Education In Careers Must Link Up Talent
IT is vital that careers education provides a service which can match skills to the needs of employers and help young people realise their full potential in the workplace. That was the message as Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry and Education Minister, John O’ Dowd announced the strategic direction of the review of careers...
Student Cut Above Rest Thanks to Laser Training
A Ballymena student has become one of the UK’s youngest trained laser cutting operators, thanks to Northern Regional College’s pioneering Engineering Career Academy. Jordan Hunter has topped off a work placement at Hutchinson AeroTech with an offer of employment from the firm. Hid placement was port of the college’s pioneering Engineering Career Academy, which selects...
University of Ulster unveils graduate jobs
THE University of Ulster has unveiled over 150 new graduate level construction industry jobs and placement opportunities. The announcement follows the recent news from the Construction Skills Network and CITB-Construction Skills that recovery has begun for Northern Ireland’s construction sector with the network predicting that around 1,280 new construction workers will be needed yearly over...
Matching skillsets of graduates with industry needs essential, says Foster
MATCHING the skillsets of graduates with industry needs is vital to ensuring Northern Ireland remains an attractive location for inward investment, according to Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster. She was speaking recently at an awards ceremony for graduates from the Software Testers’ Academy which trained 27 graduates with the skills and accredited qualifications...
Employment
THREE NRC Information Technology students who obtained work placements through Northern Regional College with Equiniti, a local specialist in IT services company, have secured a one-year employment contract. The students, who all completed a Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma in IT at NRC, were originally selected by Equiniti to work and receive additional mentoring and...
Spirit Award Boosts Student Entrepreneurs
THERE is still time for business-minded University of Ulster students to enter this year’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Award. Hosted by the University of Ulster Business School in partnership with the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce (NICC) the award recognises final year business students with entrepreneurial flair. The award is a Postgraduate Bursary up to the value...
New QUB Project
QUEEN’S University has launched Northern Ireland’s largest ever public health research project. NICOLA — the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing — is hoping to provide the basis for future Government policy by following the lives of 8,500 over 50s as they grow older. Officially announced by junior ministers Jonathan Bell and...
Student Sets Sights on Legal Sector
STUDENTS from South Eastern Regional College have completed a training and mentoring programme with Allen & Overy, as part of a unique course designed to bolster expertise in the legal market. The four-month Document Skills Foundation Course is the only training programme in Northern Ireland to let students experience the fast pace of a global...
Trio of Students on the Launchpad to Success After Winning Gold
Three entrepreneurial students from regional colleges have secured gold in a Dragon’s Den-style competition with their business venture ideas. Paul Campbell from Belfast Metropolitan College, Nicola McLaughlin from North West Regional College and Adam Campbell from Northern Regional College, each won the coveted top prize at the live final of Business Launchpad, held in Belfast...
Graduation Day is Child’s Play for Events Manager
Over 600 Northern Regional College Higher Education students celebrated success at the college’s graduation ceremony including event manager Jayne McCaw, from Glenarm, who recently graduated from NRC Ballymena with a Level 4 HNC in Business, passing with distinction. She is now studying for a BSC Hons in Business at University of Ulster. Joining in the...