Cardiff & Vale College
Type of organisation: Academic
Cardiff and Vale College Group (CAVC) is one of the largest colleges in the UK, delivering high-quality education and training to over 33,000 learners annually within the Capital Region, benefiting the most socially and economically diverse communities in Wales.
Strengths include:
• Partnerships with employers, industry bodies and government, maximising a £93m funding portfolio to drive economic prosperity and address skills gaps/shortages across priority sectors.
• Close working relationships with other FE institutes in the Cardiff Capital Region and across Wales, facilitating access to local talent pools and facilities.
• £45m campus in the heart of Cardiff, with a new STEM ‘centre of excellence’ planned for the Vale of Glamorgan, near Cardiff Airport.
• One of only twenty colleges in the UK to be included in the WorldSkills UK ‘Centre of Excellence’ programme.
• Awarded ‘Leader in Diversity’ status by the National Centre for Diversity.