Coleg Llandrillo Cymru

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Coleg Llandrillo Cymru (English: Llandrillo College Wales) is the largest College in the north of Wales, with around 34,000 learners studying either on campus, in the community, in the workplace or over the Internet.

The college employs approximately 2000 staff and offers over 4,000 full and part-time courses. Courses range from A levels, BTECs, Modern Apprenticeships and NVQs to Higher Nationals, Foundation Degrees, Honours Degrees and Postgraduate Studies offered in association with the University of Wales, Glyndŵr, Bangor and Cardiff Metrolitan University. The college was opened on 23 June 1965.

The college network includes a main campus in Rhos-on-Sea, a medium size campus in Rhyl, smaller sites in Denbigh and Abergele, the Glasdir Centre in Llanrwst, a specialist business services centre in Cefnmeiriadog, near St Asaph, and approximately 120 learning centres across the counties of Conwy and Denbighshire. Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor & Coleg Menai recently became part of the Llandrillo group adding 7 extra campuses in Dolgellau, Glynllifon and Pwllheli, Llangefni, Bangor, Caernarfon & Parc Menai, making the Llandrillo-Menai group the largest college in Wales. The main site or campus is on Llandudno Road at the westerly extremity of Rhos-on-Sea, bordering Rhos-on-Sea Golf Course and close to Penrhyn Bay.

Its web site is http://www.llandrillo.ac.uk/

Bilingual college

At Coleg Llandrillo Cymru, both Welsh and English languages are used to some extent. The website is available bilingually, and courses teaching Welsh are available (http://www.llandrillo.ac.uk/student-information/do-you-want-to-learn-welsh/), and offers a number of courses bilingually (http://www.llandrillo.ac.uk/course/foundation-degree-fda-health-social-care-management-adult-bilingual/).

e-learning

Distance learning

The college offers a number of courses at a distance via the internet (http://www.llandrillo.ac.uk/course/welsh-for-adults-dysgu-o-bell-mynediad-1-distance-learning-entry-level-1/).

Online learning for on-campus students

The college campuses have a number of libraries with access to online resources (http://www.llandrillo.ac.uk/student-information/student-life/libraries/).

Open Educational Resources (OER)

No evidence of OERs found.

VLE

Moodle is the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) at Coleg Llandrillo Cymru.

For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleg_Llandrillo_Cymru

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