Higher Education @ SWC
2020 has been a strange time for students at all stages of their educational journey, but as we reach a time of the year that is traditionally a crossroads in the lives of those leaving secondary school, the differences between
The Youthscape Diaries: Part 1
My First Day Hello there, I’m James. It’s my first ever post on the all new Youthscape blog and on it I’ll be telling you all about my experiences on this great new youth programme (known as Youthscape) in South West
Belfast Design Week
Belfast Design Week is an annual design festival celebrating local and international design in venues across the city. In its fifth year, the festival had a range of over 80 events, covering design sectors including: User Experience, Graphic Design, Illustration,
Women in Engineering
Engineering is one of several industries which has recently seen a significant upturn in the number of female employees. It should be no surprise, because organisations such as the Women's Engineering Society have been around since 1919, fighting for their
My Journey With SWC
Darragh Brennan, former Media Studies and Digital Arts student at South West College and then University of Ulster, discusses how his experience at South West College put an end to the stigmas he’d heard. I came to South West College after
#WOW Meets James Robertson
There’s no one way to become a successful chef. Some people in the industry tell stories of growing up in the kitchen at their mother or father’s knee and never veering away from it; others are thrown into the restaurant
Follow Your Passions with SWC
What is art? The answer depends on who you ask. Art is a painting or a sculpture. Art is whatever you want it to be. Art is whatever the artists says it is. Or, according to one of the world’s most famous
#WOW Meets Ultan Kelm
Ultan Kelm is a construction student at South West College. His is also one of the rising stars of the Fermanagh GAA. Earlier this year the Irish News included him in their Team of the Week, and described how “the
#WOW Meets Nathan Copeland
Nathan Copeland is a goalkeeper for Portadown under 20’s and Northern Ireland under 16’s, as well as studying brickwork at South West College. Way out West caught up with him to hear about some of his experiences. Life in Football ‘I currently
Homelessness in Northern Ireland
For most of us the image of homelessness is bleak and depressing, but also fairly alien. We picture homelessness as the cliche of someone in a sleeping bag on a street corner, with cardboard signs and a cup or a