Katelynn Rushe from Cookstown in County Tyrone studies the OCR Entry Level Diploma in Life and Living Skills at South West College’s Cookstown campus. She has been a student at the college since 2020 and is enjoying the programme which focuses on personal growth and engagement with a learning environment for students with special educational needs. Katelynn learns things like how to properly...

20 Mar 2023

South West College is excited to announce that the Get Engineering Careers and Apprenticeship Fair will be back at our Dungannon campus on Saturday, 25th March, 9.30 am - 1.30 pm and will showcase the great opportunities available to young people in the field of engineering.

10 Mar 2023

South West College (SWC) is proud to announce that Antoinette Marshall, from Moneymore studying Level 4 Engineering, has been shortlisted for a WorldSkills UK Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Heroes Award as well as a British Diversity Award for ‘Diversity in Technology (Disability)’, for creatively using technology to widen participation for people with disabilities.

10 Mar 2023

The achievements for Rónán Kerr in the culinary arts and hospitality industry continue to pour in for the young Draperstown student. He has recently been announced on the team for Squad UK in WorldSkills International, known colloquially as the ‘skills Olympics’.

10 Mar 2023

On Friday 3 March Higher Education students from South West College will join with family and friends to celebrate their efforts and academic achievements at the annual graduation ceremony at The Strule Arts Centre, Omagh.

09 Mar 2023

After pulling the pin on university because it wasn’t right for him, an Enniskillen student says the more practical, hands-on approach of an apprenticeship was where he found his calling in life. Adam McShea is currently working his way through a Level 2 Apprenticeship in Engineering at South West College. Adam shared that he had previously been enrolled at university but upon reflection after

08 Mar 2023

Staff from South West College recently joined collaborative partners, Ulster University (UU) for a face-to-face meeting at the brand new UU Belfast campus as work continues on the RE:Solve project. The meeting was convened to discuss project progress and to develop and agree a programme of activity for the remainder of the project.

23 Feb 2023

The next generation of chefs at four Northern Ireland catering colleges cooked up their own game meat-based meals, after spending a day learning about wild game butchery, preparation, and cookery.

21 Feb 2023

South West College has been awarded £23,000 as part of Live Here Love Here’s Marine Litter Capital Grants Scheme, where organisations, community groups and businesses across Northern Ireland can benefit from funding to help protect local waterways and marine areas.

21 Feb 2023

South West Colleges (SWC) new 2023/24 Further and Higher Education prospectus is now available for collection or download for all our full time, apprenticeship & undergraduate courses, starting September 2023/24.

20 Feb 2023