Covid “jabbathon” comes to SERC campuses

SERC will host mobile vaccination centres at the end of this month, which will be open to any student aged 16 and over who have yet to receive the Covid-19 vaccine.  

The College is facilitating this initiative by the Public Health Agency and local Health Trusts, enabling those students who have yet to receive the vaccine to do so as they attend their course

The vaccine pop-ups, which begin today, are also open for anyone aged 16 and above who are not enrolled at their local Further Education College but would like to avail of the jab. 

The Department of Health’s ‘Jabbathon’ initiative, will see 60 pop-up clinics open across 30 Further Education and university campus sites across Northern Ireland, and is the latest step in the vaccine push for those aged between 16-29. 

Vaccinations will be available at SERC Bangor campus on the 27 September, SERC Ards on 28 September, SERC Lisburn on 29 September and SERC Downpatrick on 30 September.  

The clinics will be open from 09.30 to 16.30 and will be run by Health Trust vaccinator teams 

Ken Webb, Principal and Chief Executive of South Eastern Regional College, says: 

“The pop-up vaccination clinics across our four main campuses bring the vaccine right to our students, giving them convenient access to this service as they attend their lectures, seminars and classes.” 

Karen Moore, Chair of the FE Colleges Covid Champions Group for the six Further Education Colleges said: 

“From the beginning of September, significant work has been undertaken across the College estates to make the necessary changes to ensure the safe return to campus. We have been working with our student population to remind learners that face masks and social distancing are still required on college grounds, as per the PHA guidelines. We are also encouraging students to use Lateral Flow Tests as an extra precaution. We are very pleased to be playing our part in the fight against the spread of Covid-19.”