Steps to Work lands teenagers full-time posts with leading builders’ merchant
Six young people from across Northern Ireland have secured full-time employment after successfully completing a training programme. Newry-based building and construction company, Murdock Builders’ Merchants, has offered each of the trainees full time employment at its branches across Northern Ireland. The positions come after the recruits successfully completed the 26-week ‘Steps to Work’ placement scheme....
Six Websites For Students
Money Saving ExpertStarted in 2003. Money Saving Expert bills itself as “dedicated to cutting your bills”. While this site isn’t dedicated to students, it is useful in a myriad of ways for student life Cite This For MeThis site writes a bibliography and checks references so there’s no chance of being unjustly accused of plagiarism....
What’s it like to study… Media and Communication
What courses? Media studies; media production; media and communication; interactive media; digital media; media practice. Plus a host of specialist degrees in the likes of television production, digital film production and radio. Media studies is often studied as part of a joint honours, with popular combinations including media and politics, and media and English. What...
Student Advice: What your next employer will be looking for in 2015
With thoughts of New Year’s resolutions still afresh you may be thinking about applying for new or first jobs. With competition still tough, how do you make sure you’re giving yourself the best possible chance and really differentiating yourself from the rest for the right reasons? There are four things which will be high on...
Make college life a little easier with these helpful apps
A round-up of the newest and best smartphone apps designed to make student life a little easier. Any.doAny.do is a versatile to-do list app for iOS and Android. It prompts you to plan out your day each morning, providing users with a quick touch-based interface. By raising a once-daily notification, Any.do does a good job...
MET students cook up a storm for sector
Hospitality students from Belfast Metropolitan College impressed local sector leaders at two recent showcase evenings. James Street South’s apprentice chefs presented a five-course menu, which was served to the eaterie’s owner Niall McKenna along with members of the public in the college’s Linen Lounge restaurant. The apprentices, aged between 16 and 24, started their training...
Graduates urged to seize improving opportunities
Tough economic conditions, combined with rising levels of competition for jobs, may have resulted in some recent graduates being forced to take on lower-skilled positions that do not require a higher educationbackground. However, with the graduate job market now improving, Shauna McCloy, Head of Employability at University of Ulster, believes underemployed graduates need to take...
Grace Buchanan – Marketing Placement
Grace has recently joined Employers For Childcare Marketing Department on a marketing placement. This year she graduated from Queens University Belfast with a degree in Business Management, in which she completed various marketing modules. Grace is keen to increase her experience in the marketing and business world and therefore applied to undergo a placement in...
Graduates Enjoy Change of Direction
Eight recent graduates from Ulster University are celebrating after securing software development positions with international financial services firm, Citi. The group of eight, with backgrounds in a diverse range of areas from music to English literature, graduated after completing an intensive one-year masters conversion course. The MSc Professional Software Development degree aims to equip students...
Student talents join IT team at Allen & Overy
Two Belfast Metropolitan College students have secured the opportunity to learn from and work alongside the IT team that helps support more than 5,000 people in Allen & Overy’s (A&O) global operation. Rachel Freeburn from Portadown and Ashley Sofley from Glengormley secured the coveted IT Infrastructure Apprentice positions after impressing senior managers at the international law...