Glen Wheeler didn’t grow up dreaming of owning his own restaurant. In fact he didn&#
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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 I didn’t really fit in...
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 environment through part time jobs...
Orlagh Colton studied Sports Massage Therapy at South West College, part-time for three years, an educational journey that has helped her open her own business. She shares her thoughts with Way out West. I started working as a personal trainer in 2009 and loved it, but...
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 artists, Andy Warhol, art is “whatever...
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 19-year-old has had a hugely...
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 play for Portadown under 20’s...
For a long time, Higher Education and University were thought of as one and the same, with any educational path other than university considered a back up option and not for students with a history of getting the best results possible. Certainly for Clodagh Devlin,...
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 hat, begging for change. But...
Renewable energy initiatives are in the news everyday, and few things have caused such a change in industry ideas and practices in recent years. Last year Britain went a full day without using coal to generate electricity for the first time since the 1880s, in...
Nicole Hurson owns Rachel and Nicole’s hair and beauty salon along with Rachel Evans, which has been open in Magharafelt for two years. It's a dream come true, but comes as the culmination of a lot of hard work, and ambitions she's had all her...
