Success Stories

SERC Dance Students

SERC Level 3 Dance students achieved a combined total of six first places, five second places and two third places across ten categories in the Northern Ireland Creative Movement and Aerobic Championships 2026

SERC Culinary Arts Students

21 SERC students took podium places in IFEX 2026, including five Gold, five Silver, 11 Bronze and two students awarded Merits.

Matthew Rutherford

SERC Carpentry and Joinery apprentice Matthew Rutherford lifted third place in the in the carpentry and joinery competition as part of the SkillBuild 2025 National Finals.

Paul Mercer & Stephen McGreevy

SERC staff Paul Mercer and Stephen McGreevy were among 19 outstanding tutors and trainers, from across the UK, to receive the 2025 Membership Awards

Tiarnan Crosbie

Higher Level Apprentice in Mechatronic Engineering student Tiarnan Crosbie was named IT Apprentice of the Year at the UK IT Awards 2025

Grace Dugan

SERC Higher Level Apprentice in Culinary Arts Grace Dugan won the UK-wide Eat Wild Young Chef Competition.

SERC Malawi Project

A SERC project, designed to support the development of female leadership in Malawi, has been highly commended in the Going Global Partnership Awards.

Thomas Turley

Chef Lecturer Thomas Turley has won a prestigious Institute of Hospitality (IOH) Northern Ireland Award 2025

SERC Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Team and Be Your Own Boss Programme

SERC has been Highly Commended in two award categories in the National Enterprise Educator Awards (NEEA), which recognise excellence within enterprise and entrepreneurship education in UK higher and further education.