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The Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol (meaning: Welsh National College), known in both Welsh and English simply as Coleg, [1] was established in 2011 by the Welsh Government to work with universities in Wales to develop Welsh-language courses and resources for students; it also provides and advances Welsh medium courses, scholarship and research in Welsh universities.
Deeside College merged with the Welsh College of Horticulture, located in Northop, on 1 August 2009 [1] [3] [6] forming the Deeside College Group, with 20,000 students, more than 800 staff, and an income of almost £30 million. [3] By 2010, the Northop campus spanned 225 acres (910,000 m 2). [6]
Coleg Glan Hafren began merger discussions in 2008 with Barry College and in November 2010 announced they had agreed to merge, in response to the Welsh Government's Transformation Agenda [1] which encouraged Welsh colleges to collaborate in order to maximise student benefits and improve student learning. They merged in September 2011 to form ...
Some further education colleges in Wales offer higher education courses such as degrees and diplomas, usually in conjunction with a nearby university. Welsh colleges are funded primarily by the Welsh Government , with subsidised tuition fees paid by individual students or their sponsors.
The college has offered both full and part time courses, [26] It has sites located in the heart of Wrexham, [1] with one of its sites located next to Wrexham bus station. [27] Its two campuses are Yale (on Grove Park Road) and Bersham Road. These comprise two of the five campuses of Coleg Cambria. [28]
The farm of the college is more than 300 hectares (740 acres) in land area, and spans from steep hills, through open upland grass, to the lowlands of the Vale of Clwyd. The college's buildings are located at the foot of Nant y Garth. [1] [2] By 2009, the college had more than 5,000 students and 130 staff.
The total consolidated annual income for Welsh universities for 2020–21 was £1.78 billion of which £230.0 million was from research grants and contracts, with an operating surplus of £74.2 million. £332.2 million was received from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales via grants and £356.7 million was received from tuition fees of Home-domiciled students.
It has a bilingual language policy and offers the opportunity to study most subjects through the medium of Welsh. Since 1 April 2012, it has been a constituent college of Grŵp Llandrillo Menai. Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor has three main campuses at Dolgellau in Meirionnydd, Pwllheli in Dwyfor and Glynllifon (for agricultural courses) near Caernarfon.