Felicidades to Emma Hinde on gaining a place to study languages at one of the world’s elite universities
Emma achieved incredible A Level results – A*s in Spanish, English Literature, Psychology and Welsh Baccalaureate – and will attend Oxford University from September.
The 18 year-old, from Wrexham, is to take Spanish and German and looks forward to getting started.
Her natural flair for languages became apparent as a pupil at St Joseph’s High School, which in tandem with a love for travel led her in this direction.
“My family and I visited Oxford for an open day last year and were blown away by how incredible it was; I never really believed I would ever receive an offer,” said Emma.
Parents Lesley and Mike, and sister Jenny, were all “thrilled” for Emma, as are staff at Coleg Cambria Yale.
As part of the Seren Network – a Welsh Government initiative designed to support Wales’ brightest sixth form learners to meet their academic potential and gain places at the UK’s top universities – she had access to extra support and guidance when applying, which proved invaluable.
Emma added:
“With the help of the college and my lecturers and language tutors I have managed to progress and get to this point, which is brilliant – I’m delighted.”
Simon Woodward, Assistant Principal and Head of Yale Sixth Form, congratulated Emma on the achievement.
“We are all thrilled for Emma, she is hard-working student who deserves every success as she moves on to university,” he said.
“We hope this will inspire other learners to explore languages as an option as they do open so many doors, and that students will target the very best universities and reach their potential.
“For a young student from Wrexham to be studying at Oxford shows it is possible for others out there to follow in her footsteps.
“We will do all we can to continue raising aspirations and help them to realise their dreams.”
Visit www.cambria.ac.uk for more on the wide range of A Levels and qualifications available at Coleg Cambria.
Twin ambition will see sisters Aoife and Haf Edwards leave Coleg Cambria with stellar A Level results.
Aoife achieved As in Business, History and Welsh Baccalaureate and a B in English Literature.
Haf secured an A* in Law and As in English Literature, Business and Welsh Baccalaureate.
Both students at Yale in Wrexham, the 18 year-olds – who live in the town and attended St Joseph’s High School – now plan to study at the University of Leeds.
“Aoife is going to take Business Management and I’ll be doing Law, but we didn’t make a conscious decision to both attend the same university,” said Haf.
“It’s probably the twin thing! We came up with it independently and have now been to visit the city so that’s our number one choice.”
Aoife added: “The last 18 months has been challenging but the college has been very supportive, and we are looking forward to starting the next chapter in our lives.
“Learning online was tough and we live in a rural part of the county, so we were unable to see our classmates for a long time, but we managed to get the grades we needed and are absolutely delighted, as are our family.”
Aoife and Haf were in the news earlier this year as part of Cambria’s successful quintet in the Skills Competition Wales Enterprise Challenge.
The group won the Learner Choice Award and picked up the overall silver medal after competing against eight colleges across the country.
Held online due to the pandemic, participants were asked to develop an idea that would help communities reconnect post-lockdown.
They had previously beaten 26 teams from Cambria to represent the north east Wales institution on the national stage after initially sharing their ideas with the college’s leadership team, including Chief Executive Yana Williams and Principal Sue Price.
“During lockdown this contest was a breath of fresh air as it enabled us to see our friends and keep ourselves active while taking part in a really exciting challenge for the college,” said Aoife.
Haf added:
“We are both interested in business and really enjoyed the A Level at Coleg Cambria so it was great to be able to put what we learnt into practice – to get the silver as well was a big shock, we were all thrilled.”
For more information on the wide range of courses and qualifications at Coleg Cambria, visit the website: www.cambria.ac.uk
