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Bridgend College hosts two large annual events each year. Our Annual Awards in March and our Higher Education Awards Ceremony in October. These events are a celebration of our students achievements and success.
Annual Awards
This prestigious, celebratory event is one of the highlights of the College year, with over 40 individual students recognised for their academic achievements and success. Students from each of our academic areas are awarded, with two students also receiving the honoured 'Award for Commitment to Study' or Student of the Year'.
Most recently, this red carpet event has been held in the Grand Pavilion in Porthcawl, where over 200 people (staff, students, family and friends) came together to enjoy entertainment from Perfoming Arts students, presentation of the awards to the students by the guest speaker Nigel Walker or award sponsor and good food and wine!
Past guest speakers have included Mr Lembit Öpik, MP, Mr Roger Lewis, WRU Group Chief Executive and Mr John Dixon, Celtic Crusaders.
The main sponsor of the evening in 2010 was RWE npower, for whom the College is the UK's national training centre for npower apprentices. Many of the individual awards are also sponsored by associates and friends of the College. These include the Welsh Livery Guild, South Wales Institute of Engineers Educational Trust, Corus, The Federation of Master Builders, Gilmor Hair & Beauty Supplies and local radio station Bridge FM.
Higher Education Awards Ceremony
Each year over 300 students graduate from a higher education course at Bridgend College, and are invited to join family, friends, dignitaries and staff at our Higher Education Awards Ceremony in October to celebrate graduating from their HNC, HND, Degree or professional programme.
The event is also attended by dignitaries from our three partner Universities (University of Glamorgan, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff and University of Wales, Newport) who individually congratulate and present the students with their scrolls.
In addition, each year the College awards a College Fellowship. In 2009 this was awarded to First Minister Carwyn Jones, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to local, regional and national politics, Bridgend College and the communities we serve.
This event is a highlight of the academic year, giving families and friends the opportunity to celebrate the successes of our graduates. Following the ceremony, family and friends join graduates and staff for a reception held in a marquee on the lawns of Tregroes House, Pencoed Campus.