College launches STEM initiatives

A LOCAL college has launched a STEM Reward Initiative in response to government targets and community feedback. The Initiative will offer part time students the chance to earn back their tuition fees by successfully completing their course.
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Jun 2012, 15:31 BST

South Eastern Regional College (SERC) is offering the initiative for 18 part time courses to encourage more people to enrol on science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) courses, all of which have been determined as important for the future economy by the Government.

Ken Webb, Principal and Chief Executive explained: “As a college we are the delivery arm for the Programme for Government to ensure that more people take up STEM training. Equally though research has shown that money can be a barrier to learning so we’ve responded with this Initiative to support our local community. Already 32% of our part-time enrolments are in STEM areas and we want to grow this.”

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One success story for STEM is Nicolas Graham who was a graduate architect, but struggled to find work in the downturn. Nicolas retrained on a computing course at SERC in 2012 and is has now been successful in securing permanent employment as a software tester.

The initiative has been added to an existing range of financial incentives on offer for part time students including a 10% early bird discount in May and June, 75% discount for unemployed students and 50% off for those aged over 60.

Enrolment and application is now open for these courses which include HND Computing and Systems Development and HNC in Manufacturing Engineering. For full terms and conditions please visit www.serc.ac.uk

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