O’Dowd: Good Careers Advice Is Vital
ENSURING that young people are aware of the wide range of career paths open to them is more important than ever before. That was the message from Education Minister, John O’Dowd, as he addressed the annual conference of the NI Schools and Colleges Careers Association (NISCA). NISCA is a voluntary organisation that brings together teaching...
Hobbit Star To Deliver Chancellor’s Lecture
GRADUATE FOCUS FROM AROUND THE PROVINCE UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER Actor Sir Ian McKellen, CBE, is to deliver next year’s Chancellor’s Lecture at the University of Ulster which will be held in the Magee campus for the first time. The renowned stage and screen actor will also receive the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt)...
QUB Apprentice Has The Winning Formula
Sean McNally, a final year Accountancy student from Kilmore, Co Armagh has won the coveted title ‘The QUB Apprentice 2012’. This is the second year of The QUB Apprentice 2012 competition in partnership with Deloitte and Sean was up against stiff competition in the final task with his opponent, Business Management student, Judith Alexander from...
Reasons To Look For Work Experience
Lots of students carry out work experience during their time at University as a compulsory part of their degree course, but even if it doesn’t add anything to your degree, it’s a great way to get ahead of the curve in a particularly tough industry. Most work experience placements will prove to be good learning...
What’s it like to study… Business
Business is far from a doss subject and can be academically rigorous and challenging, says Rupesh Patel, who studied a Bsc in Business Administration at Bath University For romantic effect I would like to say that my decision to study business came from a specific eye-opening childhood experience. Sadly it’s much more boring than that....
Say ‘Yes’ to beating the Catch-22 job
I can’t get a job without experience and I can’t get experience without a job… ‘YES’ you can, according to Anne Richardson from the Department’s Careers Service One of the most concerning aspects of the economic downturn is its impact on our young people. It is clear that many young people face a ‘catch-22’ situation...
How To Be A… Business Analyst
MANY careers have no set route into them and it is a matter of taking opportunities that present themselves and progressing organically through hard work and promotion. Iain Joannides explains how a Christmas temp job started him on his career path to becoming a Business Navigation & Operations Manager for IKEA. “I studied Hospitality Management...
Met’s US Visitors
A US STATE delegation has visited Belfast Metropolitan College’s e3 building in Springvale to investigate foreign direct investment opportunities. The visit to the e3 facility (enterprise, employability and economic development) included a presentation from the further education sector providing an overview of business support for foreign direct investment which included the Employer Support Programme and...
Showing Class
EDUCATION Minister, John O’Dowd, has congratulated a north Belfast school on its work to upskill the wider community. Attending the recent annual prize-giving ceremony at Hazelwood Integrated College Mr O’Dowd praised the school’s use of his department’s Extended Schools programme. Through it, evening classes are run covering a number of subjects and skills such as...
Gaming Firm To Create 10 Jobs With Big Apple Launch
AN innovative Belfast based gaming company is aiming to create 10 new jobs following the lauch of its product in the US. Gogamingo is an innovative gaming platform founded by technology entrepreneur Aaron Taylor and software developer Martin Scott. Invest NI has offered £140,000 to help the firm develop its technology and target customers in...