Our Apprentices Set To Shine At Skills Contest
NORTHERN Ireland’s representation on Squad UK for the WorldSkills competition in 2013 is the highest of any region, according to Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry. Commending local trainees who will now compete for places on Team UK for the event in Leipzig, Germany, he said the high NI representation was testament to the...
Plan Packs In Plenty Of Skills For Construction
NORTHERN Ireland’s construction sector is leading the way by producing a tailored learning resource packs to increase employability in the building trade. CITB-ConstructionSkills NI have been working with local Essential Skills, numeracy, literacy and ICT tutors to launch the packs specifically for construction students and those already working in the industry. Speaking at the resource...
Technology Firm Creates 100 New Jobs
THE Northern Ireland jobs’ market received a boost this week with the announcement of 100 new jobs in Belfast. The creation of the high quality software development jobs at Concentrix Technologies was announced by Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster Part of the international SYNNEX Corporation, Concentrix Technologies is a leader in the provision of advanced customer...
Citi Show the way to IT Grads
More than 120 students attended Citi’s Technology Roadshow in Belfast earlier this month at an event designed to promote Citi as a ‘Centre of Excellence for Technology’. The Citi Technology Roadshow visited Queen’s University Belfast on November 7th, explaining to students the variety of IT roles that help to support the global banking business...
£1.8m to help universities’ EU research
NEW jobs are being created as part of a £1.8m funding scheme towards research and development in Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Ulster. The DEL-DETI Higher Education EU Support Fund is aimed at helping organisations and businesses secure more funding from the EU for international research and development projects. The funding is designed...
Lucas Love Healthcare becomes first nursing agency to pledge living wage of £7.45
Healthcare Agency Lucas Love today promised to pay a National Living Wage to all current and new Care Assistants registered with the agency. Sinead Polland is the first Nursing/Care Agency Director in Northern Ireland to guarantee Care Assistants the £7.45 an hour rate. The decision to increase the current hourly rate for all Care...
An ‘essential’ education for nurses in new book
A NEW book written by two University of Ulster academics is set to become essential reading for nurse lecturers across Europe. Nursing Education: Planning And Delivering The Curriculum is a strategic guide with a practical focus on designing and management of nursing education programmes. The latest book to be published on nursing education in...
Formula ‘Win’ For Schrader And QUB
GRADUATE FOCUS FROM AROUND THE PROVINCE Queen’s University Belfast STUDENTS from Queen’s University’s Faculty of Engineering, are receiving help from Schrader Electronics in their quest to build a Formula racing car. Antrim and Carrick-based Schrader Electronics, a world-leading manufacturer of Automotive and Industrial electronics, has pledged to support students on their project as part of...
O’Dowd’s Praise For Young Scientists
EDUCATION Minister, John O’Dowd, hosted a reception for students from the north who entered the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2013. Speaking at the event in Parliament Buildings, the Minister said: “The BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition is one of the largest and longest running of its kind in Europe. Now in its...
Go Global In Your Quest For A Career
Teaching English abroad is an increasingly popular choice for struggling graduates, explains Daniel Goddard. Despite the UK economy recently coming out of a double-dip recession, the graduate job market is still lagging behind its heyday of the mid-noughties. With 52 applications on average for every graduate vacancy, teaching English abroad is fast becoming a serious...