’ at Rhyl won a first and a third at NEC in Birmingham heats of the competitions which it is hoped will enable the first place winner to proceed to a later stage.</span></span></span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Restaurant - I</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">n April, Channon Morris a Hospitality Student at the Rhos site scooped the UK Champion award at the UK Skills Restaurant Service Award in Bournemouth last month. She now moves onto represent the UK in the World Skills Olympics. </span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Congratulations to all staff and students, these are all tremendous achievements. Best wishes to the students as they progress to the next phases.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Further Student and Staff Success - Megan Llyn (Pwllheli Campus) was recently selected for both the National Youth Theatre of Wales and the National Youth Theatre (GB). As she will not be able to be part of both schemes she has opted for the National Youth Theatre with whom she will attend a summer course in London.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Four students (three from Dolgellau and one from Pwllheli) have been selected for the National Youth Choir of Wales. They too will attend a summer course as part of their selection.</span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Twenty two students have been successful in gaining Scholarships to Bangor and Aberystwyth University - the total value of the Scholarship amounts to £40,000. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Overall this has been a very demanding year for the college and its staff. I am especially proud of the achievement of the college’s students this year and thank all the staff for making this possible. </span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></o:p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mae’n debyg mai’r misoedd diwethaf yw rhai mwyaf prysur a heriol yn ystod fy ngyrfa broffesiynol, gan fy atgoffa o’r cyfnod pan oeddem yn ceisio cael ymgorfforiad yn fuan yn y 1990au. O ganlyniad mae’r arfer o gyhoeddi blog yn rheolaidd wedi cael ei esgeuluso – dwi’n ymddiheuro. </span></o:p></p><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"><p class="MsoNormal"><br />Yn dilyn cyfnod dwys o drafodaethau, fe unodd y coleg yn ffurfiol â Choleg Meirion-Dwyfor ar Ebrill 1af. Mae’r uno’n golygu fod Coleg Llandrillo yn un estynedig sy’n gweithio o ddeg safle ar draws Siroedd Dinbych, Conwy a Gwynedd. Bydd y mas critigol mwy, £46,000,000 yn galluogi’r coleg estynedig i ddarparu gwasanaeth gwell i ddysgwyr yn y rhan yma o Ogledd Cymru. Mae hefyd yn darparu rhywfaint o gysur mewn cyfnod o doriadau yn y sector gyhoeddus fod y coleg yn gweithredu o sylfaen gynaliadwy ac yn gallu addasu i newid. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br />Yn amlwg, dim ond dechrau’r sialens yw dyddiad yr uno ffurfiol er mwyn datblygu dull o fynd ati sy’n unedig. Wrth i mi ysgrifennu hwn, mae mentrau’n cael eu trefnu i ddod â staff at ei gilydd er mwyn nodi blaenoriaethau a chynllunio’r strategaeth buddsoddiad ar gyfer y dyfodol. Mae polisïau’n cael eu hunioni ac mae systemau’n cael eu cyflwyno a fydd yn hwyluso’r integreiddiad wrth barchu beth sydd orau o bob ochr. Penderfynwyd hefyd i adolygu pob datblygiad mewn blwyddyn er mwyn asesu effaith yr uno, effeithiolrwydd y strwythurau newydd a chydbwysedd atebolrwydd lleol i’w diwylliant corfforedig diwygiedig. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br />Dyma gyfnod pan roddwyd ffocws ar y sector AU yng Nghymru, gyda chyfeiriad penodol i agenda rhanbarthol esblygol, ymrwymiad cyflogwr a gweithio mewn partneriaid ag AB. Mae’r coleg yn cefnogi’r cyfeiriad hwn, ac fel sefydliad sy’n anelu i fod y cyntaf yng Nghymru i ennill pwerau dyfarnu Gradd Sylfaenol ac sy’n cael ein hariannu’n uniongyrchol ar gyfer AU, dim ond y fantais i’r diwygiadau arfaethedig yma allwn ni eu gweld. Caiff cyfarfodydd eu cynnal yn y dyfodol er mwyn adolygu’r modeli gweithio a sefydlu blaenoriaethau ar gyfer y rhanbarth. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br />Mae’r gwaith o foderneiddio a datblygu campws y coleg yn parhau yn ddi-dor. Fis diwethaf, agorwyd Canolfan Forwrol ac Amgylchedd Adeiledig newydd gwerth £9miliwn ar safle Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, gan Lywydd Anrhydeddus y coleg Arglwydd Dafydd Elis-Thomas. Roedd dros 100 o westeion yn bresennol i nodi’r achlysur, ac mae’r cyfleusterau eithriadol, gan gynrychioli datblygiadau newydd yn Nhechnoleg Adnewyddadwy a Morwrol, tra’n ad-drefnu arfer blaengar yn yr Amgylchedd Adeiledig.<br /><br />Mae prosiect 6ed y Rhyl bron a chael ei orffen a dylai fod yn barod i dderbyn myfyrwyr newydd ym mis Medi 2010. I gychwyn, bydd y cyfleuster modern yn darparu addysg i 100+ o fyfyrwyr Lefel A/AS ychwanegol ar Gampws y Rhyl ac mae’n cynrychioli newid mawr yn y ddarpariaeth sydd ar gael yn ardal y Rhyl.<br /><br />Yn ddiweddar agorwyd tendrau ar Gampws Glynllifon (Caernarfon) i gychwyn gweithio ar raglen cyfalaf fawr i greu ‘Pentre Addysg’ ar y safle. Mae potensial yn y prosiect hwn i wella gallu’r campws yn arwyddocaol ac mae’n galluogi’r safle i weithio gyda phartneriaid eraill i adfywio’r ardal.<br />Mae hi hefyd yn amser o newid i nifer o staff y coleg. Yr wythnos ddiwethaf cafwyd cyflwyniadau i staff sy’n ymddeol neu’n gadael y coleg ar ddiwedd y tymor. Mae nifer o’r staff wedi bod yn y coleg ers amser maith ac fe werthfawrogir eu cyfraniad yn fawr. Heb anghofio, fy Nirprwy, Jean Smith, sy’n gadael y coleg ar ôl 22 mlynedd o wasanaeth ymroddedig. Rwy’n dymuno’r gorau i bawb sy’n ein gadael dros yr haf. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br />Wrth i mi ysgrifennu, mae canlyniadau cynnar yn dechrau cael eu cyhoeddi. Yn ddiweddar cawsom wybod fod dau o’n myfyrwyr Bagloriaeth Cymru wedi ennill llefydd yn Rhydychen, gan barhau â pherfformiad llwyddiannus y cwrs. Mae llwyddiant yn amlwg ar draws y coleg, ac isod mae disgrifiadau o rai o’r cyraeddiadau mwyaf nodedig.<br /><br /><strong>Gwobrau a chyhoeddiadau</strong> <br />Cyrhaeddodd y coleg rhestr fer Gwobrau Colegau Cymru ar gyfer saith o wobrau gan ddod yn fuddugol mewn dau ohonynt. Daeth y pump oedd yn weddill yn ail. Colegau Cymru yw’r sefydliad cenedlaethol sy’n cynrychioli’r holl golegau a sefydliadau addysg bellach (AB) yng Nghymru. <br /><br />Y rhai buddugol oedd ‘Gwobr Cysylltiad y Coleg â Chyflogwr’ a ‘Gwobr Defnydd Effeithiol o Declyn Meincnodi Tribal’. Daeth y coleg yn ail yn y gwobrau canlynol: ‘Dysgwr y Flwyddyn, ‘Athro y Flwyddyn, ‘Defnydd Rhagorol o Dechnoleg’, ‘Rhagoriaeth mewn Addysg ar gyfer Datblygu Cynaliadwy a Dinasyddiaeth Fyd-Eang (ESDGC)’ a ‘Dychwelyd i Ddysgu ac Ehangu ei Gwmpas’. Dyma gyrhaeddiad rhagorol i’r Coleg ac rydym wedi llongyfarch yr holl dimau a staff a fu ynghlwm â’r gwaith. Roedd y paneli beirniadu yn llawn edmygedd gan nodi fod y colegau wedi “codi’r safon” eleni.<br /><br />Mae’r ‘Wobr Cysylltiad y Coleg â’r Cyflogwr’ yn seiliedig ar waith y Pwynt Busnes (PB) sef prif ryngwyneb Coleg Llandrillo Cymru ar gyfer ymrwymo cyflogwyr. Canolbwyntir ar weithgaredd/ymarferion ymrwymo cyflogwyr, cyfathrebu effeithiol, cwrdd ag anghenion penodol cyflogwr a datblygu rhaglenni a gwasanaethau hyblyg ac o safon uchel.<br /><br />Enillodd y Coleg ‘Wobr Defnydd Effeithiol o Declyn Meincnodi Tribal’ am weithredu teclyn meincnodi hollgynhwysfawr sy’n gwella profiad y myfyrwyr at ei gilydd.<br /><br />Yn rownd ranbarthol cystadleuaeth Skillbuild a gynhaliwyd fis diwethaf yng Ngholeg Menai, bu myfyrwyr y coleg yn llwyddiannus yn y categorïau canlynol:<br />John Seed – Gwaith Saer ac Asiedydd (medal aur)<br />Lisa Faulkner - Paentio ac Addurno (medal aur hŷn)<br />Danny Jones – Paentio ac Addurno (medal arian hŷn)<br />Richard Jones - Paentio ac Addurno (medal efydd hŷn)<br />Gavin Roberts - Paentio ac Addurno (medal arian iau)<br />Michael Shanks - Paentio ac Addurno (medal efydd iau)<br />Shaniel Bashar – Gwaith Brics (medal efydd hŷn)<br />Sean Davies – Gwaith Brics (medal arian iau)<br /><br />Derbyniodd tri o enillwyr y fedal aur eu gwobrau gan gwmnïau lleol yn agoriad diweddar yr MBEC er mwyn nodi eu llwyddiant yn y cystadlaethau. <br /><br /><strong>Urdd</strong> – Cyflawnwyd nifer o lwyddiannau yn Eisteddfod yr Urdd Pwllheli mewn llenyddiaeth, cerddoriaeth a’r celfyddydau. <br /><strong><br />Digwyddiad Cneifio Defaid</strong> – Cynhaliwyd achlysur cneifio defaid mewn 24 awr yng Nglynllifon ar 16eg / 17eg o Fehefin, a chafodd dros 1600 o ddefaid eu cneifio. Dyma’r myfyrwyr a’r staff yn mwynhau’r digwyddiad yn fawr a chafwyd sylw hynod gadarnhaol ar y rhaglen Ffermio. Llongyfarchiadau i bawb oedd ynghlwm â’r digwyddiad a bu hefyd yn ddeunydd hyrwyddo gwych. <br /><strong><br />Lansiad Soloman</strong> – Mynychais lansiad ‘Cwch Gwynt Anhyblyg’ Soloman ar yr 16eg o Fehefin . Cafodd y Soloman ei adeiladu fel rhan o’r fenter ‘Ymestyn yn Ehangach’ a’i gyflwyno i Gymunedau’n Gyntaf ym Mhwllheli. <br /><strong><br />Gwobrau Glynllifon</strong> – Roedd hi’n bleser gen i fynychu digwyddiad gwobrwyo flynyddol Glynllifon yng nghanol mis Mehefin ble y mynychodd dros 150 o fyfyrwyr gyda’u teuluoedd. <br /><br /><strong>Dyfais gan y Ganolfan Dechnoleg Arloesol</strong> - Bu dyfeisiwr lleol yn cydweithio â Ian Thompson o Ganolfan Dechnoleg Arloesol y Coleg yn ddiweddar gan ennill gwobr ryngwladol am eu dyluniad o delesgop. Dyma Peter Wise o Abergele, ynghyd â’r Coleg, yn ennill medal aur yn Ffair Ddyfeisiadau Geneva. Bu Peter yn cydweithio â’r coleg i ddylunio telesgop ysgafn o safon uchel ac am bris rhesymol. Mae’r telesgop wedi denu diddordeb yn barod gan farchnadoedd gwyliadwriaeth a gwylio adar. Mae Ffair Ddyfeisiadau Geneva ymysg y brif arddangosfa yn y byd i ddyfeiswyr o ran rhagoriaeth uchel. <br /><strong><br />Gwobrau Niace</strong> – Ar ddydd Iau 13 Mai, derbyniodd nifer o ddysgwyr y coleg wobrau yng Ngwobrau Inspire Dysgwr y Flwyddyn yng Nghaerdydd. Derbyniodd Stephen Glyn Cockin o safle Rhos Wobr Dysgwr y Flwyddyn o Sir Conwy, tra y derbyniodd John Foulkes o Ddinbych Wobr Dysgwr y Flwyddyn o Sir Ddinbych. Derbyniodd Donna Howard (Glasdir) Wobr Cymeradwyedig o Ddolgellau, derbyniodd Zoe Smith Wobr Dysgwr Galwedigaethol NIACE y Flwyddyn. Mae’r Coleg yn falch o lwyddiant pob dysgwr yn y maes hwn. On Thursday 13 May, a number of college learners were presented with awards at the Inspire Learner of the Year Awards in Cardiff. Stephen Glyn Cockin from Rhos site was awarded the Conwy County Learner of the Year Award, whilst John Foulkes from Denbigh, received the Denbighshire County Learner of the Year Award. Donna Howard (Glasdir) received a Highly Commended Award. From Dolgellau, Zoe Smith, won the NIACE Adult Vocational Learner of the Year Award. The College is very pleased of its learners’ success in this area.<br /><br /><strong>Llwyddiant World Skills/ Rowndiau Rhanbarthol <br />Adeiladwaith a Thrydanol</strong> <br /><br />O Goleg Meirion Dwyfor Dolgellau, bu tri myfyriwr Adeiladwaith (rhaglen 14-16) yn cymryd rhan yng Nghystadleuaeth Sgiliau rhanbarthol Cymru, gan ennill gwobr aur, arian ac efydd. Yna bu’r tri yn cymryd rhan yn y rownd derfynol ddiweddar yng Ngholeg Penybont ble yr enillodd Ben Owen o Ysgol y Gader, Dolgellau y Wobr Arian. From Coleg Meirion Dwyfor Dolgellau, three Construction students (14 -16 programme) took part in the regional Skills Competition Wales and gained a gold, silver and bronze award. The three then took part in the recent final in Bridgend College where Ben Owen from Ysgol y Gader, Dolgellau won the Silver Award.<br />Yn ystod digwyddiad rhanbarthol Cymru o Skills M&E a gynhaliwyd yng Ngholeg Penybont enillodd Chris Wray o safle Rhos y fedal aur yn nigwyddiad SkillPlumb. Enillodd David Parkes y fedal efydd yn nigwyddiad SkillElectric. Nawr, gall y coleg ddweud mai ganddi hi mae’r prentis plymio gorau yng Nghymru. Bydd Chris Wray nawr yn datblygu i gystadlu yn y rowndiau terfynol cenedlaethol a gynhelir rhwng 5ed a 7fed Hydref 2010. <br />Cerbyd Modur Yn ystod gwyliau’r Pasg bu tri myfyrwyr diwydiannol o Gerbyd Modur yn y Rhyl yn cymryd rhan yn nigwyddiad rhanbarthol World Skills yng Ngholeg Openshaw, Manceinion. Yn anffodus, ni fuont yn llwyddiannus yng nghystadlaethau’r prif wobrau, ond roedd y coleg a chyflogwyr y myfyrwyr a fu’n cymryd rhan (Airbus/STTS ac AM Richards, Llangollen), yn hapus iawn â’r ymrwymiad a brwdfrydedd a ddangoswyd gan y myfyrwyr. Er hynny, derbyniodd y myfyrwyr dystysgrifau ffurfiol am eu cyraeddiadau. <br /><br />Trin Gwallt a Harddwch Ar ddydd Gwener 6ed Mai, teithiodd tair myfyrwraig trin gwallt NVQ lefel 2 uchelgeisiol i Lundain i Gystadleuaeth Trin Gwallt World Skills. Daeth Amy a Jade o’r Rhyl a Rhos yn gyntaf ac ail, mae hyn yn gyrhaeddiad aruthrol. <br /><br />Ar ddiwedd mis Ebrill, daeth myfyrwyr sy’n astudio ‘Ewinedd’ yn y Rhyl yn gyntaf a thrydydd yn nghanolfan NEC ym Mirmingham yn rowndiau cyntaf cystadlaethau ble y gobeithir y bydd yr enillydd yn datblygu i gam pellach. <br /><br />Bwyty Fel y dywedwyd ym mis Ebrill, enillodd Channon Morris myfyrwraig Lletygarwch ar safle Rhos wobr Pencampwr y DU yng Ngwobrau Gwasanaeth Bwyty UK Skills yn Bournemouth fis diwethaf. Mae hi nawr yn mynd i gynrychioli’r DU yn Sgiliau Olympaidd y Byd. <br /><br />Llongyfarchiadau i’r holl staff a myfyrwyr, mae’r rhain yn gyraeddiadau aruthrol. Cofion gorau i’r myfyrwyr wrth iddynt ddatblygu i’r camau nesaf.