News

  • Students Receive IRTE Awards

    Three exceptional students from SWC Omagh were awarded prizes at the recent Institute of Road Transport Engineers (IRTE) awards ceremony at the Transport Training Services NI, Nutts Corner.

    01 May 2019

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  • Students Graduate 'Career Ready'

    Congratulations to all our STEM Academy students who recently graduated from the Career Ready programme, with a special mention to Joel Dallas and Katie Cullen who picked up special awards at the recent graduation ceremony at Queen’s University Belfast. 

    29 Apr 2019

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  • Inter-Colleges Media Competition

    Malachy O’Hanlon, a second year BTEC Creative Media student at Dungannon Campus, picked up 2nd place in the Photography section at the recent Inter Colleges Media Competition, hosted by North West Regional College (NWRC).

    02 Apr 2019

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  • Construction Apprentices Compete to be the Best in Their Trade at Skillbuild NI

    Over 80 local construction apprentices gathered their tools to compete against each other in the annual Skillbuild NI National Finals, held at Belfast Metropolitan College, Castlereagh on Friday 22 March 2019.

    28 Mar 2019

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  • Companies provide £57,000 worth of bursaries for SWC students

    Thirty-two South West College construction students were the recipients of a total of £57,000 in bursaries, as they were presented with scholarships from a variety of industry leading construction companies.

    28 Mar 2019

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  • New Courses in Built Heritage Skills Training

    We are pleased to announce that commencing in Spring 2019 experienced practitioners in the traditional building skills sector can undertake the NVQ Level 3 Heritage Skills (Construction) qualification at the college. This initiative is designed to build capacity in the sector prior to the proposed redevelopment project at the Enniskillen Workhouse.

    07 Mar 2019

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  • Galloping to Abu Dhabi

    Equestrian athlete and South West College STEP student, Lee Mitchell from Omagh will represent Team Ireland at the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi from 14th-21st March.

    05 Mar 2019

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  • Celebrating the Chinese New Year

    To celebrate the Chinese New Year 2019 – Year of the Pig - 240 pupils representing six schools across Co Tyrone participated in the Chinese New Year celebrations at our Dungannon campus.

    21 Feb 2019

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  • South West College sign MOU with Chinese Automobile & Engineering College

    South West College signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Wuxi Vocational and Technical Higher Diploma School of Automotive Engineering as part of its growing international education strategy on Wednesday 16th January, at its Omagh Campus.

    18 Jan 2019

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  • SWC Hosts Conference on Sustainable Business in Northern Ireland

    Representatives from industry and academia addressed a range of issues affecting businesses of all sizes and complexities across Northern Ireland when considering a move to a Circular Economy or sustainable business practices at the recent Circular Economy conference at South West College (SWC).

    07 Dec 2018

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