Omagh College of Further Education (often referred to as just Omagh College or "The Tech" by locals) is a college

College

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 in Omagh

Omagh

Omagh is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. The town, which is the largest in the county, had a population of 19,910 at the 2001 Census. Omagh also contains the headquarters of Omagh District Council and...

, County Tyrone

County Tyrone

Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...

 in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. The college is based in one central campus

Campus

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 in the Town Centre

Town centre

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 (however up until recently it was three campuses spread out throughout the whole urban area

Urban area

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). In 2007 it became part of the new South West College

South West College

The South West College operates in Northern Ireland on four campuses in Cookstown, Dungannon, Enniskillen and Omagh and, of the six new area based colleges, it is the smallest in size, but it covers the largest geographical area of counties Tyrone and Fermanagh.The South West College has 18,500...

.

Location

The campus building is located directly north of the main town centre, fronting the River Strule and conveniently next to the town's main bus station

Bus station

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. Opposite the river

River

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 is the location of what will be the Omagh Civic Arts Centre (completion due sometime around 2007), and already a planned pedestrian bridge

Bridge

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 will link the two landmark

Landmark

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 buildings.

Building

The college building

Building

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 is very modern (having only opened in October 2005) four-story building, with some of the best facilities in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. The building comprises a curved central area, with 'wings' coming out of the North and West sides. Expanding from the North Wing is a one-story block consisting of mechanical workshop

Workshop

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s. The North-West area of the site is a large car park (parking lot

Parking lot

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) with disabled parking.

Areas of the College:

• Curved Wing
• Industrial Area
• North Wing
• West Wing

Courses

The college offers many full-time and part-time course

Course (education)

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s in the following subjects:

Full-Time

• Health & Social Care
• Hairdressing & Beauty Therapy
• Fashion & Arts
• Computing & Information Technology
• Business Studies
• Sport, Leisure & Tourism
• Catering & Hospitality
• Construction, Electrical & Engineering
• Environmental/Agricultural
• Electronics & Technology
• Media & Design

Part-Time

• Health & Social Care
• Hairdressing & Beauty Therapy
• Fashion, Arts & Design
• Computing & Information Technology
• Business & Professional Development
• Sport & Leisure
• Catering & Hospitality
• Construction, Electrical & Engineering
• Construction Electrical & Engineering Operations
• Electronics & Electrical
• Environmental/Agricultural
• Higher Education
• Hobbies & Personal Interests
• Community, Health & Social Practice
• Computing & Graphic Design
• Finance, Business & Professional Development
• Personal Development

Resources & Facilities

• Learning Resource Centre
• Hair & Beauty Centre
• Conference Centre
• Student Social Area
• College Bistro
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• 'The Gallery' Restaurant
  Restaurant
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• Community Outreach Centres
• Carparking
• Crèche Facilities
• Video Conferencing Suite
• Student Union
  Student union
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