Southern Regional College recently hosted the local heats of Springboard’s Futurechef Competition at its Newry and Armagh Campuses where local school students were invited to ‘cook up a storm’ in the classroom.

Futurechef is a nationwide cooking competition which is open to 12-16 year old students throughout Great Britain and inspires them to cook through classroom activities, industry skills demonstrations and challenges and competitions.

L-R: Brendan McVeigh, Judge, Sean McNally, Southern Regional College, Leah Shields, Markethill HS winner - Armagh heat, Alice Quinn, Springboard, Michelle McCarthy, Southern Regional College, Christine Morrow, Southern Regional College

Paul Kelly, from Newry, recently completed and achieved the Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping (STCW) 95 licence in conjunction with Southern Regional College. He took part in the Work at Sea project which was funded by the Department of Communities as part of its neighbourhood renewal strategy and was delivered at the National Maritime College in Ireland.

Brian Doran, SRC Chief Executive and David Vint SRC Assistant Director of Community, Schools' Partnership and External Funding congratulating Paul Kelly on his success on the Work at Sea Project, funded by the Department of Communities.

Southern Regional College is celebrating this week after retaining its top three leader board ranking at this year’s WorldSkills UK Live event held in Birmingham. With more than 500 apprentices and students competing in over 70 disciplines, SRC’s seven-medal haul from the event also saw it retain its number one place in Northern Ireland on the strength of its stellar performance.

Putting SRC out in front was Portadown’s Shelby Jones and Dylan Calvert from Tandragee who faced down the competition in Beauty Therapy and Floor & Wall Tiling respectively to take home gold medals.

Facing tough competition, SRC’s team of students from across the Newry & Mourne, Armagh and Craigavon areas secured two gold medals, three silver and two bronze medals across a wide variety of disciplines, including beauty therapy (all three pupils studied Beauty Therapy in Armagh Campus), professional cookery and tiling (all three winning pupils study in Newry Greenbank Campus). 

Shelby Jones receiving her Gold medal in Beauty Therapy

Southern Regional College (SRC) has the largest number of students from N.Ireland competing at the National Finals of the WorldSkills UK LIVE Competitions at the NEC in Birmingham.

Having fought off tough competition to secure a place in the prestigious national finals, 20 skilled young students and apprentices from SRC will compete in front of over 70,000 visitors at WorldSkills UK LIVE.

Back row: Brian Doran, Chief Executive, Steven Megaw, Josie Chapman, Jacob Reid, Aaron Gillespie, Odhran Connolly, David Vint, Assistant Director

Front row: Adam Purvis, Harry Gillanders, Dylan Gillanders, Dylan Calvert, Codie-Jo Carr

Twenty Health and Social Care and Childcare students from Southern Regional College (SRC) recently travelled to Braga in Portugal on a two week mobility work placement, an opportunity provided by the Erasmus+ programme.

SRC students during recent work placement trip to Braga, Portugal