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Adults of all ages are being urged to enrich their lives through learning. Speaking during Adult Learners' Week, the Employment and Learning Minister, Stephen Farry, called on adults to take full advantage of his Department’s free Essential Skills courses and the...

A modern framework of employment law is needed to preserve the rights of employees. This will be one of the topics up for discussion during a series of meetings in London in association with the Department of Employment and Learning's review...

Just a 1% increase in productivity, achieved through upskilled management, can add £200million in GDP, according to Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry. He made the claim while announcing a package of free leadership and management programmes for local businesses....

Local entrepreneurs have been celebrating their success at a special ceremony in Belfast City Hall. The celebration was hosted by Belfast City Council for local craft industries who completed the its Market Start-Up Programme. Twenty entrepreneurs took part in the popular business...

Children in Northern Ireland (CiNI) has launched new training programmes to increase childcare capacity for children with disabilities. The courses are open to childminders, day care and after schools staff, parents and family members, including grandparents. Pauline Leeson, Chief Executive of CiNI...

Belfast Met has hosted symposium designed to share learning across educational institutions and boundaries. Queen’s University social work director and author of a recent report (Translating Learning into Action: An Overview of Key Learning from Case Management Reviews, 2003-2008) Dr John...

A SERC student has overcome adversity to scoop a gong at the recent Essential Skills award ceremony in Hillsborough Castle. Brenda Young from Bangor clinched a Highly Commended plaudit at the event which recognises outstanding achievement in literacy, numeracy and ICT...

Critics have suggested that internships are replacing graduate jobs as employers use them as a cheap way to get staff educated to degree level. "We see the situation through much more positive eyes," says Andrew Scherer of Inspiring Interns. "The declining...

What courses? Criminology; criminological studies; criminology and criminal justice; applied criminology. It’s often offered as part of a joint honours. Popular combinations include sociology and criminology, social sciences and criminology, and psychology and criminology. What do you come out with? A BA...

DISTANCE learning is to become more accessible to students in Northern Ireland thanks to a funding transfer.The Minister for Employment and Learning, Stephen Farry, announced that funding for the Open University in Northern Ireland will be transferred to his Department...