The path to a brighter future
Internships can be a chance to test the water Work training schemes can build confidence as well as experience, says Russ Thorne “I was working three jobs and living in a bedsit. I was really poor and lonely and knew I needed to get out.” University graduate Charlie Elliot, 23, experienced the difficulties many...
What’s it like to Study… Architecture
What’s it like to study… Architecture Liam Houghton studied BA Architecture and was awarded First Class Honours. He writes that his experience was challenging but extremely useful With developing countries now a fundamental part of the global economy, the world has never been so competitive. The skills one needs to survive and thrive in...
Queen’s Researchers In Public Spotlight
Queen’s Members of the public flocked to Queen’s at lunchtime last Thursdayto meet and hear from the people behind some of the biggest scientific, medical and technological breakthroughs of recent times. In a special lunchtime research showcase in the University’s Whitla Hall,entitled Local Talent, Global Impact, members of the public discovered how Queen’s researchers are...
Jobs For The Young A Top Priority: Farry
Building a better future for young people who are not yet in education or employment is a key Stormont priority, says Employment minister Stephen Farry. The minister was speaking at an event where he presented certificates of achievement to young unemployed people who have completed the Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre Youth Initiative Scheme. The eight...
Training programme builds job skills
An innovative training programme in Belfast has transformed a derelict eye-sore and helped construction students qualify in their chosen career. Springvale Learning’s Project 202 has enabled them to gain their NVQ Level 2 through participation in the Department’s Programme-Led Apprenticeship provision. The project takes its name from Springvale’s purchase of a derelict house at 220...
Welcome for access to education initiative
A new drive has begun to increase participation in higher education by Northern Ireland’s young people. NUS-USI President Adrianne Peltz has welcomed the new “Access to Success” strategy launched by Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry. Ms Peltz said it was is “good news” for all future students and for Northern Ireland’s education system, identifying...
Learn By Degrees… At Home In Ulster
GRADUATE FOCUS – QUEEN’S AND UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER Queen’s Programme: Businesses across the island of Ireland are to receive a boost over the coming months with the announcement of a new graduate programme at Queen’s University Belfast. The Leadership Institute, at Queen’s new £15 million Graduate Executive and Education Centre at Riddel Hall, has been...
University Isn’t The Only Option
Many of the 335,000-strong UK cohort of A-level students this year were nursing hangovers on the morning after results day, having partied hard in celebration. Others were dismayed to find that they haven’t got a university place: UCAS data shows a 7 per cent decrease in the number of students being automatically accepted into their...
My Subject Choice Made A World Of Difference
Cat Clarkson studies Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham and has been studying engineering for the last seven years “What do you want to go and fix washing machines for?”I’ll never forget the moment I told my mum I wanted to be an engineer. So sure, engineering might not sound too glamorous, and it’s...
Continuous Learning ‘Key To Job Success’
Continuous learning and development throughout your working life is vital to ensure career progression. That’s the view of Frank McKee, a senior examiner with the Chartered Institute of Marketing, who was speaking as thousands of students ponder their future at the start of another academic year. “I have been delivering professional marketing education programmes now...