<br /><br />Llwyddiannau pellach gan Fyfyrwyr a Staff - Yn ddiweddar dewiswyd Megan Llyn (Campws Pwllheli) ar gyfer Theatr Ieuenctid Cenedlaethol Cymru a’r Theatr Ieuenctid Genedlaethol (GB). Gan na fydd modd iddi fynychu’r ddau mae hi wedi dewis y Theatr Ieuenctid Genedlaethol a bydd hi’n mynychu cwrs haf â nhw yn Llundain. <br /><br />Mae pedwar myfyrwyr (tri o Ddolgellau ac un Bwllheli) wedi cael eu dewis ar gyfer Côr Cenedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru. Byddant yn mynychu cwrs haf fel rhan o’u detholiad.<br />Bu dau fyfyriwr ar hugain yn llwyddiannus yn ennill Ysgoloriaethau i Brifysgolion Bangor ac Aberystwyth – cyfanswm yr ysgoloriaethau yw £40,000.<br /><br />Cynhaliwyd noson wobrwyo flynyddol Campws Abergele i ddathlu llwyddiant y dysgwyr fis diwethaf. Cyflwynwyd myfyrwyr o ar draws Sir Ddinbych a Chonwy â’u gwobrau am Gyflwynydd y Flwyddyn a Gwobrau Cydnabyddiaeth Tiwtor. <br /><br />Roedd dau o ddysgwyr y coleg sef Llewellyn Evans a Jamie Harper yn llwyddiannus yng Nghystadleuaeth Sgiliau’r Byd Prydain mewn Electroneg Diwydiannol a gynhaliwyd yn Abertawe yn ddiweddar. Maent nawr yn symud ymlaen i Rownd Derfynol Prydain a gynhelir hwyrach ymlaen yn y mis yn Motherwell. <br />Myfyrwyr Moduro yn rowndiau terfynol Prydain - Wedi ei ddewis allan o fwy na 600 o ymgeiswyr, bydd Phil Roberts sy’n gweithio yng Ngarej Central yn Llanrwst ac yn fyfyriwr Peirianneg Moduro yn ei drydedd flwyddyn yng Ngholeg Llandrillo y Rhyl yn cystadlu fel un o chwech unigolyn sydd wedi cyrraedd rownd derfynol cystadleuaeth Technegydd Cerbyd Skillauto Prydain yn Academi BMW, Reading ar Fehefin 22ain a’r 23ain. <br />Bydd Matthew Marubbi sy’n gweithio i AN Richards yn Llangollen ac sy’n fyfyriwr yn ei drydedd flwyddyn ar gwrs Atgyweirio Corff Cerbyd yng Ngholeg Llandrillo y Rhyl, yn cymryd rhan yn rownd derfynol Prydain o Atgyweirio Corff Cerbyd Skillauto yn y Ganolfan Yswiriant Modur mewn Ymchwil Atgyweirio, Thatcham, Lloegr ar 16eg a 17eg o Fehefin.<br />Bydd y perfformwyr gorau ymhob rownd derfynol yn mynd ymlaen i gystadlu yng nghystadleuaeth ryngwladol Sgiliau’r Byd a gynhelir yn Llundain flwyddyn nesaf. <br />Yn ogystal bydd Daniel Evans o Garej Smithy, Dyffryn, Ardudwy, Gwynedd ac sy’n ei drydedd flwyddyn fel myfyriwr Atgyweirio Corff Cerbyd yn cystadlu ddiwedd mis Mehefin yn rownd derfynol Prydain o Uwch Banel Technegwyr y Flwyddyn yn Thatcham, Berks. <br />Ar y cyfan, bu hon yn flwyddyn heriol iawn i’r coleg a’i staff. Rydw i’n arbennig o falch o gyraeddiadau’r myfyrwyr y coleg eleni a diolch i’r holl staff am ei wneud yn bosibl.<br /> </span></o:p></p>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-70456149143428173482010-04-01T16:41:00.000+01:002010-04-15T16:43:49.238+01:00I am very pleased to report that the Merger with Coleg Meirion Dwyfor is now complete. Please see the college website for further information by clicking <a href="http://www.llandrillo.ac.uk/news/news.aspx?id=286">here</a>.HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-48161126826616219752010-03-11T08:52:00.001+00:002010-03-11T09:25:02.202+00:00Y gaeaf yma (2009-10) yw un o’r caletaf y gallaf ei gofio yn y Coleg. Yn fuan ym mis Ionawr, fe gaeom bob safle’n swyddogol am ddiwrnod o achos amodau tywydd garw. Dyma’r tro cyntaf y gallaf gofio orfod cau’r Coleg am y rheswm yma mewn dros ddeng mlynedd!<br />Hyd yn hyn mae’r rhan fwyaf o’r flwyddyn wedi bod yn brysur wrth lywio’r uno gyda Choleg Meirion Dwyfor, a pharatoi’r Coleg i weithio mewn ffordd ychydig yn wahanol. Y pwyslais ar gyfer y dyfodol yw canolbwyntio ar wasanaeth lleol ac atebolrwydd lleol o fewn diwylliant corfforedig unedig, gan adlewyrchu ar werthoedd y ddau sefydliad. Bydd y canolbwynt ar ansawdd, y dysgwr a macsimeiddio dewis yn parhau, gan barchu ac ymateb yn gadarnhaol i flaenoriaethau ieithyddol.<br /><br />Bydd cyfleoedd newydd ar gael i staff a myfyrwyr a bydd llwyddiant parhaus y coleg a’i allu i ail-fuddsoddi yn y rhwydwaith dysgu yn sicrhau dyfodol cynaliadwy. Yn bresennol y dyddiad ar gyfer uno yw Ebrill 1af 2010, a bydd unrhyw oedi i’r dyddiad hwnnw ddim o achos diffygion paratoi gan fod pob targed wedi cael eu cyrraedd hyd yn hyn.<br /><br />Fel y bydd y rhan fwyaf yn gwybod, mae prosiect 6ed y Rhyl nawr yn datblygu’n dda a disgwylir i’r rhaglen adeiladu gael ei gwblhau erbyn mis Awst 2010. Mae’r trefniadau ar gyfer y flwyddyn drawsnewidiol wedi bod yn heriol ac mae ymrwymiad y staff wedi bod yn ardderchog wrth oresgyn yr anawsterau ymarferol o ddysgu myfyrwyr o ar draws sefydliadau gwahanol. O fis Medi 2010, caiff y manteision eu gwireddu wrth i’r ganolfan newydd agor.<br /><br />Mae gwaith yn parhau ar gampws Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, gan gymryd mantais lawn o’r arian cyfalaf a enillwyd yn llwyddiannus dros y ddwy flynedd diwethaf. Erbyn mis Medi 2010, bydd gwaith ar Sefydliad Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol, a mwy o gyfleusterau i staff a myfyrwyr wedi eu cwblhau. Hefyd, bwriedir i ailddatblygu’r ardal chwarae ar gefn y campws i ddarparu mwy o wasanaethau pob tywydd priodol i gefnogi ein rhaglen chwaraeon sy’n tyfu. Yn benodol, mae gwaith yn parhau i ddatblygu Academi Rygbi URC mewn partneriaeth gyda datblygiad chwaraeon newydd Parc Eirias.<br /><br />Yn ystod mis Chwefror, cafodd carreg filltir bwysig arall ei gyrraedd, pan gyrhaeddodd y 100fed myfyriwr rhyngwladol i’r Swyddfa Ryngwladol am y flwyddyn academaidd. Hynod o briodol felly, ydyw fod y gefnogaeth ar roddir i’n myfyrwyr rhyngwladol wedi cael ei gydnabod gan Wobr Beacon AOC UK yn ystod yr un mis. Dyma gydnabyddiaeth sydd wedi cael ei gyrraedd eleni mewn cystadleuaeth yn erbyn rhai o golegau mwyaf sefydledig yn Lloegr a’r Alban gyda rhai o fintai tramor mwyaf.<br /><br />Wrth i mi ysgrifennu, mae’r coleg yn paratoi hanes byr am dyfiant y sefydliad. Cafodd y "Coleg Technegol Llandrillo" gwreiddiol ei greu yn y 1960au o uniad rhwng Ysgol Westy ac Arlwyo Llandudno a Sefydliad Technegol Bae Colwyn. Bydd yr uno sydd i ddod unwaith eto’n cynrychioli cyfod pwysig gan gymryd y coleg i gam nesaf y datblygiad fel rhan integrol o drawsnewidiad darpariaeth dysgu yng Nghymru.<br />Gallaf ond edrych ymlaen o flaen llaw at y cyfleoedd sydd o’n blaenau wrth gydnabod beth sydd wedi cael ei gyflawni hyd yn hyn gyda synnwyr o foddhad.<br /><br /><br />This winter (2009-10) is one of the harshest that I can remember at the College. Early in January, we officially closed all sites for one day due to the adverse weather conditions. This is the first time that I can remember having to close the College for this reason in over ten years!<br />Much of the year to date has been taken up on steering the merger with Coleg Meirion Dwyfor, and preparing the College to work in a slightly different way. The emphasis for the future has clearly to focus on developing a local service and local accountability within a unified corporate culture, reflecting the values of both organisations. The focus on quality, the learner and maximising choice will continue, respecting and responding positively to linguistic priorities.<br />New opportunities will be made available to staff and students and the continuing success of the college and its ability to reinvest in the learning infrastructure will ensure a sustainable future. Currently the merger date is set for April 1st 2010, and any delay to that date will not be as a result of our lack of preparation as all targets have been achieved to date.<br /><br />As most will know, the Rhyl 6th project is now well advanced and the build programme is on target to complete by August 2010. Arrangements for the transition year have proved to be challenging and the commitment of staff has been excellent in overcoming the practical difficulties of teaching students across different institutions. From September 2010, with the opening of the new centre the benefits will soon be realised.<br /><br />Work continues in the main Rhos-on-Sea campus, taking full advantage of the capital money which has been successfully acquired over the last two years. By September 2010, the work on the Institute of Health and Social Care, and enhanced staff and student accommodation will be completed. It is also planned to redevelop the playing area to the rear of the campus to provide more appropriate all weather surfaces to support our growing sports programme. Of particular note, work is currently ongoing to develop a WRU Rugby Academy in partnership with the new Eirias Park sports development.<br /><br />During the month of February, another important milestone was reached, when the International Office crossed the 100 student recruitment mark for the academic year. It seems so appropriate that the support given to our international students was recognised with an AOC UK Beacon Award during the same month. This is recognition indeed which this year has been achieved in competition against some of the more established colleges in England and Scotland with some of the largest overseas cohorts.<br /><br />As I write, the college is preparing a brief history of the growth of the institution. The original "Llandrillo Technical College" was created in the 1960’s from a merger between the Llandudno Hotel and Catering School and the Colwyn Bay Technical Institute. The forthcoming merger will again represent a watershed taking the college to its next phase of development as an integral part of the transformation of learning provision in Wales.<br /><br />I can only look forward in anticipation to the opportunities which lie ahead whilst recognising with a sense of satisfaction what has been achieved to date.HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-4289189760020213562010-01-12T15:21:00.001+00:002010-01-12T15:59:38.296+00:00Blwyddyn Newydd Dda - Happy New Year<br /><br />Gobeithio fod pawb wedi mwynhau’r gwyliau. Er bod y coleg wedi cau am wythnos, parhau wnaeth y coleg i fod yn le prysur cyn ac ar ôl y Nadolig. Ond yn fwy amlwg na dim arall, a dwi’n siŵr bydd y rhan fwyaf ohonoch yn cytuno, yw’r aflonyddwch sydd wedi bod â’r tywydd. Pan mae’n bosib ceisiwn gadw ein safleoedd ar agor, cyn belled â’i fod yn ddiogel i ni wneud hynny. Pe bai’r coleg yn penderfynu cau am unrhyw reswm, byddwn yn diweddaru gwefan y coleg yn ogystal â’r holl orsafoedd radio.<br />Rwy’n gobeithio y gallwn osgoi unrhyw amhariad i’r myfyrwyr sy’n sefyll eu harholiadau yr wythnos hon.<br />Roedd mis Rhagfyr, cyn gwyliau’r Nadolig, yn llawn o gyfarfodydd ac yn nghyfarfod Bwrdd y coleg fe gymeradwywyd i ni fynd ymlaen a chyflwyno cais i’r Cynulliad ar gyfer yr uniad â Choleg Meirion Dwyfor. Dyma gyfnod cyffrous iawn i’r ddau goleg ac rydym yn disgwyl am y canlyniad.<br />Yn gymdeithasol, cafodd y coleg barti Nadolig gwych, ac ymddangosai fod pawb wedi mwynhau eu hunain yn fawr..........<br />Felly ymlaen i 2010, gan obeithio cawn flwyddyn gadarnhaol ac edrychwn ymlaen yn fawr i’r heriau newydd a ddaw.<br />I hope people have had an enjoyable break. The college despite closing for a week, remained a busy place leading up to and immediately after Christmas. Most of all, as many readers will I am sure agree, the last week has been the disrupted by the weather. Wherever possible we try to keep all our sites open, as long as it is safe to do so. Should the college decide to close for any reason we keep the college website, and all local radio stations updated.<br /><br />I hope we can try and ensure our students who are sitting exams this week are not disrupted in any way.<br /><br />December, prior to the Christmas break was full of meetings and in particular our Board meeting, when it was approved that the college could proceed to submit an application to the Assembly to merge with Coleg Meirion Dwyfor. This is an exciting time for both colleges and we await the outcome.<br /><br />Socially, the college had an excellent Christmas party, where it seems a good time was had by all………..