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South Eastern Regional College

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South Eastern Regional College (SERC) is a further and higher education college in the south-east of Northern Ireland.

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SERC was created following the merger of three institutes of further and higher education in the south-east of Northern Ireland. These were East Down Institute, Lisburn Institute and North Down and Ards Institute. The merger took effect from August 2007.[1][2]

The college was inspected in 2009 by the Education and Training Inspectorate, with the finding that "the quality of education and training provided by the South Eastern Regional College is good".[3]

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Campuses

The college's main campuses are situated in:

In addition to these main campuses, smaller campuses are also located in Newcastle, Ballynahinch and Holywood with multiple out-centers throughout the province.[4]

Some SERC campuses have hair and beauty salons[5] and restaurants[6] that are open to the public.

Courses

The college offers full-time and part-time' courses and has over 13,000 students and over 800 members of staff. Courses are available in a range of subjects at a further education or higher education level.[7][8][9] There are also many part-time leisure courses which run in the evening, for example Holiday Spanish, Tai Chi, Painting For Pleasure or Baking Breads.[10]

SERC also runs Apprenticeships and Higher Level Apprenticeships.[11]

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References

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