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  Part two of our revision tips to help you ace those summer exams. Do plenty of past papers Ask your teacher for some past papers or google them yourself. Most exam boards nowadays put a lot of emphasis on exam technique and...

A NEW strategy aims to deliver a future where those able but unlikely to avail of higher education opportunities are given every encouragement.Addressing representatives from the National Union of Students and the Union of Students Ireland (NUS-USI), Employment and Learning...

An innovative new programme will help young employed people gain vital work experience within the marketing industry. The Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) and the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Ireland have developed the pilot marketing programme via the Youth...

NI Students are the most likely to consider a career in public relations, compared with their counterparts across the UK, according to the latest study. The study of 1,200 16- to 18-year-old students, by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR),...

The Ulster Business School (UBS) has joined forces with the Irish Rugby Union Players’ Association (IRUPA) to create a bespoke programme of study. Seven Ulster Rugby players have completed the inaugural programme to equip players for professional life post-rugby and have...

A Co. Down under-graduate in her final year studying consumer studies at the University of Ulster’s Coleraine campus is this year’s winner of the Ulster Business School’s Placement Innovation Awards 2012. Katie Craig, from Tandragee, a spent a year with Cookstown-based...

A Belfast graphic design company has teamed up with experts from the South Eastern Regional College to boost its skill base. Thanks to the new InnovateUs programme Pivotal Animations has benefited from one-to-one mentoring in a wide range of specialist high...

THE University of Ulster’s urban planning teaching has been granted Partnership Board status by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). Dr Neale Blair, course director and senior lecturer in spatial planning, said the new status affirmed the importance of Ulster graduates...

With summer exams looming now is the time to knuckle down to revision. These winning revision tips will get you off a flying start and ensure you use your time productively. Draw up a revision timetable Research shows that shorter 20-30 minute...

EMPLOYERS in Belfast have been urged to look at imaginative ways to help young people and long term unemployed back into work.That was the message when Belfast's Lord Mayor Alderman Gavin Robinson was joined by Employment and Learning Minister Stephen...