<br /><br />So on to 2010, which I hope will be a very positive year and we very much look forward to the new challenges it brings.HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-75273947378476483392009-11-19T11:34:00.001+00:002009-11-19T11:38:14.886+00:00November 2009<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">As a month has passed since my last posting, it’s been a very busy few weeks and I can hardly believe where this term has gone. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">● Many meetings have been attended in Cardiff including presenting with the Governors on the Review of Governance in Wales, attending meetings of the Higher Education External Review Group. Much of my time has been taken with meetings involving the college’s proposed merger and the consultation is now out for public comment which can be accessed <a href="http://www.llandrillo.ac.uk/merger/haveyoursay/default.aspx">here until 23 November</a>. <br />● A very successful evening was held in the college restaurant with the Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones earlier this month as part of the CBIs dinner meetings.<br />● I was very pleased to visit all of Coleg Meirion Dwyfor sites with some of my Board members and the Principal’s office staff. Despite the weather, the Lleyn and Meirionydd were very welcoming, as were the staff and students.<br />● The college earlier this week held a very successful open evening with over 600 people in attendance at the Rhos site and 200 at Rhyl.<br />● I’m currently in Birmingham at the Association of Colleges conference and on Tuesday was very pleased as the college was announced Beacon Winner for its International Student Support for achieving excellence in its international operations. The Award recognises best practice in supporting international students from recruitment to the completion of their qualifications. The award is sponsored by the British Council. This is excellent news for the college and is testament to the excellent service provided to its learners by the college team. At Coleg Llandrillo Rhyl the college was awarded Highly Commended for the Widening Participation award. The College was praised for its exemplary practice in developing provision which supports access to further education and employment for disengaged adults. My hearty congratulations and thank you to all the teams involved at the college, including all our local businesses, Assembly Members and Members of Parliament who help support the college.<br />● I’ve been very impressed by the events taking place this week during Enterprise Week with some very enterprising students regularly visiting my offices and a range of activities taking place in the college.<br />● It’s been non-stop for me so I am sure there will be more to catch up on soon.</span> </span>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-75548132564719058762009-10-16T15:01:00.004+01:002009-10-28T11:18:25.432+00:00<ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sth91zCHLbI/AAAAAAAAAGk/ndZbUENr5AI/s1600-h/construction+site+college.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 148px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393198916961775026" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sth91zCHLbI/AAAAAAAAAGk/ndZbUENr5AI/s200/construction+site+college.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Mae’r olygfa allan o fy swyddfa yn parhau i newid ers fy niweddariad diwethaf, wrth i balwyr osod peipiau a chywasgu’r ardal i sicrhau had oes mannau meddal yn datblygu. <br />Mae’r olaf o baneli rhestr fer Beacon wedi cael eu cwblhau ac rydym nawr yn aros i glywed os ydym wedi ennill Gwobr Beacon, a fydd yn cael ei gyhoeddi yng Nghynhadledd Flynyddol Cymdeithas Colegau yn Birmingham ym mis Tachwedd.<br />Cynhaliwyd swper llwyddiannus iawn yn y coleg gyda’r CBI yr wythnos diwethaf ble y siaradodd y Gweinidog John Griffiths am y sialens sgiliau i Gymru.<br />Mae’r broses ymgynghoriad uno yn ennyn cyflymder. Yn bresennol rydym yn cwblhau ein dogfennaeth cyn ei ryddhau at bwrpasau ymgynghori.<br />Fedrai’m coelio mai dim ond wythnos sydd ar ôl tan hanner tymor. Mae’n teimlo fel mai hwn yw un o’r tymhorau cyflymaf hyd yn hyn , ond mae’n siŵr fy mod yn dweud hynny bob blwyddyn. Yn bendant dwi wedi cael wythnosau prysur a dwi’n gwybod fod y staff wedi hefyd. Dwi’n ddiolchgar am ymdrechion pawb gyda’r system gofrestru newydd ar adeg prysur o’r flwyddyn.<br />Fe es ar fy nhrip olaf i ymweld â cholegau eraill yn gynharach yr wythnos yma. Gyda fy nghydweithwyr, fe aethom i ymweld â Choleg Adam Smith yn yr Alban. Roedd yn ymweliad buddiol gan ddarparu sawl awgrym at y dyfodol.<br />Yn ddiweddar cefais wahoddiad i fod yn rhan o Grŵp Cyfeirio Adolygiad Addysg Uwch. Bydd y grŵp yn gweithredu ymhellach ar adroddiad ardderchog a baratowyd gan yr Athro Merfyn Jones am ddatblygiad AU yn y dyfodol yng Nghymru. Rhagwelir y bydd gan lais AB rôl bwysig i’w chwarae yn y system esblygol.<br />Wrth i mi bostio hwn fore Gwener, fe hoffwn roi sylw am y noson ardderchog a fynychais neithiwr yn Swper Gala Pen-blwydd 125ain Prifysgol Bangor, ble roedd Only Men Aloud yn chwarae. Roedd yn gyfle ardderchog i rwydweithio ac i fwynhau’r profiad.<br /><br /><ul style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type="disc"><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal">The view from my office continues to change since the last update, as diggers lay pipes and compact the area to ensure no soft spots develop.</li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal">The last of the Beacon shortlist panels have now been completed and we are looking forward to hearing if we win a Beacon Award, which would be announced at the Association of College’s Annual Conference in Birmingham in November. </li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal">A very successful dinner was held at the college with the CBI last week at which the Minister John Griffiths spoke at on the skills challenge for Wales.</li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal">The merger consultation process is now picking up speed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We are currently finalising our documentation prior to general release for consultation purposes.</li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal">I can’t believe it is now a week until half term.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This feels like one of the fastest term’s so far, but I think we say that every year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’ve certainly had a busy few weeks and I know staff have too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I am grateful for everyone’s efforts with the new register system at a busy time of year.</li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal">The last of my trips to visit other colleges took place earlier this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Together with colleagues, we visited Adam Smith College in Scotland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It was a worthwhile visit providing many pointers for the future.</li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal">I have also recently been invited to be part of the Higher Education Review Reference Group. The group will be taking forward the excellent report prepared by Professor Merfyn Jones on the future development of HE in Wales.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It is anticipated that the FE voice will have an important role to play in the evolving system.</li><li style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal">As I post this on a Friday morning, I would like to comment on the excellent evening I attended last night at Bangor University’s 125<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Gala Dinner, where Only Men Aloud were playing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It proved to be an excellent opportunity to network and to enjoy the experience. </li></ul></li></ul>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-76125315213113916642009-09-25T16:13:00.002+01:002009-09-28T15:50:53.670+01:00Ers fy nghofnod diwethaf, mae'r tymor wedi hen ddechrau. Mae'r olygfa y tu allan i fy ystafell wedi newid ac am y tro cyntaf gallaf weld y cwrs golff. Cefais gryn argraff gan y broses ddymchweliad o gyn ddosbarthiadau/gweithdai Adeiladwaith!<br />Yn ystod y pythefnos diwethaf gwelwyd dau ymweliad gan baneli asesu Dyfarniad Beacon, gydag un arall i ddod ym mis Hydref. Ychydig o adborth a roddir hyd yn hyn tan y cyhoeddiad yng nghynhadledd AOC. Dwi wastad yn hapus gydag ansawdd y mae staff a myfyrwyr yn eu rhoi i'r digwyddiadau yma. Mae'r ymweliad olaf yn digwydd yn fuan ym mis Hydref, felly pob lwc i bawb.<br /><br />Mae'r siwrneiau i Gaerdydd yn parhau. Cyfarfodydd Prifathrawon, Grŵp Ymgynghorol Gweinidogaethol, Gweithgor14-19 Estynedig, rwyf yn ei Gadeirio. Dydd Llun yma bydd y Dirprwy Weinidog John Griffiths AC yn y coleg yn mynychu swper rydym yn ei gynnal ar ran CBI. Mae hi wastad yn braf gweld uwch wleidyddion yn gwneud siwrneiau i Ogledd Cymru. A bod yn deg, mae'r Dirprwy Weinidog yn ymwelydd rheolaidd.<br />Mae gwaith cynllunio manwl ar waith yn gysylltiedig i'r uno. Yn gynharach yr wythnos yma, fe gyfarfu'r Grŵp Llywio Uno i drafod amserlenni ac amcanion allweddol. Mae'r uno yn cynnig cyfleoedd i'r ddau goleg a bydd yn creu awyrgylch dysgu cynaliadwy, gan gofleidio newid yn gyflawn. Mae'r deg ymrwymiad wedi cael eu dosbarthu'n eang, o'r dechrau i drafodaethau presennol. Rwy'n gwerthfawrogi fod hyn yn amser sensitif i bawb sy'n ymglymedig ac am y rheswm yma mae hi'n bwysig ein bod yn cwblhau'r broses mor fuan ag sy'n bosibl.<br />Ar nodyn ysgafnach, mae tywydd mis Medi wedi gwneud yn iawn am haf siomedig. Mae hyn wedi cynnwys penwythnosau gwych o hwylio.<br /> <br />Since my last input the new term is now well underway. The view from my room has changed and for the first time I can see the golf course. I was so impressed at the demolition process of the former Construction classroom/ workshops!<br /><br />The last two weeks have seen visits from two Beacon Award assessment panels, with a further one to do in October. Little feedback is provided at this stage until the announcement is made at the AOC conference. I’m always impressed by the quality of both staff and student input to these events. The last visit takes place in early October, so good luck to all.<br /><br />The journeys to Cardiff continue, Principals’ meetings, Ministerial Advisory Group, 14-19 Extended Executive, which I Chair. This coming Monday, the Deputy Minister John Griffiths AM will be in college attending a dinner which we are hosting on behalf of the CBI. It’s always good to see senior politicians making the journey to North Wales. In fairness, the Deputy Minister is a frequent visitor.<br />Detailed planning work is now underway related to the merger. Earlier this week the Merger Steering Group met to discuss the timelines and key objectives. The merger offers opportunities for both colleges and will create a sustainable learning environment, fully embracing change. The ten commitments which have been widely circulated, form the core of the ongoing discussions. I appreciate that this is a sensitive time for all involved and for this reason it is important that we complete the process sooner rather than later.<br />On a lighter note, the September weather has somewhat made up for a disappointing summer. This has included some excellent weekend sails.HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-77819115163963828522009-09-11T11:25:00.004+01:002009-09-16T11:46:02.877+01:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It’s been a busy time since the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">last posting.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The year for me always starts with the Annual All Staff meetings at Rhos and Rhyl.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It was a pleasure to welcome <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">staff back to college, old and new.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Business is now back in full swing, with meetings in Cardiff last week and this week.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I am a member of the Ministerial Advisory Group for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This committee is responsible for helping shape the future for education in Wales as well as advising the Minister on key educational issues. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This week ends with my 2</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">nd</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> visit of the month to Cardiff, to the CBI Wales Council.