Space Sector Focuses On Telescope Profits
Northern Ireland’s jobs market could benefit from a share in the UK’s £9 billion annual space sector turnover, local business have been told. At a recent seminar in Belfast Invest Northern Ireland highlighted the potential for local companies to profit from expansion of the sector. Over 20 local companies gathered at the Northern Ireland Advanced...
Minister Praises Rise In Adults Learning Vital Skills
More people than ever before enrolled on Essential Skills courses in the last academic year, according to the Department of Employment and Learning. Now celebrating its tenth year the £60m Essential Skills campaign has helped transform through improved literacy, numeracy and ITC levels, the employment prospects of over 85,000 Northern Ireland adults. Commenting on the...
Week-Long Event To Prove That Maths Can Add Up To Brighter Future For Our Kids
Maths Week Ireland comes to Northern Ireland later this month with the challenge of making maths and its related careers fun. The event, from October 13 to 21, will give thousands of primary and secondary school pupils a chance to enjoy maths games, teasers, challenges and magic shows. Event partners include the University of Ulster,...
Health Care Company Seeking Staff
A healthcare company is poised to seek 33 recruits for jobs in the nursing home sector in Northern Ireland. Servicesource Healthcare currently has a total of 33 contract/permanent jobs in the Antrim, Derry/Londonderry, Belfast and Down areas including care of the elderly, mental health and learning disability. Advertisments for the posts are expected to be...
Bombardier takes on 40 new high flyers
APPRENTICESHIP CORNER CLAIRE CRAIG HAS THE LATEST NEWS Bombardier has enrolled 40 apprentices this month in addition to the 30 graduates who have joined the company this year. The three-year programme, supported by the Department of Employment and Learning (DEL), leads to a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) level 3 certification in aeronautical engineering and...
Graduate Focus – Queen’s a leading light for women
QUEEN’S AND UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER Queen’s Queen’s University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery has been recognised for its work in recruiting, retaining and promoting women in science careers within higher education. The school has been awarded a national Silver Athena Swan Award which recognises that, in addition to university wide policies, it has a significant...
Putting the PR into entrepreneur
Manaspire to be an entrepreneur and see their dream become a reality while taking a healthy slice of profit home with them. But the primary reason most people don’t realise this dream is because it’s a huge challenge to actually start a business from scratch. Investing large sums of money on fresh ideas, innovative...
College’s new course for legal eagles
An international law firm is teaming up with a further education college and a recruitment company in Northern Ireland to launch the province’s first Document Skills Foundation Course. Alllen & Overy will be working with South Eastern Regional College (SERC) and Grafton Employment Group on the new course which has just enrolled its first 20...
Autism training centre hailed as ‘Outstanding’
An all-Ireland training centre in Co Armagh for people working with those who have autism has been described as ‘outstanding’ in its latest inspection report. The inspection of Middletown Centre for Autism was completed jointly by the Education and Training Inspectorate from the north and the Department of Education and Skills Inspectorate in the...
Employers urged to say Yes to youth scheme
Employers need to work collaboratively with the Executive to maximise the benefits of the £31m YES (Youth Employment Scheme), according to Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry. The scheme aims to provide work placements and opportunities to support young unemployed people, Dr Farry told delegates at a recent employers’ breakfast to promote YES....