Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager

Gower College Swansea's Business & Technology Learning Area

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

fantastic celebration to start Apprenticeship week at Gower College Swansea 🎉🎉

A huge congratulations from the Business & Technology learning area to apprentices Ruby Shadrach (Legal Services) & Alex Hoskin (Accountancy) awarded apprentices of the year.🏆🏆

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

Congratulations to all our Award winners @GowerCollegeSwa Student Awards 2025. Our Students of the Year were Brendan for Business, Maksym for Technology, Ria for Access to HE & Will for Higher Education @GowerBusTech . #GCSAwards2025

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

An amazing accolade for an amazing team @GowerBusTech . A huge congratulations being a Silver Award winner and all the very best in the finals 🏆

[GCS Owls 🦉 @gcs_owls]

We’re incredibly proud to announce that we’ve won the Silver Award for #Education Team of the Year in the @PearsonEdexcel National #Teaching Awards!

We now move forward to the national final in London this November, where we’ll find out if we take home the Gold Award! 🏆

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

@gcs_owls @thegamehers @GowerCollegeSwa @GTOmegaRacing @iiyamaCo @CORSAIR @adamphillips193 @game_collection @EsportsWales @British_Esports Congratulations Leah from us all @GowerBusTech 🎉 amazing recognition from the ‘gamehers’ awards 👏

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

Good luck to all our @GowerCollegeSwa Business and Technology competitors at Skills Wales @ISEinWales at USW Newport campus 🤞

[Paul Kift @PaulKift]

It was a pleasure to welcome @PrifWeinidog to @GowerCollegeSwa’s @GCSSkettyHall campus. The First Minister took the time to meet a range of our fantastic apprentices from employers across Wales #AWWales2025

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

A fantastic start to Apprenticeship Week @GowerCollegeSwa at our Apprenticeship Awards evening. A massive congratulations to our apprentices of the year Emily Phillipart (Accountancy) & Rhea Watkins (Legal Services) #gcsAppAwards25. #AWWales

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

@gcs_owls @Bett_show @GowerCollegeSwa @British_Esports @GTOmegaRacing @game_collection @EsportsWales @iiyamaCo @moza_racing @adamphillips193 @PCSpecialist @Yoyotech Well done @gcs_owls amazing performance @Bett_show

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

Congratulations @gcs_owls 🏆

[GCS Owls 🦉 @gcs_owls]

Congratulations to the #Valorant team! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💪

@GowerCollegeSwa

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

Amazing achievements to date @gcs_owls . All the best in the playoffs 👏👏

[GCS Owls 🦉 @gcs_owls]

🚨𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦🚨

We've QUALIFIED for the @British_Esports #StudentChamps Playoffs! 🏆

All three of our National Division teams have gone UNDEFEATED this season! 💪

A HUGE shoutout to the players for this brilliant achievement!

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

Amazing results by @gcs_owls

[GCS Owls 🦉 @gcs_owls]

🚨𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦🚨

𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗦
What another great day! Another set of brilliant results for our teams today in the @British_Esports #StudentChamps!

Amazing games across #Overwatch2, #Valorant, and #RocketLeague

Brilliant! 👏

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

@gcs_owls @BBCCiN Good luck @gcs_owls in today’s challenge for Children in Need 👍

[GCS Owls 🦉 @gcs_owls]

Fantastic panel at the XP Gaming Bar in Swansea with @EsportsWales.

Discussing careers in Esports and beyond with @zygomedia, @SwanseaCreative, @dragonfiaruk, @UWTSD and @SwanseaUni

Fantastically hosted by our very own @Neil_Griff_GCS

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

All the best Neil and Kiran representing Esports for @GowerCollegeSwa at XP Gaming bar Swansea

[Esports Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @EsportsWales]

We can't wait to see you all at XP Gaming Bar in Swansea today! 🎮

#Swansea #Esports

[GCS Owls 🦉 @gcs_owls]

🚨𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗧!🚨

The first podcast of the year is now... AVAILABLE!

📺 https://t.co/OdfEIhZAhK

[Gower College Swansea @GowerCollegeSwa]

We offer a range of higher education courses including Foundation Degrees, HNCs, HNDs, degrees and professional qualifications – but what do these all mean? More information below ⬇️

https://t.co/z2mr1luXGk

#HEatGCS #YourFutureGuaranteed #Highereducation #Clearing

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

Come and join us @GowerBusTech where we offer higher education courses in Business Management, Applied Computing & Esports

[Gower College Swansea @GowerCollegeSwa]

We offer a range of higher education courses including Foundation Degrees, HNCs, HNDs, degrees and professional qualifications – but what do these all mean? More information below ⬇️

https://t.co/z2mr1luXGk

#HEatGCS #YourFutureGuaranteed #Highereducation #Clearing

[Gower College Development Studios @GCDevStudios]

🚀 We are excited to announce @pcspecialist as our INNOVATIVE TECHNICAL SPONSOR for the studio! 💻✨

PC Specialist will be collaborating with us on the development of our brand new game development lab, set to launch in September 2024.

#WelshCreative #IndieDev #Partnership

[Darren Fountain - Learning Area Manager @GowerBusTech]

Join us at @GowerCollegeSwa at our Sketty Hall Business School

[Gower College Swansea @GowerCollegeSwa]

🎓 ACCA Accountancy courses are starting soon!
🌍 Join the ranks of globally recognised professionals
📚 Browse courses and apply today
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[Gower College Swansea @GowerCollegeSwa]

🎓 ACCA Accountancy courses are starting soon!
🌍 Join the ranks of globally recognised professionals
📚 Browse courses and apply today
👉 https://t.co/xCtHF7JcTr