North West Regional College is a further education and

higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after comple ...

college in the north-west region of

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. The college has five main campuses in counties Londonderry and Tyrone: Strand Road ( Derry), Springtown (Derry), Main Street ( Limavady), Greystone (Limavady) and Derry Road ( Strabane). Following a review of further education in Northern Ireland Department for Employment and Learning, North West Regional College was established on 1 August 2007, merging the former North West Institute of Further and Higher Education and Limavady College of Further and Higher Education. Over the last 100 years, the college and its preceding organisations have provided educational courses both to school leavers and adults principally from Derry City, County Londonderry,

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and

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. Each year approximately 25,000 full-time and part-time students attend the college to undertake a range of vocational and academic courses. The current principal of the college is Leo Murphy.

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External links

North West Regional College official website
{{authority control Education in Derry (city) Further education colleges in Northern Ireland Higher education colleges in Northern Ireland Education in County Londonderry Education in County Tyrone Educational institutions established in 2007 Limavady Strabane 2007 establishments in Northern Ireland