Six Colleges News

SRC Awards Students from Local High Schools

Over 500 Students from local high schools celebrated their success recently at awards ceremonies for students participating on the School Partnerships Programme (SPP) at Southern Regional College. The ceremonies took place in Newry (for Newry and Banbridge ALCs), Craigavon (Craigavon ALC) and Armagh (Armagh ALC). Southern Regional College welcomed Year 12 students from schools across the loca

Posted on: 16 May 2012

Newry Man Receives Award at Hillsborough Castle

Southern Regional College students had another successful day at the Essential Skills Awards at Hillsborough Castle recently, with two students receiving a highly commended award. This included local Newry man Matthew Cunningham.

Posted on: 16 May 2012

InterACT gives security website a revamp

Newry based company, Clarke Security Services, have had a website revamp thanks to Southern Regional College Interactive Multimedia Student, Yasmin Mark. Through the Business Support Centre at SRC, Yasmin worked with the security hardware and software company to produce an impressive site.

Posted on: 14 May 2012

Tourism students visit new landmark attraction

Students from the Foundation Degree in Travel and Tourism (Year 1 & 2) recently visited the iconic Titanic building in Belfast to learn about what Northern Ireland is doing as part of the 'Our Time, Our Place' tourism initiative.

Posted on: 14 May 2012

SRC Lecturers meet world-renowned graphic design expert

In what was a major coup/feat for the organisers of the annual Ulster Festival of Art & Design, SRC lecturers/graphic designers, Dr Paul Hamilton, and John McEvoy, had the great privilege of meeting one of the leading figures in UK design, and world-renowned graphic design guru, Sir John Sorrell, CBE, at the invitation-only and inspirational keynote lecture, 'Design For Life', which he recen

Posted on: 14 May 2012

SRC Celebrates ‘Employ Me’ Programme

Southern Regional College celebrated the successes of the first cohort of 84 students who completed the Employ Me programme. Students from Armagh, Kilkeel, Lurgan, Newry and Portadown campuses attended the awards ceremony on Wednesday 25th April 2012 which was held in the Seagoe Hotel, Portadown.

Posted on: 14 May 2012

Adult Learners' Week

Below is a list of all the events taking place in Southern Regional College as part of Adult Learners' Week (12th-18th May). Monday 14th May: Digital Camera Session Newry Library, 2.45-5pm: learn how to get the most out of your digital camera, (Remember to bring your own camera!) Contact Lesley Hamilton on 028 3025 9717. Tuesday 15th May: Southern Trust Presentation of Certificates

Posted on: 14 May 2012

A Spotless Entry!

The Portadown Campus Domestic Assistants team have won a prestigious prize and were awarded at a glittering ceremony at Ascot recently. The team, which works under the Sodexo name, were nominated for Cleaing Team of the Year and managed to secure the runner-up prize. This was a UK and Ireland award so the team were delighted to secure this place.

Posted on: 09 May 2012

A ‘Flavour’ of the print industry at SRC

Students on the Schools Partnership Programme from New-Bridge Integrated College and Banbridge High School have been developing magazines as part of their BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary in Creative Media Production. Students use the industry software to create a publication on the topic of their choosing. These publications are then uploaded for viewing on to tablet devices such as the iPad, as well

Posted on: 09 May 2012

Students Compete in Live Website Project

Students on the BTEC Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production (Interactive Media) and Foundation Degree in Interactive Multimedia have been busy working on real life interactive project briefs in a bid to have their designs brought to life on screen. The students have been competing against one another to have their website designs chosen by local companies who have a need for website desig

Posted on: 09 May 2012