Belfast Met achievements celebrated
BELFAST Metropolitan College has celebrated the achievements of students and staff at its Apprenticeship and Training Awards. Forty-seven successful students received awards recognising their achievements through their current or recently completed ApprenticeshipsNI, Programme Led Apprenticeship or Training for Success programmes. The student award categories included the Apprentice Award, Training Award, Work Placement, Essential Skills and...
Academy gives graduates new skills
A new training academy will help equip students with the skills needed to take up opportunities in the export sales and marketing industry. The Export Sales and Marketing Academy is aimed at those who have a minimum HND qualification in any discipline. It will provide an intensive eight-week training programme, with one of the weeks...
Learners honoured at college’s first awards
More than 200 learners have achieved special further education awards from North West Regional College (NWRC). Hosted by the Millennium Forum in Londonderry, this awards event was the first of its kind for the college, enabling it to celebrate the achievements of further education learners who have undertaken Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3...
Students given a flavour of working life around world
Eighteen students from across Northern Ireland will spend this summer gaining technical experience overseas. The students from Queen’s University, Belfast, and Ulster University have been selected to take part in IAESTE (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience), an exchange programme which sees students from all scientific and technical disciplines, undertake work...
Emer on the way to fame and fortune
Queen’s University student Emer Maguire recently took part in the final of an international science competition. Competing against 26 other finalists from around the globe, the Clinical Anatomy student took part in the final of FameLab International 2015 at the Times Cheltenham Science Festival. Despite impressing the judges with her talk on the science of...
Academy to equip graduates for work
A RECRUITMENT academy that has already secured employment for 29 graduates is now hoping to equip a further 20 participants with the skills, knowledge and experience needed to work in the industry. The third Alexander Mann Solutions Recruitment Academy targets Higher National Diploma and degree graduates from any discipline and offers an intensive six-week training...
Animator academy draws local talent to a brighter future
A new animation academy will help upskill 16 individuals with the skills needed to take up opportunities in the growing industry. The 2D Animation Academy will offer an intensive 16-week training programme including a company placement. Successful participants will gain industry recognised qualifications and increase their potential for employment in the sector. In addition NI...
How to… Choose a Student Bank Account
University years are some of the best of your life. And for once, the banks are playing ball. Their generous offering of a special student bank account often comes with many perks, but making the right choice can be a little bewildering. THE BANKS WANT YOU Most people stick with just one main bank over...
University opening its doors to new students
THE Open University has launched its first ever Open Week to coincide with Adult Learners’ Week. Taking place in its Belfast headquarters, Open Week will run from June 15-19 and will provide prospective learners with information on courses, qualifications, fees and more. Welcoming Open Week, the Minister for Employment and Learning, Stephen Farry, highlighted the...
SERC Students Selected for Year in the States
TWO SERC students are cele-brating after being selected to study in America for a year. Samuel George and Hope Bradley, from Newtownards, have been chosen for the Study USA Programme, a scholarship to spend a full academic year at an American college or uni-versity studying business and management. Samuel, a second year Liver-pool John Moore’s...