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Monday morning this week thankfully dawned dry and bright as we all welcom<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ed new 1</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> year students to the college as they <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">arrived on the buses.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It’s a real pleasure to see the students back in college and we’re looking forward to welcoming the returning 2</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">nd</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> years and higher education students next week.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This week, I was very pleased to be able to meet the first group of students to become part of the ‘Rhyl Sixth’.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The meeting with the students provided the opportunity to explain the arrangements for the coming year and also the benefits of<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">becoming an integral part of the college.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This is the first time in recent years that a college has taken over the running of sixth form provisio<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">n.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Working in partnership with Denbighshire County Council, the project is expected to be “ground breaking” and add significantly to opportunities in the area.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380211042780205506" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SqpZcBWMUcI/AAAAAAAAAGE/6hFKNHT6hCY/s200/DSCN0359+(Small).JPG" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I’d also like to thank the staff of the college for their patience and help over the last few months whilst the college continues the process of building renewal. Many staff have been directly involved and have worked extremely hard to prepare the college for the new student intake, this commitment is greatly appreciated. At the front of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ollege the demolition is now</span></span></span></o:p></p><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380211498501119474" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SqpZ2jChnfI/AAAAAAAAAGM/0yG-4yXleI8/s200/IMGP0295+(Small).JPG" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">nearing completion and extending the car parking and related landscaping can now commence.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">By November I expect the work to be completed.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This will bring this phase of work to completion. (Pictures above of how fast the demolition has moved) </span></span></span></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">At the same time the next round of developments will start with the development of the new Institute of Health and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">the enhanced staff and student accommodation.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Most of this work will be concentrated on the top road of the campus.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Every effort will be made to minimise disruption. Likewise of staff at Rhyl, the Rhyl Sixth development will commence at the end of October. </span><a href="http://www.llandrillo.ac.uk/rhylsixth/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">(The Rhyl Sixth website can be located by clicking here.)</span></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Next Monday, I’m delighted to be part of the team responding to the assessment visit as a consequence of being shortlisted for the AOC Beacon Award.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We have been shortlisted in three categories.</span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Discussions on the merger with Coleg Meirion Dwyfor are moving ahead.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Important meetings of the Executive Group and the Merger Steering Group are taking place over the next few weeks.</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A consultation document is in the planning phase and is scheduled for release by the end of October. </span><a href="http://www.llandrillo.ac.uk/merger/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Merger website can be located by clicking here.</span></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Bu’n amser prysur iawn ers y cofnod diwethaf. Mae’r flwyddyn i mi wastad yn dechrau gyda chyfarfodydd Staff Blynyddol yn Rhos a’r Rhyl. Roedd hi’n bleser croesawu staff nôl i’r coleg, yn hen a newydd. Mae busnes nawr yn ei anterth eto, gyda chyfarfodydd yng Nghaerdydd yr wythnos diwethaf a’r wythnos yma. Rwyf nawr yn aelod o Grŵp Cynghori Gweinidogaethol i Adran Plant, Addysg, Dysgu Gydol Oes a Sgiliau. Mae’r pwyllgor yma’n gyfrifol am helpu i siapio dyfodol addysg yng Nghymru yn ogystal â chynghori’r Gweinidog am faterion addysgiadol allweddol.<br /><br />Mae’r mis yma’n gorffen gyda fy 2ail ymweliad o’r mis i Gaerdydd, i Gyngor CBI Cymru.<br /><br />Gwawriodd bore Llun yr wythnos yma’n sych a disglair wrth i ni groesawu myfyrwyr blwyddyn 1af newydd i’r coleg wrth iddynt gyrraedd ar y bysiau. Roedd hi wir yn bleser gweld y myfyrwyr nôl yn y coleg ac edrychwn ymlaen i groesawu myfyrwyr yr 2ail flwyddyn a myfyrwyr addysg uwch yr wythnos nesaf.<br />Yr wythnos yma, roedd hi’n bleser gen i gwrdd â’r grŵp cyntaf o fyfyrwyr i fod yn rhan o ‘Chweched y Rhyl’. Wrth gwrdd â’r myfyrwyr cefais y cyfle i egluro’r trefniadau am y flwyddyn sydd i ddod a’r manteision fod yn rhan integrol o’r coleg. Dyma’r tro cyntaf yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf i goleg dderbyn cyfrifoldeb am redeg darpariaeth chweched dosbarth. Gan weithio mewn partneriaeth gyda Chyngor Sir Ddinbych, disgwylir i’r prosiect dorri tir newydd ac ychwanegu’n arwyddocaol i’r ardal.<br /><br /><br />Fe hoffwn hefyd ddiolch i staff y coleg am eu amynedd a chymorth dros y misoedd diwethaf tra fod y coleg yn parhau gyda’r broses o adnewyddu adeiladau.<br /><br />Mae nifer o staff wedi bod yn ymglymedig ac wedi gweithio’n arbennig o galed i baratoi’r coleg ar gyfer derbyniad myfyrwyr newydd, fe werthfawrogir yr ymrwymiad yma’n fawr.<br />Ym mlaen y coleg mae’r dymchweliad bron a chael ei gwblhau a gellir dechrau ymestyn y maes parcio a’r tirlunio cysylltiedig. Erbyn mis Tachwedd rwy’n disgwyl y bydd y gwaith yma wedi ei gwblhau. Bydd hyn yn dod a’r cyfnod yma o waith i ben.<br /><br />Ar yr un pryd bydd y rownd nesaf o ddatblygiadau’n dechrau gyda datblygu Sefydliad Iechyd newydd a mwy o lefydd i staff a myfyrwyr. Canolbwyntir y mwyafrif o’r gwaith ar ffordd uchaf y campws. Caiff pob ymdrech ei wneud i leihau ymyrraeth. <br /><br />Yr un modd i staff yn y Rhyl bydd datblygiad Chweched y Rhyl yn dechrau ar ddiwedd Hydref.<br /><br />Ddydd Llun nesaf, mae’n bleser gen i fod yn rhan o dîm sy’n ymateb i ymweliad asesiad o ganlyniad i gael ein rhoi ar restr fer AOC Gwobr Beacon. Rydym wedi cael ein gosod ar restr fer mewn tri categori.<br /><br />Mae trafodaethau am yr uniad gyda Choleg Meirion Dwyfor yn symud ymlaen. Mae cyfarfodydd pwysig y Grŵp Gweithgor a Grŵp Llywio Uno yn cael eu cynnal dros yr wythnos nesaf. Mae dogfen ymgynghori wrthi’n cael ei greu a bwriedir ei ryddhau erbyn diwedd yr Hydref. <br /><br /><br /> </o:p></p>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-22763290107916635882009-09-02T10:55:00.000+01:002009-09-11T11:25:23.053+01:00Summer UpdateSince the last posting the summer months have been eventful. The ongoing estates development programme has witnessed intense activity on the main college site. This has resulted in the Marine and Built Environment Centre being completed well over a month ahead of schedule. Currently the transfer process has begun and thanks to all my staff and external contractors who have been involved with the project. Whilst the site is slowly being transformed work remains to be completed related to car parking and landscaping to ensure that it is functioning to meet the new student intake. At the same time additional projects have been secured over the summer and new programmes are about to be launched which will contribute to the modernisation programme. This will include: The Rhyl Sixth, the Institute of Health and a new Community Centre in Colwyn Bay town centre.<br /><br />The summer has also provided the opportunity for our first joint presence with Coleg Meirion Dwyfor at the Bala National Eisteddfod. This was a very successful event providing an invaluable opportunity to network and to consolidate our plans. More information will be released over the coming months related to the merger. Following a successful due diligence report the college is now embarking on a detailed planning phase.<br /><br />As the new term looms, I was pleased at the success of the college students on A Level results day recording a 100% pass rates in 30 subjects. The overall A Level pass rate was 96%; the fourth year running that it has been in excess of 95%. Students are celebrating 100% pass rates across a wide range of subjects, strings of top A grades, and offers from leading universities to study traditional and highly specialised subjects now being confirmed. The College has one of the largest A/AS group of students in North Wales, with nearly 600 student entries studying 56 AS and A Level subjects this year. The number of A/AS students represents a 300% increase in two years. The majority of A/AS students at Coleg Llandrillo Cymru study for the Welsh Baccalaureate qualification and the pass rate was considerably above the national average. The College is the largest provider of the Welsh Baccalaureate in North Wales. The Welsh Baccalaureate, with its additional 120 UCAS points, provides a real bonus for individual progression. These results follow the recent success of International Baccalaureate students at Coleg Llandrillo Cymru, who achieved outstanding grades. 90% of students achieved the full International Baccalaureate Diploma, which is significantly higher than the world average pass rate. Congratulations to all our learners and staff who help make this possible.<br /><br />Thoughts now turn toward the end of this Admin week when I hold my annual all staff meetings, at Rhos at 9.30am on Friday and Rhyl at 1pm. It’s amazing how fast time has gone and as I start the 21st year at the college, everything around has changed, with the exception of my office surrounds. What can I do about that?<br /><br />I’ll be posting up again soon; in the meantime, can I take this opportunity to wish everyone a successful year.<div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CY" style="font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: CY">Diweddariad Blog yr Haf <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p> <p><span lang="CY" style="font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:CY">Ers y cofnod diwethaf mae misoedd yr haf wedi bod yn llawn digwyddiad. Gwelwyd gweithgareddau dwys ar brif safle’r coleg o ganlyniad i ddatblygiad ystadau sy’n parhau. Golygodd hyn fod y Ganolfan Morwrol ac Amgylchedd Adeiledig wedi cael ei gwblhau dros fis o flaen llaw. Mae’r broses drawsffurfio wedi dechrau a diolch i fy holl staff a chontractwyr allanol sydd wedi bod yn ymglymedig â’r prosiect. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span lang="CY" style="font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:CY"><br />Tra fod y safle’n cael ei drawsffurfio’n araf, mae gwaith ar ôl i’w wneud yn gysylltiedig i faes parcio a thirlunio er mwyn sicrhau ei fod yn gweithredu i gwrdd â’r derbyniad newydd o fyfyrwyr. Ar yr un pryd mae prosiectau ychwanegol wedi cael eu diogelu dros yr haf ac mae rhaglenni newydd ar fin cael eu lansio a fydd yn cyfrannu at y rhaglen moderneiddio. Bydd hyn yn cynnwys: Chweched y Rhyl, Sefydliad Iechyd a Chanolfan Cymunedol newydd yng nghanol tref Bae Colwyn. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span lang="CY" style="font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:CY">Darparodd yr haf y cyfle ar gyfer ein presenoldeb ar y cyd gyda Choleg Meirion Dwyfor yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol y Bala. Roedd hwn yn ddigwyddiad llwyddiannus iawn gan ddarparu cyfle amhrisiadwy i gryfhau ein cynlluniau. Bydd rhagor o wybodaeth yn cael ei ryddhau yn y misoedd nesaf yn gysylltiedig i’r uno. Yn dilyn adroddiad diwydrwydd dyladwy llwyddiannus mae’r coleg nawr yn dechrau ar gam cynllunio manwl. