Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. South Eastern Regional College (SERC) is a regional further and higher education college in the south-east of Northern Ireland. SERC was created following the merger of three Institutes of Further and Higher Education in the south-east of Northern Ireland. These were East Down Institute, Lisburn Institute and North Down and Ards Institute. The merger took effect from 1 August 2007. The college offers a wide range of full and part-time courses and has over 30,000 students and over 1,000 staff involved in the delivery of its services. It is an important employer in the region. Following the merger of the three constituent institutes, certain corporate services have been centralised to one site. An example is the corporate finance function which is now based in the Newtownards site.