South Eastern Regional College (SERC) paid tribute to local businesses at their annual graduation ceremony with the presentation of Business Excellence Awards.

SERC’s strong relationships with local employers supports professional development for their staff through upskilling courses; collaboration to offer Higher-Level Apprenticeships and meaningful work placements and working together to embed innovation as a core value of learning at SERC.

The SERC Business Excellence Awards were presented by guest speaker Dr Isla Fraser.

(Above) The SERC Business Excellence Award for Higher Level Apprenticeship Employer of the Year was presented to (Joint Winners) Thales. (L – R) Dr Isla Fraser with Geraldine Irwin, Thales.

Thales is a huge supporter of the Apprenticeship Programme at SERC. They have created a class of 15 HLAs studying the Mechatronics Foundation Degree course for the college element of their Apprenticeship.  This year Thales’ HLAs will join SERC for the Foundation Degree. In addition, Thales employ several SERC Level 3 Apprentices including this year’s Department for the Economy Apprentice of the Year, Andrew Smyth.

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