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Coleg Cambria Yale
Coleg Cambria Yale (Welsh: Coleg Cambria Iâl) consists of two campuses of Coleg Cambria, a further education college, encompassing the grounds of the former Yale College (Coleg Iâl), in Wrexham, North Wales. The main campus Yale Grove Park Road, or simply the Yale campus, is located in Wrexham city centre, while the smaller second campus Yale Bersham Road, or simply the Bersham Road campus, is located to the south-west of Wrexham.
In 2013, the college merged with Deeside College to form Coleg Cambria, that has sites across North East Wales. The former Yale College grounds are now two of the five campuses of Coleg Cambria, alongside the Northop, Llysfasi, and Deeside sites. The name 'Yale' is retained at the campus.
The college traces its history to the Yale Grammar and Technical School located on Crispin Lane. It was established in 1950 as a state school, renamed Yale High School in 1964, but became a sixth form college in 1973. The school then began moving from Crispin Lane to its current Grove Park site in 1995, with the Grove Park site opening in 1998. Although Yale College was stated to be founded in 1993.
In 1999, Yale University sued Wrexham County Borough Council over the use of the name Yale College, used by Yale University's undergraduate college for 225 years. As a result of the settlement of the trademark infringement suit, the Yale College in Wales must always be legally referred to as Yale College in Wrexham or Yale College Wrexham. Both colleges trace their name to Elihu Yale, who is buried in Wrexham. The name Yale itself is an anglicisation of the Welsh name Iâl. The Wrexham side argued the name has deeper historical connection to Wales, predating Christopher Columbus by 500 years, as well as Elihu having family links to Wrexham and never visited the American college. However, the Connecticut college, adopted the name Yale in 1718 and had notable alumni since, while the Wrexham college was founded in 1993.
In 2002, amid a reorganisation of secondary schools in Wrexham, proposals were put in place for Yale College to buy the Groves School. The school was closed, with its students moving to two other local schools that were modernised as part of the plan. The cost for Yale to buy the school was said to be in need a "major capital investment" to execute. Yale later admitted it could not afford the purchase.
In 2008, the college won the overall award in Wales for quality. Specifically its provisions relating to work-based learning and training. Rhodri Morgan, First Minister for Wales, congratulated the college on its award.
In 2010, the college announced plans to share services with Glyndŵr University to improve local education provision.
By 2011, the college had more than 14,000 students, across its two campuses in Wrexham, Grove Park Road and Bersham Road. The college also utilised a moodle at the time.
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Coleg Cambria Yale
Coleg Cambria Yale (Welsh: Coleg Cambria Iâl) consists of two campuses of Coleg Cambria, a further education college, encompassing the grounds of the former Yale College (Coleg Iâl), in Wrexham, North Wales. The main campus Yale Grove Park Road, or simply the Yale campus, is located in Wrexham city centre, while the smaller second campus Yale Bersham Road, or simply the Bersham Road campus, is located to the south-west of Wrexham.
In 2013, the college merged with Deeside College to form Coleg Cambria, that has sites across North East Wales. The former Yale College grounds are now two of the five campuses of Coleg Cambria, alongside the Northop, Llysfasi, and Deeside sites. The name 'Yale' is retained at the campus.
The college traces its history to the Yale Grammar and Technical School located on Crispin Lane. It was established in 1950 as a state school, renamed Yale High School in 1964, but became a sixth form college in 1973. The school then began moving from Crispin Lane to its current Grove Park site in 1995, with the Grove Park site opening in 1998. Although Yale College was stated to be founded in 1993.
In 1999, Yale University sued Wrexham County Borough Council over the use of the name Yale College, used by Yale University's undergraduate college for 225 years. As a result of the settlement of the trademark infringement suit, the Yale College in Wales must always be legally referred to as Yale College in Wrexham or Yale College Wrexham. Both colleges trace their name to Elihu Yale, who is buried in Wrexham. The name Yale itself is an anglicisation of the Welsh name Iâl. The Wrexham side argued the name has deeper historical connection to Wales, predating Christopher Columbus by 500 years, as well as Elihu having family links to Wrexham and never visited the American college. However, the Connecticut college, adopted the name Yale in 1718 and had notable alumni since, while the Wrexham college was founded in 1993.
In 2002, amid a reorganisation of secondary schools in Wrexham, proposals were put in place for Yale College to buy the Groves School. The school was closed, with its students moving to two other local schools that were modernised as part of the plan. The cost for Yale to buy the school was said to be in need a "major capital investment" to execute. Yale later admitted it could not afford the purchase.
In 2008, the college won the overall award in Wales for quality. Specifically its provisions relating to work-based learning and training. Rhodri Morgan, First Minister for Wales, congratulated the college on its award.
In 2010, the college announced plans to share services with Glyndŵr University to improve local education provision.
By 2011, the college had more than 14,000 students, across its two campuses in Wrexham, Grove Park Road and Bersham Road. The college also utilised a moodle at the time.
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