Get yourself sorted for September and enjoy the summer – that’s the message from South Eastern Regional College (SERC) ahead of their Opening Evening on Thursday 6 June from 5pm to 8pm, in the College’s Bangor, Downpatrick, Lisburn and Newtownards Campuses. Prospective students will be able to talk to tutors who can give advice on the range of full-time and …
Join us for Northern Ireland’s Biggest Business Breakfast
Elevate your businessWould you like to find out how you can elevate your business to new heights with funding and support that’s right on your doorstep? Connect with your communityRegister below for Northern Ireland’s biggest business breakfast on Thursday, 30th May, and seize the opportunity to unlock the support your business deserves courtesy of your local FE college. Unlock free …
UK’s best performing college SRC honours its WorldSkills medal winners with an evening of Celebrations
Southern Regional College (SRC) has hosted a special evening celebrating its outstanding performance as the UK’s best in WorldSkills UK for a second year running. All of the college’s winners and finalists were honoured at a ceremony on Tuesday night at the Graduate Restaurant at the Newry East Campus. WorldSkills UK is a partnership between education providers, industry and the …
Empowering ESOL Learners: Belfast Met conference highlights power of language in transforming people’s lives
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 …
SRC students get set ready with media industry workshops
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 …
Team SRC serve up the medals
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 …
Southern Regional College media student lands BFI Academy spot
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 …
Belfast Met student participates in NY fashion internship as part of prestigious scholarship
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, …
Northern regional college to offer new open university courses
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 …
First recipients of Northern Ireland Traineeships recognised at Stormont event
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 …