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span lang="CY" style="font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:CY">Wrth i’r tymor newydd ddynesu, roeddwn i’n falch gyda llwyddiant myfyrwyr y coleg<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>ar ddiwrnod canlyniadau Lefel A gan gofnodi cyfraddau pasio o 100% mewn 30 pwnc. Ar y cyfan, roedd y cyfradd pas Lefel A yn 96%; y bedwaredd flynedd yn olynol roedd yn fwy na 95%.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span lang="CY" style="font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:CY">Mae myfyrwyr yn dathlu cyfraddau pas o 100% ar draws ystod eang o bynciau, cyfres o raddau A, ac mae cynigion gan brifysgolion arweiniol i astudio pynciau traddodiadol ac arbenigol nawr wedi eu cadarnhau. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span lang="CY" style="font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:CY">Mae gan y Coleg un o’r grŵp mwyaf o fyfyrwyr A/AS yng Ngogledd Cymru, gyda bron i 600 o fyfyrwyr yn astudio 56 pwnc Lefel AS ac A eleni. Mae’r nifer o fyfyrwyr A/AS yn cynrychioli cynnydd o 300% mewn dwy flynedd. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span lang="CY" style="font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:CY">Mae’r mwyafrif o fyfyrwyr A/AS yng Ngholeg Llandrillo Cymru yn astudio ar gyfer y Fagloriaeth Gymraeg ac roedd y cyfradd pasio yn llawer uwch na’r cyfartaledd cenedlaethol. Y Coleg yw’r darparwr mwyaf o’r Fagloriaeth Gymraeg yng Ngogledd Cymru. Mae’r Fagloriaeth Gymraeg, gyda’i 120 pwynt UCAS ychwanegol, yn darparu gwir fonws i ddatblygiad unigolyn. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span lang="CY" style="font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:CY">Mae’r canlyniadau yma’n dilyn llwyddiant diweddar y Fagloriaeth Ryngwladol yng Ngholeg Llandrillo Cymru, a enillodd raddau rhagorol. Cyflawnodd 90% o’r myfyrwyr Ddiploma llawn y Fagloriaeth Ryngwladol, sydd yn llawer uwch na’r cyfartaledd pasio byd eang. Llongyfarchiadau i’n holl fyfyrwyr a staff a gynorthwyodd i wneud hyn yn bosibl. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CY" style="font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: CY">Mae meddyliau nawr yn troi tuag at ddiwedd yr wythnos Weinyddol yma pan fyddaf yn cynnal fy nghyfarfodydd staff blynyddol, yn Rhos am 9.30yb ar ddydd Gwener a’r Rhyl am 1yp. Mae’n anhygoel pa mor gyflym mae amser yn hedfan wrth imi ddechrau fy 21<sup>ain</sup> mlynedd yn y coleg, mae pob dim o’n hamgylch wedi newid, ag eithrio fy swyddfa i. Beth allaf i wneud am hynny? <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CY" style="font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: CY"><o:p> Byddaf yn postio eto’n fuan; yn y cyfamser, fe hoffwn gymryd y cyfle i ddymuno blwyddyn <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>lwyddiannus i bawb. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-77084009159990296652009-07-20T11:05:00.001+01:002009-08-17T09:30:26.079+01:00Summer 2009<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SmRDPYCvQcI/AAAAAAAAAEk/p8vGL8009qo/s1600-h/rhysixth.jpg"></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SmRCn0I2pgI/AAAAAAAAAEc/ZKd-y6VNc9s/s1600-h/grad+092+(Small).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360482708255843842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SmRCn0I2pgI/AAAAAAAAAEc/ZKd-y6VNc9s/s200/grad+092+(Small).jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As thoughts turn towards summer holidays and possibly some relaxation it is also useful to remind ourselves of what has been achieved over the year.<br /><br />The high point of the college calendar for me is always the main College Awards Day held<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SmRCehE8JwI/AAAAAAAAAEU/zQft7YcI-_0/s1600-h/Birthday+039+(Small).jpg"></a> in July. This year was no exception, celebrating and recognising the achieveme<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SmRDX0umirI/AAAAAAAAAEs/l2GL7cwjSLM/s1600-h/Birthday+039+(Small).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360483533047892658" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SmRDX0umirI/AAAAAAAAAEs/l2GL7cwjSLM/s200/Birthday+039+(Small).jpg" border="0" /></a>nts of nearly 300 graduates and 14 student achievers, nominated by staff of the college for their outstanding contribution. I was also surprised and honoured to be presented by an award to recognise twenty years of service as Principal. Thank you to everyone who has made this experience so fulfilling.<br /><br />Over the last few weeks I have also tried to keep you all informed of progress relating to the merger with Coleg Meirion Dwyfor. Early in July the Boards of both colleges agreed to move onto a more detailed planning phase with a view to merger from Easter 2010. The challenge is to ensure that core systems e.g. financial, quality, human resources and learner support are harmonised across both colleges. The aim is to achieve the best outcomes for student and position the new institution to be sustainable and able to meet the challenges of changing funding regimes. This will be achieved within an environment and culture which is high performing and builds upon the expertise of staff in both colleges.<br /><br />The Coleg Llandrillo brand will be protected and the new institution and its constituent colleges will form part of a Coleg Llandrillo group of colleges, operating across a significant part of Central and North West Wales. The new college will be operating to a budget of £44,000,000 and will meet the needs of over 25,000 students and 1250 staff.<br /><br />In Rhyl, rapid progress is being made to create the Rhyl Sixth. The Sixth forms are being scheduled for closur<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SmRDxK6pR2I/AAAAAAAAAE0/F_03qvpa6H8/s1600-h/rhyl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360483968500713314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 66px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SmRDxK6pR2I/AAAAAAAAAE0/F_03qvpa6H8/s200/rhyl.jpg" border="0" /></a>e from September 2009 and all post 16 students in Rhyl will come under the college. From September 2009 students will be part of a transitionary phase until the new building has been completed and from September 2010 all students who would have progressed to year 12 and 13 will instead progress to the Rhyl Sixth, which will be an integral part of Coleg Llandrillo. </span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This development will considerably increase choice and opportunity for young people in Rhyl, and will be developed as a landmark education project for Wales. It is anticipated that that certainly in the early phase of the project that some of the potential students will continue to transfer to the Llandrillo Rhos site, and this option will remain open to all. Over a period of time it is projected that the students will opt to stay within the Rhyl environment as part of the Rhyl Sixth or Coleg Llandrillo Rhyl. These developments are seen as integral to the regeneration of the area. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SmRFK9qFfYI/AAAAAAAAAFE/5kk03tMXIDk/s1600-h/Picture+042+(Small).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360485511129824642" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SmRFK9qFfYI/AAAAAAAAAFE/5kk03tMXIDk/s200/Picture+042+(Small).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />On the Rhos site, the Marine and Built Environment Centre (MBEC) is nearing completion. This impressive developments is projected to be completed ahead of schedule to accommodate the new intake from the beginning of the Autumn term. The related landscaping, car park and new road developments will be completed by Christmas. This will return us to full car parking capacity w<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SmRFVnMrLpI/AAAAAAAAAFM/qOVgtXOK2xY/s1600-h/Picture+028+(Small).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360485694079446674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SmRFVnMrLpI/AAAAAAAAAFM/qOVgtXOK2xY/s200/Picture+028+(Small).jpg" border="0" /></a>ith a new entrance road. My thanks to all the staff for their patience over the last year related to congestion and reduced car parking. </span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><div><br />Continuing with the estate development programme, the coming academic year will also see the creation of a new Institute of Health which will be a refurbishment of the Mostyn block and a new administration area developed on the site of the current examination mobiles on the ‘top’ road. The old hall area being refurbished for enhanced student facilitates. These are important developments for the college which will continue the modernisation programme and take us into the next phase of development. </div><div><br />As the 2008/9 academic year draws to a close it is pleasing to record yet another year of expansion. Our FT 16-19 year old students increased, our HE students and work based students all expanded. Alongside this our retention rates improved and our institutional attainment rate is projected to continue at a high level. Financially the College is regarded as the most successful in Wales allowing us to invest in new staff and resources.<br /><br />So, as we contemplate or indeed are taking holidays, take a little time out for self congratulation. It takes an incredibly strong team to produce these results. My thanks to all of you, for your contribution to this success. </div><div> </div><div>Gorffennaf 2009<br /><br />Wrth i’n meddyliau droi tuag at wyliau’r haf ac o bosib rhywfaint o ymlacio byddai hefyd yn ddefnyddiol i atgoffa’n hunain o’r hyn a gyflawnwyd dros y flwyddyn. <br /><br />Uchafbwynt calendr y coleg i oedd prif Ddiwrnod Gwobrwyo’r Coleg a gynhaliwyd yng Ngorffennaf. Doedd eleni ddim yn eithriad, gan ddathlu a chydnabod cyraeddiadau bron i 300 o raddedigion a 14 cyflawnwyr, a enwebwyd gan staff y coleg ar gyfer cyfraniad rhagorol. Cefais i sioc ac anrhydedd o gael fy ngwobrwyo gyda gwobr i gydnabod ugain mlynedd fel Prifathro. Diolch i bawb sydd wedi ei wneud yn brofiad mor foddhaus. <br /><br />Dros yr wythnosau diwethaf rwyf wedi ceisio eich hysbysu o’r cynnydd ynghylch yr uniad gyda Choleg Meirion-Dwyfor. Yn gynnar yng Ngorffennaf cytunodd Byddai’r ddwy goleg i symud i gam cynllunio mwy manwl gyda goleg i uno ym Mhasg 2010. Y sialens i yw sicrhau fod systemau craidd e.e. ariannol, ansawdd, adnoddau dynol a chefnogaeth dysgwyr yn cael eu hasio ar draws y ddwy goleg. Y bwriad yw i o gyflawni’r canlyniadau gorau i’r myfyrwyr a lleoli’r sefydliad newydd i fod yn gynaliadwy ac i allu cwrdd a sialensiau o drefniadau ariannu newidiol. Caiff hyn ei gyflawni o fewn amgylchedd a diwylliant sydd yn perfformio’n llwyddiannus ac yn adeiladu ar arbenigedd y staff yn y ddau goleg. <br /><br />Caiff brand Coleg Llandrillo yn cael ei amddiffyn a bydd y sefydliad newydd a’i golegau cyfansoddol yn ffurfio rhan o grŵp o golegau Coleg Llandrillo, gan weithredu ar dras rhan sylweddol o Ganol a Gogledd Orllewin Cymru. Bydd y coleg newydd yn gweithredu gyda chyllideb o £44,000,000 a bydd yn cwrdd ag anghenion dros 25,000 o fyfyrwyr a 1250 o staff.<br /><br />Yn y Rhyl, mae cynnydd cyflym yn cael ei wneud i greu Chweched y Rhyl. Bydd dosbarthiadau Chweched yn cau ym mis Medi 2009 a bydd pob myfyriwr ôl-16 yn y Rhyl yn dod o dan ofal y coleg. O fis Medi 2009 bydd myfyrwyr yn rhan o gyfnod o drawsnewid nes i’r adeilad newydd gael ei gwblhau ac o fis Medi 2010 bydd pob myfyriwr a fyddai wedi datblygu i flwyddyn 12 a 13 yn datblygu i Chweched y Rhyl yn lle, a fydd yn rhan integrol o Goleg Llandrillo. <br />Bydd y datblygiad yma’n cynyddu dewis a chyfleoedd i bobl ifanc yn y Rhyl yn sylweddol, a cafodd ei ddatblygu fel prosiect trobwynt addysgiadol i Gymru. Rhagwelir y bydd rhai darpar fyfyrwyr yn parhau i drosglwyddo i safle Llandrillo Rhos yn fuan yn y prosiect, a bydd yr opsiwn yma ar agor i bawb. Dros gyfnod o amser rhagwelid y bydd y myfyrwyr yn dewis aros o fewn amgylchedd y Rhyl fel rhan o Chweched y Rhyl neu Goleg Llandrillo y Rhyl. Gwelir y datblygiadau yma yn integrol i ailffurfio’r ardal.<br /><br />Ar safle Rhos, mae Canolfan Morwrol ac Amgylchedd Adeiledig bron a chael ei orffen. Rhagwelir y bydd y datblygiad gafaelgar yma’n cael ei gwblhau o flaen amser gydag amserlen i allu derbyn myfyrwyr newydd ar ddechrau Tymor yr Hydref. Bydd y tirlunio, maes parcio a datblygiad ffordd newydd yn cael eu cwblhau erbyn y Nadolig. Bydd hyn yn ein dychwelyd at argaeledd parcio llawn gyda ffordd fynedfa newydd. Llawer o ddiolch i’r holl staff am eu hamynedd dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf yn gysylltiedig i dagfeydd a llai o lefydd parcio. <br />Gan barhau gyda rhaglen ddatblygiad ystâd, bydd y flwyddyn academaidd newydd yn gweld cread Sefydliad Iechyd newydd a fydd yn adffurfiant o floc Mostyn a bydd ardal weinyddol newydd yn cael ei ddatblygu ar safle hen ddosbarthiadau arholiadau ar y ffordd ‘uchaf’. Mae ardal yr hen neuadd yn cael ei ailwampio i alluogi am fwy o gyfleusterau myfyrwyr. Mae rhain yn ddatblygiadau pwysig i’r coleg a fydd yn parhau gyda’r rhaglen moderneiddio a’n cymryd i’r cam nesaf o ddatblygiad.