South West College
Profile
Where it is at!
South West College spans the counties of Tyrone and Fermanagh, has four campuses in Cookstown, Dungannon, Enniskillen and Omagh offering a wide-ranging curriculum that engages everyone from learners in local schools and the community, all the way through to work-related higher education. The College has approximately 550 staff and 25,000 enrolments. The area served by SWC includes some of Northern Ireland’s most dramatic landscapes with the Sperrin Mountains to the north, Lough Neagh to the East, the huge expanses of lower and upper Lough Erne to the west, and the rolling countryside of the Clogher Valley to the south.
Standing out from the crowd
The College itself is a Beacon Award winner and a recognised centre of expertise in renewable technologies, offers a unique foundation degree in rural sustainable development, and provides active care and early year’s provision up to graduate level. The College sets high standards in teaching and learning encouraging all students to take an active part in the student community and all the social, cultural and leisure activities available, and can offer you a wealth of modern, high-tech equipment and state-of-the-art facilities. Recent new buildings include excellent learning resource centres and commercial facilities where students can experience real-life working environments to support vocational courses.
Because it’s a big world out there!
South West College is work-and-career orientated, and aims to make a real and positive contribution to the lives of its students, the community, industry and the wider economy. The College is also developing its transnational focus, pursuing a variety of international projects and programmes with established partners in Europe and North America – sharing wind turbine expertise, for example with Iowa community college network and will continue to offer outstanding opportunities and support to international students.
Website: www.swc.ac.uk
Featured courses
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National Diploma in Computer Games
Degree Title:
National Diploma in Computer Games
Degree description:
X-Box, Play Station 3, Game Cube, Nintendo DS, Mobile phones, Internet based games, where do all the games come from? Computer Gaming is one of the fastest-growing and most exciting sectors in the digital industry. Games consoles are truly mass market, and have triggered a huge growth in the games development industry. The UK alone has a £1.5 bn market for games and consoles.
This course is ideal for any student looking to convert an interest in computer games into a career in the games development industry. The course will provide students with the academic, theoretical and practical training in the production of computer games and will prepare them for a career in this industry.
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BTEC National Diploma for IT Practitioners (Software Development)
Degree Title:
BTEC National Diploma for IT Practitioners (Software Development)
Degree description:
The BTEC National Diploma for IT Practitioners in Software Development is a qualification designed to provide learners with a range of specialist work-related skills as well as providing them with a pathway into higher education. The course is a full time two year program, comprising of core and specialist modules. Learners are given the opportunity to develop their skills and understanding through practical and theoretical activities.
During the lifetime of the course you are continuously assessed and graded through a range of set assignments. On successful completion of the BTEC National Diploma in Software Development, you will have achieved a Level 3 qualification equating to three GCSE A Levels.
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BTEC First Diploma – IT Practitioners
Degree Title:
BTEC First Diploma – IT Practitioners
Degree description:
This is a six unit qualification which is designed to provide you with the initial knowledge, understanding and practical skills required by the IT industry. If you are interested in working with computers, whether it is programming, installation or designing websites, then this course will give you the building blocks.
On successful completion of this course you can progress to BTEC National Diploma in Software Development and then to Degree Level study – or you can gain employment within the wider computer industry.
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Foundation Degree in Computing
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Foundation Degree in Computing
Degree description:
This two year Foundation Degree course develops practical computing skills using professional industry standard computer packages and programming languages. The majority of graduates gain employment with IT development and support teams or progress to the BSc Hons Degree in Computing. The course has been designed in consultation with various employers. Practical skills gained include Information System Design for the Multi-User Environment, Programming, PC Hardware, Networks, Servers and Web Based Information Systems. In year 2, students will spend 4 months on supervised work placement.
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Foundation Degree in e-commerce and Web Technology
Degree Title:
Foundation Degree in e-commerce and Web Technology
Degree description:
Perhaps the defining technology of our age is the Internet, which in less than a generation has evolved into a global communications system. The World Wide Web, which uses the Internet as a delivery medium, has similarly changed from a text-oriented collection of pages of academic material into a communications medium of astonishing power.
The Foundation Degree in Web Technology and e-Commerce is designed to equip graduates with the abilities necessary to maintain the infrastructure of the Internet, and also to have the skills and vision to create and develop compelling web pages for commercial, educational and other clients.
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Level 3 BTEC National Diploma for IT Practitioners (Software Development)
Degree Title:
Level 3 BTEC National Diploma for IT Practitioners (Software Development)
Degree description:
This course will develop knowledge and skills through the completion of practical, work-related projects and assignments that will be based on realistic workplace situations within the computing industry.
Successful students have the opportunity to progress to Higher Education or to gain employment within the wider computer industry. Career pathways include Internet/Web Profession; IT Product Developer; Multimedia Designer;
Software Developer/Programmer; Technical Support Person.
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