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Best Business Plan

Ballynahinch Student Scoops Best Business Plan Award


SERC Business Studies student Nathan Smyth was recognised at the Awards when he picked up Best Business Plan. Read more..
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Junior Chefs

Local Junior Chefs' Academy Celebrates Graduation


15 young chefs celebrated their graduation from the Junior Chefs Academy programme at the South Eastern Regional College, Downpatrick, on Saturday 5 December. Read more..
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Film Theatre

Bangor Campus students meet London film festival director


Media Production students from SERC recently had the pleasure of welcoming Louis Savy, founder of the London Sci-fi Film Festival to the College. Read more..
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Craft Fair Art Students

College Art Students Take Part in Local Craft Fair


A group of budding entrepreneurs from South Eastern Regional College recently took part in a craft fair held at Downpatrick Racecourse. Read more..
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Up up and away for Lisburn UPS Students


Students studying Uniformed Public Services in SERC recently attended a series of services events to give them an insight into different career paths and activities involved within the Uniformed Public Services area. Read more..
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Inaugural Pharmacy

Inaugural Pharmacy Services Presentation


SERC recently held a presentation to celebrate the achievement of the first cohort of students to complete the BTEC National Certificate in Pharmacy Services. Read more..
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Make Your Mark

College Student's Make Their Mark


The annual Make Your Mark Challenge has seen four teams of students from SERC competing in the UKs largest enterprise challenge for secondary schools and colleges Read more..
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Seeds of Growth

New business sows seeds of growth


With redundancy figures increasing more people are looking at reskilling to give themselves greater opportunities for employment or self employment. Read more..
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FSAG Meeting

College Hosts FSAG Meeting


The Future Skills Action Group for Hospitality and Tourism, recently held their quarterly meeting at the SERC, Downpatrick Campus. Read more..
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CPID Awards

College Students Recognised at CIPD Awards


The Northern Ireland Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) awarded students from SERC last week for their outstanding achievements in their Certificate in Personnel Practice course. Read more..
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Austrian Students

SERC Welcome Austrian Exchange


Staff and students from the SERC Downpatrick Campus recently welcomed a group of students and teachers from Amstetten in Austria. Read more..
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Educating in Enterprise

Educating in Enterprise


Students at South Eastern Regional College Bangor Campus recently welcomed Darren Nixon, Training Officer for Young Enterprise Northern Ireland Read more..
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Andrew Cooke

No Pain to Re-train


Redundancy, relocation, or redeployment, just some of the reasons why people chose to return to education.. Read more..
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College Apprentices

Joined up thinking by College Apprentices


Downpatrick Trainee Joiners, Mark Hawthorne and David Carson, who attend SERC, recently won a Young Enterprise competition held at the College. Read more..
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Pre-Start Seminar

Pre-Start Seminar for College Students


SERC Business Innovation and Development Unit recently held its first free Business Start-up seminar Read more..
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SERC Team

Markey Cup Defeat for SERC


SERC experienced a disappointing start to their season when they suffered an eleven point defeat at the hands of current All Ireland champion’s St Malachy's, Castlewellan Read more..
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Hairdressing Students

Hairdressing Students are Royalty for a week!


SERC Hairdressing students recently had the honour of working on set for the upcoming Universal Picture fantasy comedy, "Your Highness" Read more..
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Saftey Talks

Safety First for College Apprentices


Safety in the workplace is paramount to businesses that recognise that poor health and safety leads to illness and accidents and significant costs for your business Read more..
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Matthew Chapman

Matthew Chapman


Matthew an advocate of professional development within the construction industry Read more..
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Downpatrick Team

Lisburn Fall to Narrow Defeat


Wednesday 7th October marked the dawn of a new era, when SERC held its first intercampus challenge game Read more..
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Essential Skills

ICT Essential Skills course offered in Chinese at Lisburn Campus


Essential Skills staff at the Lisburn Campus invited members of the Chinese Community in Lisburn to come along to the College to learn the benefits of the Essential Skills ICT course. Read more..
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SERC Extra

SERC Extra


At SERC EXTRA we act as a point of contact for students who wish to discuss any issues they may have, whether it be in College or personal life. Read more..
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QCF Launch

Schools and Careers Advisers


SERC recently hosted an event for Careers Advisers, Careers Teachers and School Principals Read more..
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Sherida Burns

Dermot Curran Award


SERC Media Studies student Sherida Burns was recently awarded the 2009 Dermot Curran Young Achiever Award. Read more..
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Local Chef Visits SERC

Local chef prepares culinary delights


South Eastern Regional College (SERC) last week had the privilege of welcoming top local chef Stephen Jeffers to the Colleges’ Birches Restaurant Read more..
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STEM Sells

STEM Sells Event


Over 1000 school children attended a STEM Sells event at SERC to find out more about careers in science, technology, engineering and maths. Read more..
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RRNI

Rapid Response NI Programme


SERC leads Rapid Response NI Programme designed to help businesses in tough economic climate. Read more..
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Ards Careers Convention 2010


Ards Careers Convention attended by over 700 school children eager to find out more about their career and further education options. Read more..
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Local Chef Visits Bangor Campus


Stephen Jeffers, renowned chef returns to college for gala dinner using recipes from his own book. Read more..
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Corus Steel

Corus Steel Celebrate Training Success


Corus Steel staff improve IT skills. SERC delivers Microsoft 2007 training. Read more..
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BT Training

BT Apprentices Complete Intensive 3 Month Training Programme


BT Apprentices completed a Level 2, 2 year Communications Technologies programme in just 3 months! SERC planned and delivered the programme to upskill the BT engineers. Read more..