Coleg Menai (meaning: ''Menai College'') is a further education college located in
Bangor,
Gwynedd,
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
. The college also has campuses in Parc Menai,
Llangefni
Llangefni (meaning "church on the River Cefni", ) is the county town of Anglesey in Wales and contains the principal offices of the Isle of Anglesey County Council. United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded Llangefni's population as 5,116 people, ma ...
,
Caernarfon
Caernarfon (; ) is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is ...
and
Holyhead.
The college provides a range of academic and vocational courses including A levels, Apprenticeships, English for Speakers of Other Languages programmes and Access courses. It also offers some higher education courses in conjunction with
Bangor University,
Glyndŵr University
Glyndŵr was one of six local government districts in the county of Clwyd in Wales from 1974 to 1996.
History
The district was created on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the area of six former districts and two ...
and the
University of South Wales
The University of South Wales ( cy, Prifysgol De Cymru) is a public university in Wales, with campuses in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd. It was formed on 11 April 2013 from the merger of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wa ...
.
On 2 April 2012, Coleg Menai and
Coleg Llandrillo Cymru (which included
Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor) merged to create
Grwp Llandrillo Menai, the largest further education institute in Wales.
Notable alumni
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Matthew Dent, designer
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Nathan Gill
Nathan Lee Gill (born 6 July 1973) is a British politician, who was the Leader of Reform UK Wales from March to May 2021, when he resigned from the party. He previously served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales from 2014 to J ...
,
UK Independence Party
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and
Brexit Party
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MEP
*
Owain Tudur Jones
Owain Tudur Jones (born 15 October 1984) is a Welsh former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He represented the Wales national football team and during his club career he played for Porthmadog, Bangor City, Swansea City, Swindo ...
, footballer
*
Cassia Pike,
footballer
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References
External links
Coleg Menai - Grwp Llandrillo Menai
Bangor, Gwynedd
Llangefni
Caernarfon
Further education colleges in Anglesey
Further education colleges in Gwynedd
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