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Karen Phillips

Deputy Principal & Project Director for the Taf Ely Learning Campus

Nantgarw Campus

21st century learning

Who are we?

• Formerly Coleg Morgannwg &

Ystrad Mynach College – merged August 2013

• Further education college in

Rhondda Cynon Taff and Caerphilly

• 1081 staff
• 20,000 students

Background to the Project

• Strategic Aim to reduce from 5

to 3 campuses since 2006

• 2008 sold one campus to the

University of Glamorgan

• 2012 moved to the Nantgarw

Campus and sold one campus to Persimmon

• 2013 merger and back to 5

campuses!

Getting project approval

• “An education facility

appropriate for learners in the 21st century”

• Aligning our strategy to the

Welsh Government and WEFO

– Being ambitious – Follow the rules of funding and priorities – Being positive about the difference it would make to the learners of RCT

• Delivered to the right people

The good…

The bad…

The ugly…

Funding

• £6.7m WEFO
• £27.8 Welsh Government (incl.

£12m SCIF)

• £5.5m Coleg Morgannwg
• Clash of rules!

Why share the building?

• Funding requirement to provide

space for 4 x SMEs

• It creates a community space
• Work experience for learners
• Permits us to concentrate on
• ur core business

Shared Use

Selection process

• Advertising
• Open evenings
• Tender process
• Interviews
• 29 businesses expressed an

interest

Challenges / benefits

• The academic cycle
• Managing expectations
• WEFO target met
• We are really a part of the

community

• Income generation
• Students and staff love it!

Early successes

• 300 A level learners (year 1)
• Women in Science and Maths

increasing from 30 to 130

• 20 newly created jobs
• Significant interest in the

building

• Employer investment

Evaluation of the Project