SERC 2025 Excellence Awards Nominations Now Open

At SERC, we feel it is important to give recognition to students who exemplify excellence, celebrating their achievements, their impact, and their contributions both academically and in their extra-curricular activities. We also feel it is important to recognise our staff who transform the lives of many aspiring professionals and help them on their path to their chosen careers.

The College’s 2025 Excellence Awards provide a platform to recognise and celebrate the community at SERC. We encourage nominations for any SERC students or staff members who have demonstrated excellence in the past year. Ceremonies to recognise all winners will be held in April 2025.

The dates for the Excellence Awards ceremonies are as follows:

Lisburn and Ballynahinch Excellence Awards, Lisburn Campus, 1 April

Bangor, Holywood & Newtownards Excellence Awards, Bangor Campus, 3 April

Downpatrick & Newcastle Excellence Awards, Downpatrick Campus, 10 April

All staff are welcome to attend the Excellence Awards; to confirm your attendance, please email: marketing@serc.ac.uk.

The full list of categories open for nominations can be found below, please click on the link to access the nomination criteria and submit a nomination.

The deadline for nominations to be submitted is Wednesday, 19 February.

Student Categories:

Further Education Student of the Year
Apprentice of the Year
Trainee of the Year
Skills for Life and Work Student of the Year
Students’ Union Class Rep of the Year
Students’ Union Officer of the Year
Excellence in Project Work
Entrepreneur of the Year
Occupational Studies Award
Community Champion of the Year (Staff or Student Award)  

Staff Categories:

Excellence in Supporting the Student Experience
Excellence in Teaching
Colleague of the Year
Team of the Year

If you have any queries about the nomination process, please contact Susan Maitland: smaitland@serc.ac.uk