Language Of Learning
LANGUAGE provision must be boosted if Northern Ireland businesses are to succeed in the future, according to NUSUSI President Adrianne Peltz. Her comments come following the publication of a recent study by the British Council which said Northern Ireland ‘was a long way’ from being self-sufficient in producing linguists in the languages likely to be...
Hobbit Star To Deliver Chancellor’s Lecture
GRADUATE FOCUS FROM AROUND THE PROVINCE UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER Actor Sir Ian McKellen, CBE, is to deliver next year’s Chancellor’s Lecture at the University of Ulster which will be held in the Magee campus for the first time. The renowned stage and screen actor will also receive the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt)...
What’s it like to study… Business
Business is far from a doss subject and can be academically rigorous and challenging, says Rupesh Patel, who studied a Bsc in Business Administration at Bath University For romantic effect I would like to say that my decision to study business came from a specific eye-opening childhood experience. Sadly it’s much more boring than that....
Citi Show the way to IT Grads
More than 120 students attended Citi’s Technology Roadshow in Belfast earlier this month at an event designed to promote Citi as a ‘Centre of Excellence for Technology’. The Citi Technology Roadshow visited Queen’s University Belfast on November 7th, explaining to students the variety of IT roles that help to support the global banking business...
Formula ‘Win’ For Schrader And QUB
GRADUATE FOCUS FROM AROUND THE PROVINCE Queen’s University Belfast STUDENTS from Queen’s University’s Faculty of Engineering, are receiving help from Schrader Electronics in their quest to build a Formula racing car. Antrim and Carrick-based Schrader Electronics, a world-leading manufacturer of Automotive and Industrial electronics, has pledged to support students on their project as part of...
Go Global In Your Quest For A Career
Teaching English abroad is an increasingly popular choice for struggling graduates, explains Daniel Goddard. Despite the UK economy recently coming out of a double-dip recession, the graduate job market is still lagging behind its heyday of the mid-noughties. With 52 applications on average for every graduate vacancy, teaching English abroad is fast becoming a serious...
What’s It Like To Study… Theatre Studies
JAMIE ROBERTSON studied BA Drama, Performance and Theatre Arts at Staffordshire University. I can remember clearly my drama teacher, Mr. Jewkes, chatting to me during my high school studies in Year 9 and telling me “you should really do this at GCSE Jamie”. Through my time at school I rode the wave a little too...
Support Ability
NORTHERN Ireland’s student movement is urging the Executive to ensure the extra student places it announced recently for STEM subjects should go to those who have the ability – not just the financial means to study for a degree. NUS-USI President Adrianne Peltz was speaking following the announcement of £200m investment raising the number of...
Going for gold at home and scientific success abroad
QUEEN’S QUEEN’S University is this week exploring alternative funding options for local companies. The University’s successful venture spin-out company, QUBIS Ltd, and The Chief Executives’ Club at Queen’s, have organised the ‘Why settle for Bronze, when the Gold is out there?’ event to allow business leaders to learn from funding specialists, and each other, about...
What’s it like to study… Politics
Tim Oliver studied BA Politics and International Relations at the University of Hull, and is now studying a PhD there Politics students are frequently accused of being a politician in training. Ignore those people who level such charges – doing politics at university opens up so many doors to a rich variety of careers, from...