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Rachel Cable
@rachcable.bsky.social
Woman of a certain rage. Ultra marathon finisher. Fierce about social justice.
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A busy Sunday reviewing the newspapers on BBC Wales, followed by running the Cardiff Half Marathon for @welshwomensaid.org.uk 💜 I’ve raised more than £1,000 - if you can support please donate at www.justgiving.com/page/rachel-... #RunningPunks
Delighted to be able to welcome @plaidcymru.bsky.social Leader @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social to Bridgend College today to the WorldSkills UK National Finals.

@colegau.cymru is urging policymakers to back our #SkillsPledge for a high-skill, fairer Wales www.colleges.wales/en/blog/post...
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reposted by Rachel Cable
Join us and take our #PoweringWales #SkillsPledge to ensure the #skills agenda remains at the forefront as we approach the Senedd elections in May.

www.colleges.wales/en/blog/post...
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Diolch @plaidcymru.bsky.social’s Luke Fletcher 🙏
We are calling on Senedd Members and candidates to sign up to our #PoweringWales #SkillsPledge to ensure the #skills agenda remains at the forefront as we approach the Welsh Government budget and the Senedd elections in May.

www.colleges.wales/en/blog/post...
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Reposted by Rachel Cable
Many thanks to @plaidcymru.bsky.social Education Spokesperson @cefincampbell.bsky.social for supporting our #PoweringWales campaign.

Join us and take the #SkillsPledge today!

#FriendofFE

www.colleges.wales/en/blog/post...
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Reposted by Rachel Cable
Join the Oasis Team! 💙

We are recruiting a Family Officer at Oasis.

💼 Salary: £26,208 pro rata
⏰ Hours: 24 hours
🗓️ Deadline: 12th December 2025

👉Role description and application form on our website: www.oasiscardiff.org/jobs

#RefugeesWelcome #charityjobs
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Colleges have had another strong year of recruitment with full time learner #s at more than 43,000, significantly more than budgeted for. Currently colleges are delivering *£15m-£20m of unfunded delivery*. @colegau.cymru is calling for:
👉 Emergency, in-year funding
👉 A revision to the Draft Budget
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Today is White Ribbon Day - raising awareness about preventing violence towards women & girls. Colleges across are working together and with international partners to combat misogyny among learners and staff. Many thanks to @taithwales.bsky.social for making this work possible 💜
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Reposted by Rachel Cable
We’re proud to support the #UseWelsh campaign! Using the Welsh language is part of our everyday lives - at work, at college, with our friends. Let's use the language we have.

#Welsh #FurtherEducation
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reposted by Rachel Cable
Female stars may leave sport unless tech giants clamp down on online abuse, Ofcom warns
Female stars may leave sport unless tech giants clamp down on online abuse, Ofcom warns
The boss of the communications regulator fears sport will lose out on female stars because of online abuse - and is urging social media companies to adopt recommendations to clean up their platforms.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Llongyfarchiadau Yuliia! Huge congratulations, and pob lwc competing at the WorldSkills National Finals this week! nation.cymru/news/teen-re... @llandrillomenai.bsky.social @colegau.cymru
Teen refugee from Ukraine crowned rising star of north Wales tourism industry
A teenager who fled the war in Ukraine has been crowned as the rising star of the tourism industry in north Wales. Yuliia Batrak, 19, a student at Coleg Llandrillo, won Young Person in Tourism and Hos...
nation.cymru
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reposted by Rachel Cable
On the eve of the WorldSkillsUK finals, ColegauCymru | CollegesWales's David Hagendyk argues that with new investment and sustained reform, Wales can build a global reputation for skills & talent that can help us navigate current global economic changes.

