Cardiff and Vale College

Cardiff and Vale College
Coleg Caerdydd a'r Fro
City Centre Campus
Location
Cardiff and Barry

Wales
Information
MottoInspirational. Inclusive. Influential.
EstablishedSeptember 2011; 13 years ago (2011-09)
ChairGeraint Evans
Principal and Chief ExecutiveMike James
Staff1,100[1]
Gendercoeducational
Age16+
Enrolment30,000[2]

Cardiff and Vale College abbreviated to CAVC (Welsh: Coleg Caerdydd a'r Fro), is a mixed-sex education Further Education college in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

The college was formed in September 2011 by the merger of Barry College and Coleg Glan Hafren. The merger was a result of the Welsh Assembly Government encouraging colleges in Wales to collaborate so that it could maximise benefits for students.[3] Cardiff and Vale College (or Coleg Caerdydd a’r Fro) is now one of the largest colleges in Wales.[4] The college took control of the Cardiff International Sports Stadium from July 2015 on a peppercorn rent to Cardiff Council.[5]

In 2015 a new main campus costing £45 million was opened in Dumballs Road, Cardiff, to cater for 4000 students. Facilities included 130 teaching rooms, film and dance studios, a theatre, a hair salon and spa and, on the top floor, a public bar and restaurant.[6] Having sold their main Cardiff site in City Road, Cardiff, the college intended to keep their other Cardiff campus, at Trowbridge and convert it to become an art college.[6]

College sites in Cardiff and Barry
  • The main building of the City Centre Campus
    The main building of the City Centre Campus
  • Automotive Training Centre
    Automotive Training Centre
  • Construction Training Centre
    Construction Training Centre
  • Building Services Centre [Dumballs Road 2]
    Building Services Centre [Dumballs Road 2]
  • The Parade
    The Parade
  • Cardiff International Sports Stadium
    Cardiff International Sports Stadium
  • Barry Campus
    Barry Campus
  1. ^ "Governance and Leadership".
  2. ^ "Governance and Leadership".
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Cardiff and Vale College". Cavc.ac.uk. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Plans to rent Cardiff International Sports Stadium to Cardiff and Vale College are approved". Media Wales. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  6. ^ a b Sion Barry (17 June 2015). "First look inside Cardiff and Vale College's new £45m campus in the centre of the capital". Wales Online. Retrieved 19 August 2017.