<br />Wrth i flwyddyn academaidd 2008/09 dynnu at ei derfyn mae hi’n bleser i nodi blwyddyn arall o estyniad. Mae’n myfyrwyr 16-19 LlA wedi cynyddu, mae’n myfyrwyr AU ac yn y gweithle wedi ymestyn. Ochr yn ochr â hyn mae’n cyfradd dargadwad wedi gwella a rhagwelir i’n cyfradd cyrhaeddiad sefydliadol barhau ar lefel uchel. Yn ariannol, ystyrir y Coleg fel y mwyaf llwyddiannus yng Nghymru gan ein galluogi i fuddsoddi mewn staff ac adnoddau newydd.<br /><br />Felly, wrth i ni fyfyrio neu gymryd gwyliau, cymerwch ychydig o amser i longyfarch eich hunan. Mae angen tîm arbennig o gryf i gynhyrchu’r canlyniadau yma. Mynegaf fy niolch i chi gyda am eich cyfraniad i’r llwyddiant hwn. <br /><br /></div></span>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-34434672874289203642009-04-30T14:38:00.000+01:002009-04-30T15:20:39.540+01:00Changing Times<span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>College Collaboration</strong></span><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div>Since writing the last update, significant changes have been announced relating to the future of Coleg Llandrillo. Of particular interest has been the decision to move to a merger situation with a neighbouring institution – Coleg Meirion Dwyfor.</div><br /><div>At this stage following the full support of both Boards a feasibility study is being undertaken to establish the form and prime objectives of a merged institution. A Joint Merger Steering Group has been established involving a small group of Board members and the two College Principals. The current earliest projection for full merger is Easter 2010. Joint Working groups have also been agreed to identify key areas for joint development. Both Colleges are committed to make this initiative work to the best advantage of learners in their respective areas. The merged college with a budget in excess of £43,000,000 will be one of the largest in the UK and will have the critical mass and expertise to make a significant difference to its immediate catchment area. It will also serve to consolidate and protect the levels of post 16 funding in the area as levels of public sector potentially diminish over the coming years. </div><br /><div>I have included below some questions & answers that may of interest to you regarding the proposed merger. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Will there be any change of name?</span> </em>No. The names of Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor and Coleg Llandrillo Cymru will be retained and promoted.</div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Will the learners have the same choice of courses?</span></em> Yes, and every effort will be made to further develop the curriculum to respond to local economic needs and personal aspirations.</div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Will the Colleges’ existing sites be affected ?</span> </em>All existing sites will be maintained. The site infrastructure is important to ensure that learners have appropriate access to learning. There is also an intention to invest in the resources of both Colleges </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">What about a specialised site like Glynllifon?</span> </em>Early discussions have highlighted that Glynllifon has great potential for further development, including the specialist areas of land-based provision, other rural developments and general vocational learning.</div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">What about choice of language of study?</span></em> The existing choice of language of study will remain and be further enhanced.</div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">Will students need to travel further to study? </span></em>No, they won’t have to travel any further.</div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Where will parents be able to discuss matters relating to the student’s progress?</span></em> At their local, existing College site. This will not change. </div><div><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Will parents and students notice any changes?</span></em> They shouldn’t notice any negative ones, no. Going to College should feel pretty much the same as it did before, but with positive developments. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Will local employers notice any changes?</span></em> Yes, positive changes. Coleg Llandrillo Cymru’s considerable experience in employer engagement will allow Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor to be more responsive to the requirements of local businesses. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">What about the staff?</span></em> Staff from both Colleges will continue to be treated fairly, and their conditions of service will be honoured. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Will staff need to travel more?</span> </em>It is unlikely that support and lecturing staff will need to travel further. It is, however, reasonable to expect managers to be more mobile to support new developments and gain new experiences and opportunities.</div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">How will the College be managed?</span></em> The three Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor sites will become part of the Llandrillo Group of Colleges. Day to day general management will remain on the existing Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor sites and Coleg Llandrillo Cymru sites. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Will this dilute the Welsh/bilingual ethos at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor?</span> </em>Definitely not. The distinctive bilingual ethos at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor will be retained and strengthened. Policies, procedures and staff will ensure that this is maintained. Coleg Llandrillo Cymru will also benefit from this experience as the College continues to promote a bilingual ethos on its sites. </div><br /><div><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>Will local communities notice any difference? </em></span> It is not envisaged that there will be any noticeable difference. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">How will local opinions be taken onto account?</span></em> A committee will be established at each site. This committee, made up of local people – including business people – will be chaired by a member of the College governing body and be responsible for ensuring that the College is aware of, and listens, to local opinions. This will be true for all sites in the new organisation.</div><br /><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Coleg Llandrillo Cymru and Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor are important employers in their areas. Will this create any redundancies?</span></em> There is no intention to enforce compulsory redundancies as part of this process. However, both Colleges cannot rule out changes forced upon them by future funding allocations and/or future changes required to respond to national policy or local needs.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">New Health & Care Centre </span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><div></span></strong>Coleg Llandrillo Cymru has received substantial Welsh Assembly Government funding to support a new Professional Centre for Training & Development for Health & Care at the Rhos-on-Sea Campus. </div><div><br />Health & Care is a Welsh Assembly Government priority area and the funding will enable the College to further strengthen its partnership with both public and private sector organisations to raise standards of care. The College has developed a comprehensive programme of courses to develop and upskill the workforce in Health & Care, particularly for those working in, or wishing to work in, Care Assistant and Support Staff roles. </div><div> </div><div>The courses, which commence later this month, are the first part of the development of a new curriculum offer which will provide opportunities for those living in the region, whether they are already working within the Health & Care sectors and wish to develop their skills further or whether they wish to train or re-train for a career in Care. The courses offer something for everyone, running from 2 to 70 weeks in length.<br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"><br />Rhyl Sixth Update <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SfmvxHr1vtI/AAAAAAAAAEE/qdShDuzFZDQ/s1600-h/rhyl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330484892381069010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 74px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SfmvxHr1vtI/AAAAAAAAAEE/qdShDuzFZDQ/s200/rhyl.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span></strong>Since the last posting, it was announced by the Welsh Assembly Government Minister Jane Hutt that plans to reorganise the sixth forms in Rhyl will go ahead. </div><div>The College has already jointly planned a much extended curriculum for September 2009, which was well received by parents and pupils at a sixth form choices event last month. </div><div>In 2010, the Rhyl Sixth will move to a custom built, £3.5million centre on the College’s Rhyl Campus. This development, which will receive significant funding from the Welsh Assembly Government, will provide Rhyl Sixth learners with a dedicated centre on a par with the best in Wales. Presently the College is submitting its building plans prior to the formal building approval being granted.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Culinary Award</span></strong><br />Coleg Llandrillo Cymru scooped three out of the top five awards at the Welsh International Culinary Championships Awards Dinner, including the ‘Best College’ category. It is the first time the College ha<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SfmvxJ3jGtI/AAAAAAAAAD8/tvynKCBmZGM/s1600-h/hosp+medals+003+(Small).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330484892967049938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SfmvxJ3jGtI/AAAAAAAAAD8/tvynKCBmZGM/s200/hosp+medals+003+(Small).jpg" border="0" /></a>s won the main award, beating off stiff competition from all the other colleges in Wales and England who competed in the Championships. Coleg Llandrillo Cymru had its best results ever in this year’s Championships, with students winning over 50 awards, including 12 gold medals.</div><br /><div>The College also won the ‘Best Open’ and ‘Best Static’ categories. The former was awarded to students Calum Mackay from Penmaenmawr and Lizzie Graham from Colwyn Bay, who won the Afternoon Tea Cook and Serve Competition. The latter award was presented to Kate Hulse from Llandudno for her cross-stitch rose cake.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Conservative Leader Visits Local College – April 2009</span></strong> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SfmrJJAYXAI/AAAAAAAAADU/AaNYswYvdoI/s1600-h/acc+nick+bourne+(34)+(Small).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330479807494380546" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 126px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SfmrJJAYXAI/AAAAAAAAADU/AaNYswYvdoI/s200/acc+nick+bourne+(34)+(Small).jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I was pleased to welcome the Leader of the Welsh Conservative Party to Coleg Llandrillo Abergele earlier this month. Nick Bourne AM spoke to a range of students about the learning opportunities available in the area. Nick Bourne was joined by his shadow cabinet members Darren Millar AM and Paul Davies AM, as well as William Graham, AM for South Wales East.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Beacon Award – Local Celebration<br /></span></strong>I was pleased to host earlier this week representatives from the Welsh Assembly Government, local AMs, County C<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SfmrYxrbTgI/AAAAAAAAADc/2adV4_0-YY0/s1600-h/beacon+breakfast+024+(Small).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330480076110384642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SfmrYxrbTgI/AAAAAAAAADc/2adV4_0-YY0/s200/beacon+breakfast+024+(Small).jpg" border="0" /></a>ouncillors, members of the local business community and Coleg Llandrillo Cymru staff to celebrate the College receiving the prestigious AoC (Association of Colleges) Beacon Award for outstanding contributions to Further Education.