👉 https://ow.ly/ggqm50XvHwo

#thewelshagenda
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Reposted by Rachel Cable
Welsh born textile artist and knitwear designer Kate Jenkins creates fun crochet/knit creations #WomensArt
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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A wonderful international networking event at Coleg Gwent yesterday with partners from 6 countries engaging with Welsh organisations. It’s great to see how much the FE sector has developed its international work, and we in Taith are delighted to be contributing to this process.
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Reposted by Rachel Cable
Former Welsh Reform UK leader jailed for more than 10 years for accepting pro-Russian bribes
Former Welsh Reform UK leader jailed for more than 10 years for accepting pro-Russian bribes
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been sentenced to 10 and a half years after he admitted accepting tens of thousands of pounds in cash to make pro-Russian statements to the media and European Parliament.
news.sky.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Next week Wales is hosting the WorldSkills UK National Finals for the first time - the 'Skills Olympics!'. Across the UK, 417 finalists will compete, with Wales represented by 102 young people, participating in 33 competitions. Pob lwc to everyone competing!
businessnewswales.com/colegaucymru...
ColegauCymru Calls for National Skills Pledge as Wales Hosts WorldSkills UK
ColegauCymru says that Wales playing host to the WorldSkills UK National Finals for the first time is a major opportunity to showcase the exceptional
businessnewswales.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Diolch @medr.bsky.social. Good to see the financial pressures facing the further education and apprenticeships sector highlighted in the Senedd . It is critical that colleges have greater long term financial stability to meet the needs of their communities.
www.colleges.wales/en/page/grow...
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Reposted by Rachel Cable
Rydym yn edrych ymlaen i Gynhadledd Arferion Da Comisiynydd y Gymraeg heddiw yn Coleg Cambria. Cyfle gwych i gwrdd â chydweithwyr o bob cwr o Gymru, rhannu profiadau, a dysgu mwy am arferion sy’n gallu cryfhau ein defnydd o’r Gymraeg yn y gweithle a thu hwnt.

#Addysgbellach #Cymraeg
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
10k 🏃‍♀️ chasing the sunrise with @susietsegay.bsky.social - zero degrees 🥶 #RunningPunks
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Reposted by Rachel Cable
We were delighted to welcome @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social to Wales to learn more about the Taith programme and the impact it’s having across Wales

Read more about Bloomberg’s visit and the stories they discovered here: www.taith.wales/news/bloombe...
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Grateful to @senedd.wales for the Routes into Post-16 Education & Training inquiry. The Committee warns that funding pressures in schools with sixth forms may bias careers advice, with some pupils steered towards A levels to protect budgets 👇
Diolch @buffywills.bsky.social @cefincampbell.bsky.social
We welcome the Children, Young People and Education Committee report on Routes into post-16 education, its recommendations for more vocational pathways for 14–16s, the importance of independent advice & guidance, as well as a recognition of our call for a national VET strategy
👉 bit.ly/4oEYLpc
ColegauCymru welcomes Senedd report into Routes into post-16 education and training - ColegauCymru
ColegauCymru welcomes Senedd report into Routes into post-16 education and training
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Reposted by Rachel Cable
Reform's Laura Anne Jones faces 14-day Senedd ban for racial slur
Reform's Laura Anne Jones faces 14-day Senedd ban for racial slur
Laura Anne Jones used a racial slur to describe Chinese people, in August 2023, in a WhatsApp chat.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Starting your Christmas shopping? Let’s all have a #crapfreechristmas 🎄
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Reposted by Rachel Cable
Our Cardiff Half Marathon 2026 charity places are now OPEN!

Apply for one of our places now and join our Welsh Women’s Aid team 👇
welshwomensaid.org.uk/support-us/f...
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We’ve been slacking on our running posts lately, so to make up for it, here’s @susietsegay.bsky.social upside down again… #RunningPunks #refugeeswelcome Saturday 10 miles 🏃‍♀️
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Thank you @alundavies.bsky.social for highlighting the new HiVE facility in Ebbw Vale, officially opened this week by @jostevenslabour.bsky.social and Minister @jacksargeantms.bsky.social. With £15m invested via Tech Valleys, HiVE showcases cutting-edge skills & innovation
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM