The stories of people who have come to live in Northern Ireland (NI) and who have used ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) provision to help them integrate into society and contribute to the economy here are being highlighted today (Tuesday, 26 March 2023), at a sold-out conference in Belfast. The ESOL NI Network, led by Belfast Metropolitan College …
Northern Ireland has already seen the production of great television series and films. This success is expected to grow in momentum with growth predictions set at over 300%. Keen to bring available opportunities to the fore is Chris Hobson, Curriculum Area Manager for Media at Southern Regional College. Joining Chris in raising awareness of available opportunities in media is Northern …
Students from Southern Regional College joined renowned hospitality, foodservice and retail experts at this year’s heavily anticipated IFEX trade event. Northern Ireland’s premiere showcase for the food, drink, hospitality and retail industry. The event saw competitions taking across senior and junior divisions to find the best in class in foodservices plus inspiration from all the latest trends within food and …
You may see seventeen-year-old Ben Roberts’ name on the big screen in the coming years. The Southern Regional College (SRC) student has been successfully accepted for a National Film and Television School Academy Residential with the British Film Industry (BFI) and is heading to England to complete an eleven-day sound specialism residential later this month. Ben is one of 66 …
A Belfast Met student is enjoying the opportunity of a lifetime getting hands on fashion experience in New York as part of a prestigious scholarship. Katie Murphy is a student on the BSc Hons Fashion Production & Business course, which has been training the next generation of fashion designers for the past six years. Katie, from Gorey in Co Wexford, …
The Open University has approved Northern Regional College as a new strategic validation partner launching 2024/2025, offering three new higher education (HE) programmes. From September 2024, subject to validation approval, students at Northern Regional College will be able to study for OU-validated Foundation Degree courses in Housing Practice and Cloud Computing with Cyber Security, and a Certificate of Higher Education …
Thirty students from Northern Ireland’s Further Education Colleges have been recognised as the first recipients of a Northern Ireland Traineeship at a ceremony in Stormont. The students, five from each FE College, were among the first cohort of students from Northern Ireland to complete a NI Traineeship. The new NI Traineeships enable school-leavers and adults to gain a qualification equivalent …
A lecturer, a creche team and the team responsible for entrepreneurship from South Eastern Regional College (SERC)have been selected from thousands of nominations to each win a Pearson National Teaching Silver Award. Aine McGreeghan, Engineering lecturer,was honoured with the Silver Award for Further Education Lecturer of the Year; the teamfrom Little SERC, the College’s creche at the Newcastle Campus,was honoured …
Southern Regional College is committed to serious change. The College’s Chief Executive Brian Doran has signed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Accord; an initiative allied to the college and university sector which seeks to advance the role education has in delivering solutions to the biggest problems faced by the world. By signing the Accord, the College has made a commitment …
In the latest update to the ‘Bridges Project’, international partners of the Erasmus+ funded programme met in Southern Regional College’s Banbridge campus to undergo training in advance of the project’s August completion date. The Bridges Project aims to foster an inclusive education and training environment amongst adult learners, by providing much needed digital resources. The project’s specific objectives include improving digital …
