Taste of Medicine
STUDENTS at the Northern Regional College’s Coleraine campus got an insight into cutting edge medicine recently thanks to a link-up with the University of Ulster. Dr Sarah Atkinson, from the faculty for Life and Health Studies at UU, visited them with a presentation on a new course in stratified medicine. The study of this subject...
£360k Funding for Graduate Training Scheme
A CASH injection for a graduate training programme will boost employment for those with degrees or HNDs. Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has announced funding of £366,000 for an additional 120 places on DEL’s INTRO Graduate Management Programme. Currently delivered by Parity Solutions, it provides graduates at degree/HND level with three weeks’ off-the-job...
Students from SERC Receive All-Ireland Scholarships
STUDENTS from South Eastern Regional College were among young people from Northern Ireland and the Republic to receive a bursary recently. Winners of the 2013 All Ireland Scholarships were recognised by the CEO of Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, and Irish minister for finance Michael Noonan at a University of Limerick ceremony. Mr Noonan and the Minister...
Heroic Mark wins Met’s first Honorary Fellowship
BELFAST Metropolitan College awarded its first ever Honorary Fellowship Award to spinal injury pioneer, Mark Pollock, during its annual higher education graduation ceremony. The former South Pole adventurer received the prestigious award in recognition of his outstanding personal achievements. The Holywood man lost his sight at the age of 22, but defied his blindness by...
Training Academy Celebrates As Initial Intake Of Graduates Make The Grade
A TRAINING academy has celebrated its first batch of successful graduates. Seventeen students successfully completed the Deloitte Analytics Training Academy (DATA) and have graduated with the skills and accredited qualifications identified by Deloitte for new job opportunities in their Belfast office. DATA is a Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) initiative involving a nine week...
French Train Here
FRENCH TRAIN HERE THE University of Ulster’s world-renowned Institute for Fire Safety Engineering Research and Technology (FireSERT), has hosted a delegation of fire officers from the French Academy for Fire, Rescue and Civil Protection. Course co-ordinator Dr Karen Boyce said: “FireSERT is a world-leading provider of higher education in scientific and technical fire safety engineering,...
Finding a job as a graduate isn’t that easy
Finding a job as a graduate isn’t that easy In today’s competitive labour market, graduates are finding it more difficult to secure employment than in previous years. Anne Richardson from the Department for Employment and Learning’s Careers Service advises that help — and jobs — are out there… IT has to be acknowledged that many...
Law Firm Reaching Out to Give Trainee Opportunities
LAW firm Allen & Overy is teaming up with South Eastern Regional College to offer an innovative course bolstering expertise in the legal jobs market. The Document Skills Foundation Course creates opportunities for people from legal and nonlegal backgrounds to gain employment with law firms in the production and management of complex documents. It is...
Top of The Class
BSC Economics graduate Neil Rowland from Banbridge has received the inaugural Best Student Award from global forecasting and quantitative analysis company Oxford Economics. Neil (22) scored top overall average in the final year of all economics courses (economics, economics major and business economics) at the University of Ulster. Neil said he chose to study at...
College’s ‘business links boost employability skills’
QUALIFICATIONS are no longer enough — job applicants need skills and experience, according to a leading educationalist. Ken Webb, principal and chief executive of the South Eastern Regional College was speaking on ‘Supporting Employability and the Economy’ at its recent gradu-ation ceremony at The Waterfront. The event, sponsored by East Down and Lisburn Education Partnership,...