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  • Free ‘Hospitality and Welding Academies’ now available at SWC

    South West College (SWC) is now enrolling for new fully-funded ‘Hospitality and Welding Academies’ in the Fermanagh and Omagh district to help reskill those looking for work.

    04 Apr 2022

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  • South West College host SUSE+ Celebration of Success Ceremony

    South West College’s (SWC) Step Up to Sustainable Employment+ (SUSE+) participants recently celebrated their success with College staff, funders and key stakeholders at the annual SUSE+ Celebration of Success Ceremony held at the Killyhevlin Hotel in Enniskillen recently.

    31 Mar 2022

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  • South West College launches new webinar and film series to support Electric Vehicle use

    The first in a series of interactive monthly webinars will take place on Wednesday 20th April at 8pm. South West College’s FASTER Project team has announced a new collaboration with Dr Euan McTurk, Plug Life Consulting Ltd and Ric Boullemier, Generate Media on an exciting series of films and interactive webinars to further increase awareness of the initiative.

    24 Mar 2022

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  • Higher Education students from South West College Celebrate Class of 2021

    On Wednesday 9 March, a congregation of more than 500 people came together between two venues at the Strule Arts Centre and the Colleges Omagh Campus, to celebrate the Higher Education successes of South West College (SWC) students. Joined together with family, friends and tutors, the ceremony celebrated the efforts and academic achievements of the ‘Class of 2021’.

    24 Mar 2022

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  • South West College set to host Get Engineering Careers Fair

    Following its success in previous years, the inaugural South West College Get Engineering Careers and Apprenticeship Fair is set to return and will take place in person at the Dungannon campus on Saturday 26th March, 9.30am - 1.30pm.

    16 Mar 2022

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  • Invest in you with a part time course. Roisin did it. You can too.

    Looking to advance her career, adult learner Roisin Meenagh chose to return to Higher Education at South West College (SWC) to study a Higher Level Apprenticeship (HLA) Foundation Degree in Engineering and progressed to studying a BEng (Hons) Degree in Engineering (Top Up) at South West College, part time.

    16 Mar 2022

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  • Hairdresser Lauryn Feeling the Benefit of Local Apprenticeship Opportunities through South West College

    Lauryn McDermott, from Newtownbutler who studies a Level 3 Hairdressing apprenticeship at the new South West College Erne Campus and is employed with Daniel Anthony’s Salon in Enniskillen, says her experience as an apprenticeship has allowed her to make strides in the hairdressing industry that she couldn’t previously have imagined.

    14 Mar 2022

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  • Alex thanks SWC for kickstarting her Education and Inspiring a Career in Teaching

    Alex Pritchard, from Enniskillen, who studied Business Studies at South West College (SWC), is now studying a PGCE in Business at Manchester Metropolitan University, and as she looks back at her time at SWC, she is grateful to her former tutors for helping her fall in love with Business Studies and with the idea of a career in teaching.

    14 Mar 2022

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  • Invest in you – Jennifer did it – you can too with part-time learning

    South West College Alumna and current employee Jennifer Brown returned to education, achieving a Foundation Degree in Applied and Medical Science, juggling family and work-life via flexible and affordable learning at South West College. She is now inspiring the next generation of Scientists as an accomplished Lecturer at South West College after completing her Degree via the Open University.

    10 Mar 2022

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  • The South West College Erne Campus Host Battle of the Scientists

    The Erne Campus was host to the first annual South West College (SWC) battle of the scientists, on Thursday 3rd March 2022. Science students from Enniskillen, Omagh and Dungannon campuses descended on the state-of-the-art labs at Erne to match wits and skills to be crowned the SWC Inter-Campus Science World Skills Day Champions for 2022.

    10 Mar 2022

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