Our Business and Professional Faculty and Faculty of Engineering and Construction Technologies have years of experience of providing courses, assessments and services to suit businesses.

Business and Professional business links

The Hair and Beauty department of the Business and Professional Faculty helps students gain essential work experience at prestigious organisations such as The Celtic Manor, Blush Hair Company and Vanilla Rooms, helping those businesses find fully-qualified staff in turn.

The Hair and Beauty department also offers Hair and Beauty masterclasses to the industry and enthusiasts.

The Business side of the faculty also runs a Business Academy, which was started in 2007 as a forum for pillars of the business community to pass on their knowledge, and experiences, to staff and students of Coleg Glan Hafren's Faculty of Business and Professional Studies - which educates almost 1200 full and part time students in disciplines including Marketing, Accounting, Law, Business, Management, Hairdressing, Beauty and Holistic Therapies. Previous speakers at Coleg Glan Hafren's Business Academy have been Henry Engelhardt the CEO of Admiral Insurance, John Bird, Big Issue founder and Christopher Ward, the Chief Executive of the Wales Management Council.

Our Executive Office has been set up as a training office for students on the Executive Office Skills course to put theory into practice, by performing administrative and office duties for staff and external clients.  The Executive Office has also established a unique partnership with Zurich Insurance. Under the partnership two Level 3 students will be placed at Zurich Insurance to work for three days a week on a specific range of activities that will help them gain an IF1 Insurance qualification. This qualification will be extra to their Executive Office Skills or Business BTEC qualification and also meets a training need of Zurich Insurance.

Any business wishing to form a partnership with the Faculty of Business and Professional Studies should contact the Faculty Manager Denise Olander on olander_d@glan-hafren.ac.uk

Engineering and Construction Technologies business links

The Faculty of Engineering and Construction Technologies works with the college's own Training Solutions Wales, other training providers and directly with local and international businesses to help employers upskill their workforce.

Some of our credentials.... 

Coleg Glan Hafren's Automotive Academy has won the IMI UK Centre of the Year Award in 2004 and been a finalist every year since. The Automotive Department has also previously won awards for Innovation in Curriculum Delivery and Centre of Exceptional Quality. The college also has excellent links with industry including Ford Motor Company.

The Faculty has the leading ATA Body and Paint approved centre in South Wales and offers numerous ATA assessments.

We also have the same high level credentials and achievements in the Management, Construction, Welding & Fabrication and Electronics provision within the Faculty.

Any business wishing to form a partnership with the Faculty of Engineering and Construction Technologies should contact the Faculty Manager Gary Evans on evans_g@glan-hafren.ac.uk