<br /><br />It was a local celebration, following on from the national awards ceremony, which took place at Westminster, London earlier in the year. Coleg Llandrillo Cymru won the Welsh Assembly Government Award for College Engagement with Employers for the work of the Business Point Unit, which establishes, develops and oversees training and development for local SMEs (Small to Medium-sized Enterprises). This is the eighth Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon Award that the College has been awarded in recent years, which is one of the highest totals throughout all colleges in the UK.</div><br /><div></div>-----------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><div>Ers ysgrifennu’r diweddariad diwethaf, mae newidiadau arwyddocaol wedi cael eu cyhoeddi ynghylch dyfodol Coleg Llandrillo. O diddordeb penodol yw’r penderfyniad i symud at safle o gyfuniad gyda sefydliad cyfagos – Coleg Meirion Dwyfor. </div><br /><div>Ar hyn o bryd, yn dilyn cefnogaeth lawn gan y ddau Fwrdd, mae astudiaeth dichonolrwydd yn cael eu cynnal i sefydlu’r ffurf a phrif wrthrychau sefydliad cyfuniad. </div><br /><div>Mae Grŵp Llywio Cyfuniad ar y Cyd wedi cael ei sefydlu sy’n cynnwys grŵp bach o aelodau’r Bwrdd a dau Brifathro’r Colegau. Y rhagamcaniad cynharaf sydd ar gael yn bresennol ar gyfer cyfuniad llawn yw Pasg 2010. Mae grwpiau gwaith ar y cyd wedi cael eu cytuno er mwyn adnabod meysydd allweddol ar gyfer datblygiad ar y cyd. </div><br /><div>Mae’r ddau Goleg yn ymrwymedig i wneud y gwaith arloesol yma er budd dysgwyr yn eu hardaloedd. Y coleg cyfunol, a fydd â chyllideb o tua £43,000,000 fydd un o’r mwyaf yn y DU. A bydd ganddo’r mas critigol ac arbenigedd i wneud gwahaniaeth arwyddocaol i’r dalgylch cyfagos. Bydd hefyd yn gwasanaethu i gyfnerthu ac amddiffyn lefelau o arian ôl-16 yn yr ardal wrth i lefelau o sector gyhoeddus brinhau o bosibl dros y blynyddoedd sydd i ddod.<br />Rwyf wedi cynnwys cwestiynau ac atebion a allai fod o ddiddordeb i chi ynghylch y cyfuniad arfaethedig isod. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">A fydd yr enw’n newid?</span></em> Na. Bydd enwau Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor a Choleg Llandrillo Cymru yn cael eu cadw a’u hyrwyddo. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">A fydd dysgwyr yn cael yr un dewis o gyrsiau?</span></em> Byddant, a caiff pob ymdrech ei wneud i ddatblygu’r cwricwlwm yn bellach er mwyn ymateb i anghenion economaidd lleol a dyheadau personol. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">A fydd safleoedd presennol y Colegau’n cael eu heffeithio? </span></em>Caiff pob safle presennol eu cadw. Mae’r rhwydwaith safle yn bwysig i sicrhau fod gan ddysgwyr fynediad priodol i ddysgu. Mae yna hefyd fwriad i fuddsoddi yn adnoddau’r ddau Goleg. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">Beth am safleoedd arbenigol fel Glynllifon?</span></em> Mae trafodaeth cynnar wedi fod gan Glynllifon botensial gwych ar gyfer datblygiad yn y dyfodol, gan gynnwys ardaloedd arbenigol ar gyfer datblygiad tir, datblygiadau gwledig eraill a dysgu galwedigaethol cyffredin. </div><br /><div><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>Beth am ddewis iaith astudiaeth?</em></span> Bydd y dewis presennol o iaith astudio yn cael ei gadw a’i fwyhau’n bellach.</div><div><span style="color:#3366ff;"><em></em></span> </div><div><span style="color:#3366ff;"><em>A fydd myfyrwyr angen teithio’n bellach i astudio</em></span>? Na, ni fydd yn rhaid iddynt deithio’n bellach. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">A fydd rhieni a myfyrwyr yn gallu trafod materion yn gysylltiedig i gynnydd myfyrwyr?</span></em><br />Ar safle eu Coleg lleol presennol. Ni fydd hyn yn newid. </div><br /><div><span style="color:#3366ff;"><em>A fydd rhieni a myfyrwyr yn sylwi ar unrhyw newidiadau?</em></span> Ni ddylent dylai ar unrhyw rai negyddol, na. Dylai mynd i’r Coleg deimlo’r un fath ag y gwnaeth o’r blaen, ond gyda datblygiadau cadarnhaol. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">A fydd cyflogwyr lleol yn sylwi ar unrhyw newidiadau?</span></em> Byddant, newidiadau cadarnhaol. Bydd profiad sylweddol Coleg Llandrillo Cymru mewn ymrwymiad cyflogwr yn galluogi Coleg Meirion Dwyfor i fod yn fwy ymatebol i ofynion busnesau lleol.</div><div><br /><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">Beth am y staff?</span></em> Bydd staff o’r ddau Goleg yn parhau i gael eu trin yn deg, a bydd eu amodau gwaith yn cael eu parchu. </div><div><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#3366ff;">A fydd staff angen teithio mwy?</span> Mae’n annhebygol y bydd staff cefnogaeth a darlithio angen teithio’n bellach. Er hynny, mae’n rhesymegol i ddisgwyl i reolwyr fod yn fwy symudol i gefnogi datblygiadau newydd ac ennill profiadau a chyfleoedd newydd. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">Sut fydd y Coleg yn cael ei reoli</span>?<br /></em>Bydd tri safle Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor yn dod yn rhan o Grŵp o Golegau Llandrillo. Bydd rheolaeth dyddiol cyffredinol yn aros ar safleoedd presennol Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor sites a safleoedd Coleg Llandrillo Cymru. </div><br /><div><span style="color:#3366ff;"><em>A fydd hyn yn gwanhau ethos Cymraeg/dwyieithog yng Ngholeg Meirion-Dwyfor?</em></span> Na, yn bendant. Bydd ethos dwyieithog gwahanredol yng Ngholeg Meirion-Dwyfor yn cael ei gadw a’i gryfhau. Bydd polisïau, gweithdrefnau a staff yn sicrhau fod hyn yn cael ei gadw. Bydd Coleg Llandrillo Cymru hefyd yn manteisio o’r profiad yma wrth barhau i hyrwyddo ethos dwyieithrwydd ar ei safleoedd. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">A fydd cymunedau lleol yn sylwi ar unrhyw wahaniaeth?</span></em> Ni ragwelir y bydd yna unrhyw wahaniaeth amlwg. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Sut fydd barn lleol yn cael eu hystyried?</span></em> Bydd pwyllgor yn cael ei sefydlu ar bob safle. Bydd y pwyllgor yma, yn cynnwys pobl leol – gan gynnwys pobl busnes - yn cael ei gadeirio gan aelod o gorff llywodraethu’r Coleg a bod yn gyfrifol am sicrhau fod y Coleg yn ymwybodol o, ac yn gwrnado ar farn lleol. Bydd hyn yn wir ar gyfer pob safle yn y sefydliad newydd. </div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Mae Coleg Llandrillo Cymru a Choleg Meirion-Dwyfor yn gyflogwyr pwysig yn yr ardal. A fydd hyn yn creu unrhyw anghyflogaeth?</span></em> Nid oes yna fwriad i orfodi anghyflogaeth gorfodol fel rhan o’r broses yma. Er hynny, ni all y Colegau ddiystyru newidiadau a orfodir arnynt gan ddyraniadau arian yn y dyfodol a/neu newidiadau sydd eu hangen yn y dyfodol i ymateb i bolisi cenedlaethol neu anghenion lleol.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Canolfan Iechyd a Gofal Newydd</strong></span> </div><div>Mae Coleg Llandrillo Cymru wedi derbyn arian sylweddol gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru i gefnogi Canolfan Proffesiynol ar gyfer Hyfforddiant a Datblygiad Iechyd a Gofal ar Gampws Llandrillo-yn-Rhos. Mae Iechyd a Gofal yn faes o flaenoriaeth i Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru a bydd yr arian yn galluogi’r Coleg i gryfhau ei bartneriaeth gyda sefydliadau sector cyhoeddus a phreifat yn bellach er mwyn codi safonau gofalu. Mae’r Coleg wedi datblygu rhaglen cynhwysfawr o gyrsiau i ddatblygu a diweddaru sgiliau’r gweithlu mewn Iechyd a Gofal, yn enwedig i’r rheiny sy’n gweithio yn, neu eisiau gweithio mewn swyddi Cynorthwyydd Gofalu a Staff Cefnogol. Y cyrsiau yma, sy’n dechrau yn hwyrach y mis yma, yw’r rhan gyntaf o ddatblygiad o gynnig cwricwlwm newydd a fydd yn darparu cyfleoedd i’r rheiny sy’n byw yn yr ardal, pa nai eu bod yn gweithio’n barod yn sectorau Iechyd a Gofal ac eisiau datblygu eu sgiliau’n bellach neu os hoffent hyfforddi neu ail hyfforddi ar gyfer gyrfa mewn Gofal. Mae’r cyrsiau’n cynnig rhywbeth i bawb, gan redeg o 2 i 70 wythnos o hyd.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Diweddariad Chweched y Rhyl</strong></span><br />Ers y cofnod diweth<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sfmsi5xVfzI/AAAAAAAAADk/w3bgse0BUFA/s1600-h/rhyl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330481349592973106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 74px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sfmsi5xVfzI/AAAAAAAAADk/w3bgse0BUFA/s200/rhyl.jpg" border="0" /></a>af, cyhoeddodd Gweinidog Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru Jane Hutt fod cynlluniau i aildrefnu dosbarthiadau chweched yn y Rhyl yn mynd i barhau.<br />Mae’r Coleg wedi cynllunio cwricwlwm estynedig ar y cyd ar gyfer mis Medi 2009 a dderbyniwyd yn gadarnhaol mewn digwyddiad dewisiadau chweched dosbarth y mis diwethaf.<br />Yn 2010, bydd Chweched y Rhyl yn symud i adeilad pwrpasol, canolfan £3.5 miliwn ar Gampws y Rhyl. Bydd y datblygiad yma, a fydd yn derbyn arian sylweddol gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru, yn darparu dysgwyr Chweched y Rhyl gyda chanolfan ymroddedig a fydd gyfwerth â’r gorau yng Nghymru.<br />Yn bresennol mae’r Coleg yn cyflwyno ei gynlluniau adeiladu er mwyn i’r cymeradwyaeth adeilad ffurfiol gael ei roi.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Gwobr Coginiol</strong><br /></span>Enillodd Coleg Llandrillo Cymru d<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sfmq6IlXHJI/AAAAAAAAADM/nhfOn3-cxp0/s1600-h/hosp+medals+003+(Small).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330479549683014802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sfmq6IlXHJI/AAAAAAAAADM/nhfOn3-cxp0/s200/hosp+medals+003+(Small).jpg" border="0" /></a>ri allan o bump gwobr yn Swper Gwobrau Cenedlaethol Rhyngwladol Cymru, gan gynnwys y categori ‘Coleg Gorau’.<br />Dyma’r tro cyntaf i’r Coleg ennill y brif wobr, gan guro cystadleuaeth galed gan golegau eraill ng Nghymru a Lloegr a gystadlodd yn y Pencampwriaethau. Cafodd Coleg Llandrillo Cymru ei ganlyniadau gorau ym Mhencampwriaethau eleni, gyda’r myfyrwyr yn ennill dros 50 o wobrau, gan gynnwys 12 medel aur.<br />Enillodd y Coleg gategorïau ‘Agored Gorau’ a ‘Statig Gorau’ hefyd. Cafod y cyntaf ei wobrwyo i fyfyrwyr Calum Mackay o Benmaenmawr a Lizzie Graham o Fae Colwyn, a enillodd Gystadleuaeth Coginio a Gweini Te Prynhawn. Cafodd y dyfarniad diwethaf ei gyflwyno i Kate Hulse o Landudno am ei chacen rhosod pwyth croes. .<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Arweinydd y C<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SfmvxZFDgQI/AAAAAAAAAEM/lGrC47n43ig/s1600-h/acc+nick+bourne+(34)+(Small).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330484897050231042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 126px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SfmvxZFDgQI/AAAAAAAAAEM/lGrC47n43ig/s200/acc+nick+bourne+(34)+(Small).jpg" border="0" /></a>eidwadwyr yn Ymweld â Choleg Lleol - Ebrill 2009<br /></span></strong>Roedd hi’n bleser gen i groesawu Arweinydd Parti Ceidwadol Cymru i Goleg Llandrillo Abergele yn gynharach y mis yma. Siaradodd Nick Bourne AC gydag amrediad o fyfyrwyr am y cyfleoedd dysgu sydd ar gael yn yr ardal.<br />Bu Darren Millar AC a Paul Davies AC yn ymweld gyda Nick Bourne, yn ogystal â William Graham, AC dros Dde Ddwyrain Cymru.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sfmsi5xVfzI/AAAAAAAAADk/w3bgse0BUFA/s1600-h/rhyl.jpg"></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Gwobr Beacon – Dathliad Lleol</span></strong><br />Roedd hi’n bleser gen i groesawu gynrychiolwyr o Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru, AC lleol, Cynghorwyr Sir, aelodau o’r gymuned busnes lleol a staff Coleg Llandrillo Cymru yn gynharach yr wythnos yma i ddathlu’r ffaith fod y Coleg yn derbyn Gwobr eacon AoC (Association of Colleges) anrhydeddus am gyfraniadau rhagorol i Addysg Bellach. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SfmvwyMDuAI/AAAAAAAAAD0/T3ex7W8TREk/s1600-h/beacon+breakfast+024+(Small).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330484886610622466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SfmvwyMDuAI/AAAAAAAAAD0/T3ex7W8TREk/s200/beacon+breakfast+024+(Small).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Roedd yn ddathliad lleol, yn dilyn seremoni wobrwyo genedlaethol a gynhaliwyd yn San Steffan, Llundain yn gynharach yn y flwyddyn. Enillodd Coleg Llandrillo Cymru Wobr Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru Ymrwymiad y Coleg gyda Chyflogwyr am waith Uned Pwynt Busnes, sy’n sefydlu, datblygu a goruchwylio hyfforddiant a datblygiad i BBaCH (Busnes Bach a Chanolig) lleol. Dyma’r wythfed Gwobr Beacon Association of Colleges (AoC) y mae’r Coleg wedi ei ennill dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf, sef un o’r cyfansymiau uchaf ar draws y DU. