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South Eastern Regional College
The main home site of the College offers information on upcoming courses, in-house enterprise provision and student learner support.
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SERC Enterprise Team
The College provides specialist enterprise support to all staff and students, through an Enterprise Co-Ordinator and 9 Enterprise Champions, who provide signposting services and organise a wide range of enterprise events, challenges, and competitions.
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Business & Enterprise
There are many changes in how business is being conducted around the world. More countries, more cultures and more people are involved in interactive economic trade. Labour, goods, and services are exchanged more broadly. This globalization has made fundamental changes in business outlook and practice, meaning that new knowledge can be as valuable as experience in the workplace. The workplace itself is changing, with people increasingly working from home, often on a freelance, self-employed basis.
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ICT
Technology is more than our ipods, mobile phones or laptops. It’s everywhere. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is trying to reverse climate change, animating our latest movies, working on cures for debilitating diseases, and helping business large and small run smoothly. The term ICT recognises that technology is now as much about communication as it is about information. ICT experts may work in creative industries, support businesses, engineer solutions or make sure products get to market.
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Construction
2.2 million people work in Britain’s construction industry, making it the country’s biggest industry. Self-employment is very common. Your construction career can take you anywhere in the world, from the Middle East, to Millisle, to Milan. With just a few years’ experience, you could be in demand by companies large and small all over the world - and you might be your own boss.
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Electronics
As the heirs to Faraday's and Flemings work, today's electrical, electronics, and computer engineers continue to revolutionize the way we live. We depend on the hundreds of thousands of such individuals who design, produce, operate and maintain a vast array of equipment and services. Companies range from global to local with many smaller companies providing support for the corporate giants.
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Software Engineering
The software sector in N Ireland has experienced a period of rapid growth in recent years. Over 100 international software companies have invested including Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Accenture, HP, Openwave, Fujitsu, Liberty IT, Allstate and Citigroup. Many of these companies sub-contract work to smaller independent contractors.
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Hospitality & Tourism
The tourism and hospitality industry in NI is dynamic and changing, particularly in the hospitality sector. It is dominated by small, owner-managed enterprises. Direct value added from tourism is rapidly approaching the size of the entire agriculture sector and the opportunity for further tourism growth is enormous when comparisons are drawn with the Republic of Ireland and Scotland.
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Manufacturing Engineering
Manufacturing engineers have the task of making manufacturing processes better, faster, and cheaper. Their success or failure directly impacts the advancement of technology and the spread of innovation. They are constantly reviewing the use of resources, studying productivity, and seeking ways to improve production while lowering cost.
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Health and Beauty
Few industries can boast demand for staff outstripping supply, or offer such a diverse and flexible range of career opportunities – both in employment and for those wishing to be self-employed. You might run your own salon or cruise the world working on a liner, indulge your clients at a luxury spa, or help improve their health with homeopathic treatments, be a make-up expert for catwalk models or create special effects in film, television or the movie industry. Few skills are as transferable and few industries offer as many opportunities for self-employment with low initial investment.