A new £12 million SPACE campus at South East Regional College in Bangor, Co Down, has officially opened.

The new 3,650 m² facility, funded by the Department for Employment and Learning (DEL), provides high specification accommodation for the Schools of Manufacturing and Electrical Engineering, Computer and Software Engineering and Performing and Creative Arts. The heart of the Performing Arts Centre is the theatre around which rehearsal and production studios are located. The theatre has all the attributes of a professional auditorium and in addition to being suitable for staging professional productions it provides first class rehearsal, recording and performance facilities for the students of Bangor and the surrounding area.

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The Technology Innovation Centre provides a business quality learning environment that further enhances the College’s existing capacity for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology and Engineering sciences. The focus of the Technology Centre will be on; employability skills; stimulating enterprise through business incubation; delivery of innovative business development programmes; and fostering enhanced approaches to economic development, working closely with community partners.