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-1461309963367356262009-03-04T09:52:00.000+00:002009-03-04T10:21:25.406+00:00Latest update 2/3/09Yn dilyn amser prysur i fyny at hanner tymor y coleg, mae’r wythnosau’n dechrau hedfan heibio. Cafodd Pencampwriaethau <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sa5U3PWqQeI/AAAAAAAAAC0/4xkLcjHUa_A/s1600-h/wcc+tues+090.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309274318707507682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sa5U3PWqQeI/AAAAAAAAAC0/4xkLcjHUa_A/s200/wcc+tues+090.jpg" border="0" /></a>Coginiol Cymraeg eu cynnal yn y Coleg yn ystod hanner tymor. Enillodd Tîm Coginio Seland Newydd y wobr Aur gyda Cymru’n ennill y fedel Arian. Mynychwyd y Pencampwriaethau gan golegau o ar draws y wlad ac enillodd fyfyrwyr Coleg Llandrillo nifer o fedelau yn y cystadlaethau unigol. Llongyfarchiadau i bawb a fu’n cymryd rhan.<br /><br />Cyn hanner tymor, mynychodd Derwena Watkin, Joyce Sneddon a minnau seremoni Beacon ardderchog yn Llundain, pan gafodd y coleg ei ddyfarnu gyda Gwobr Beacon am Ymrwymiad Cyflogwr. Mae hyn yn gyrhaeddiad aruthrol ac yn gydnabyddiaeth ardderchog o waith a wneir ar draws y Coleg. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sa5TGiX6IhI/AAAAAAAAACk/0LQDbrrgxYI/s1600-h/L+to+R+Huw+Evans,+Joyce+Evans,+Sion+Simon,+Derwena+Watkin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309272382487798290" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sa5TGiX6IhI/AAAAAAAAACk/0LQDbrrgxYI/s200/L+to+R+Huw+Evans,+Joyce+Evans,+Sion+Simon,+Derwena+Watkin.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I’r rheiny ohonoch a fynychodd sesiwn Nigel Risner yng Nghyfarfod Canolfan Datrysiad Busnes byddwch nawr yn deall y gwahaniaeth rhwng ‘Dolffin a Mwnci’. Eto, roedd hwn yn gyfarfod ardderchog a gafodd ei fynychu gan dros wyth deg o gynrychiolwyr allanol.<br /><br />Mae trafodaethau am Chweched y Rhyl yn parhau ac mae cynlluniau nawr yn eu lle ar gyfer dechrau 2009, ac adeilad newydd yn 2010. Rydym yn parhau i geisio sefydlu partneriaeth llawn gyda’r ddau ysgol yn y Rhyl, sydd mor bwysig at ddyfodol y dref a’r cyfleoedd sydd ar gael i bobl ifanc.<br /><br />Wrth i mi ysgrifennu hwn rydym yn agosáu at Ddigwyddiad Cynllunio Strategol ar ddydd Gwener Chwefror 6ed. Eleni, bydd y canolbwynt ar ymdriniaethau newydd ac arloesiad. Mae grwpiau o staff wedi cael eu gwahodd i gyflwyno syniadau newydd i wella ein gwasanaeth yng nghyd-destun datblygiad sgiliau ac addysg a hyfforddiant. Rwy’n gobeithio yr aiff y diwrnod yn hwylus a phob lwc i’r enillwyr canlyniadol. </div><br /><div><br />Mae addysg galwedigaethol uwch yn rhan bwysig o fusnes y coleg a’r wythnos diwethaf cyflwynais dystiolaeth i’r Pwyllgor oedd yn edrych ar ddyfodol AU yng Nghymru. Mae hi’n bwysig y caiff cyfraniad unigryw coleg AU mawr ei ddeall yng nghyd-destun sgiliau lefel uwch.<br /></div><br /><div><strong><em>Rwy’n parhau i geisio gael eich barn am y cwestiynau a ofynnir isod ac rwy’n edrych ymlaen i dderbyn eich ymateb: </em></strong></div><br /><div><br />1) Oes yna unrhyw feysydd cwricwlwm sydd ddim yn cael eu blaenoriaethu ac â’r potensial i dyfu yn y dyfodol mewn ymateb i’r economi lleol?</div><br /><div>2) Beth ddylai ein ymateb fod yng nghyd-destun datblygu hyfforddiant a sgiliau yn y cwymp economaidd presennol? </div><br /><div>3) Allai ein gwasanaethau i fyfyrwyr gael eu gwella mewn unrhyw ffordd? </div><br /><div>4) Fel rhan o’n ‘trawsnewid’ o wasanaethau addysgiadol a ddylai’r Coleg fod yn edrych am bartneriaethau a chynghreiriau newydd i adeiladu mas critigol a gwella ymateb strategol i Ganol a Gogledd Orllewin Cymru? </div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sa5V_JIfGiI/AAAAAAAAADE/tGxBcPc7l9k/s1600-h/winners+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309275553988024866" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sa5V_JIfGiI/AAAAAAAAADE/tGxBcPc7l9k/s200/winners+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Following a busy time leading up to the college half term, the weeks are starting to fly by. The successful Welsh Culinary Championships were held at the College during half term. The New Zealand Culinary Team won Gold with Wales winning Silver. The Championships were attended by many colleges from across the Country and Coleg Llandrillo’s own students won numerous medals in the individual competitions. Congratulations to all participants.<br /><br />Prior to half term, Derwena Watkin, Joyce Sneddon and I attended the excellent Beacon ceremony in London, when the college was awarded <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sa5TZDCP8zI/AAAAAAAAACs/uepdBA-xUOI/s1600-h/L+to+R+Joyce+Sneddon,+Huw+Evans,+Derwena+Watkin,+Brenig+Davies.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309272700492968754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 131px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/Sa5TZDCP8zI/AAAAAAAAACs/uepdBA-xUOI/s200/L+to+R+Joyce+Sneddon,+Huw+Evans,+Derwena+Watkin,+Brenig+Davies.jpg" border="0" /></a>with its Beacon Award for Employer Engagement. This is a tremendous achievement and recognition of the excellent work undertaken across the College.<br /><br />For those of you that attended the Nigel Risner session at the first Business Solutions Centre Meeting you will by now understand the difference between being a ‘Dolphin and a Monkey’. Again, this was an excellent meeting which was attended by over eighty external representatives.<br /><br />Discussions on the Rhyl Sixth continue and plans are now in place for a 2009 start, and a new build for 2010. We continue to strive to establish a full partnership with the two Schools in Rhyl, which is so important for the future of the town and the opportunities made available for young people.<br /><br />As I write we are nearing the Strategic Planning Event on Friday 6th March. This year, the focus will be on new approaches and innovation. Groups of staff have been invited to put forward new ideas for improving our service in the context of skills development and education and training. I hope the day goes well and good luck to the eventual winners.<br />Vocational higher education is an important part of college business and last week I gave evidence to the Committee looking at the future of HE in Wales. It is important that the unique contribution of a large FE college is fully understood in the context of developing higher level skills. </div><br /><div><br /><strong><em>I continue to seek your views on the questions posed below and I look forward to receiving your responses: </em></strong></div><br /><br /><div>1) Are there any curriculum areas which we are currently not prioritising and have the potential for future growing in response to the local economy?</div><br /><br /><div>2) What should be our response be in a training and skills development context to the current economic downturn?</div><br /><br /><div>3) Could our services to students be improved in any way?</div><br /><br /><div>4) As part of ‘transformation’ of educational services should the College be looking at new partnerships and alliances to build critical mass and improve the strategic response to Central and North West Wales?<br /></div><a title="Edit" href="http://www.blogger.com/rearrange?blogID=6407616018607295758&widgetType=Profile&widgetId=Profile1&action=editWidget" target="configProfile1"></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407616018607295758.post-42283602029110002392009-02-03T17:04:00.000+00:002009-02-03T18:17:00.279+00:00The first of many postingsIt has been my intention for some time to provide at least a monthly input to the Blog. I recently referred to the importance of effective communication in a recent Class magazine (the College’s staff magazine), and the Principal’s Blog will be one way of maintaining a dialogue with staff on emerging issues and the trials and tribulations of life as Principal of Coleg Llandrillo.<br /><br />The aim of the Blog is to keep it brief and not exceed one page A4 equivalent, so apologies in advance if any of you feel that it’s a little truncated. I welcome constructive feedback on any issue relating to the College.<br /><div><div><br />I hope all of you enjoyed the recent holiday and survived the Christmas freeze, which is presently very unusual. Although, as I now write this there are large snowflakes falling and calls from staff asking “Can we go home?”!<br /><br />I was pleased that the car parks / roads had been reinstated adjacent to the new MBEC building (the College’s new development – Marine & Built Environment Centre), and I can only apologise for any inconvenience caused. To date, the College has been very pleased with the response of K&C Construction , who work closely with us at all times, and keep all promises.</div><br /><div>The MBEC building, which is making good progress, will provide new opportunities for the Built Environment provision, incorporating all the traditional Construction skills. It will also allow the area to diversify and <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SYh6mS4Q9bI/AAAAAAAAAB0/umaemDir9IM/s1600-h/mbec.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298619759922836914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SYh6mS4Q9bI/AAAAAAAAAB0/umaemDir9IM/s200/mbec.JPG" border="0" /></a>develop the relatively new renewables curriculum (as it will be moving from Rhyl) and provide facilities to develop marine related provision. In due course new expertise will have to be recruited. This new provision will provide opportunities that are unrivalled elsewhere in Wales.<br /><br />Many of you over the last few weeks will have heard that the Rhyl Sixth concept involving the potential closure of the two Rhyl Sixth forms and rebirth as the ‘Rhyl Sixth’ within Coleg Llandrillo Rhyl is moving into the final phase of its inception. Approvals have now been given by the Minister for Education, subject to certain conditions, and the discussion has moved to one of timing, will it be launched in 2009 or 2010? Whatever the final outcome the new building to house the Rhyl Sixth on the College site will not be ready until September 2010. This initiative represents a real opportunity to quickly transform post 16 educational provision in Rhyl. I’m sure that there will be more on this once final approvals have been issued.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SYh6u46HyAI/AAAAAAAAAB8/jhBsUWM8hTM/s1600-h/estyn+(31).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298619907570124802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCNaAdgAYYM/SYh6u46HyAI/AAAAAAAAAB8/jhBsUWM8hTM/s200/estyn+(31).jpg" border="0" /></a>We were very pleased last week to have been selected by Estyn as the venue for the launch of their annual report. They usually invite institutions who have been very successful in the context of quality outcomes, and no one has done better than Coleg Llandrillo over the last few years. </div><div><br />Since returning after the Christmas holidays it has been a particularly demanding time for me. The meetings concerning the Rhyl Sixth and the closure of the Sixth forms as well as a round of ‘transformation’ meetings with reports expected by Welsh Assembly Government in February on the future of post 16 education in the area. This combined with my work as part of the Ministerial Advisory Team and Chair of the 14-19 Extended Executive Group for Wales, has resulted in long days and overnight stops in Cardiff. I’m also currently trying hard to get around all the College sites to meet staff, and will be routinely organising open forums for staff. I would be pleased to hear from you at one of these occasions. If that is not possible please contact me directly. </div><div><br />We’re currently beginning the process of identifying priorities for the future and would welcome your observations on some of the following:<br /><br />1) Are there any curriculum areas which we are currently not prioritising and have the potential for future growing in response to the local economy?<br />2) What should be our response be in a training and skills development context to the current economic downturn?<br />3) Could our services to students be improved in any way?<br />4) As part of ‘transformation’ of educational services should the College be looking at new partnerships and alliances to build critical mass and improve the strategic response to Central and North West Wales?<br /><br />I look forward to hearing from you and will endeavour to respond as appropriate. </div></div>HUW EVANS OBE - Principal, Coleg Llandrillo Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115808783623331620noreply@blogger.com1