Business Students Get Careers Into Gear
Students from six Belfast schools are honing their business skills in an Apprentice-style challenge with Northern Ireland’s biggest car dealership. Organised by Charles Hurst Group and Business In The Community (BITC), three teams of students have each been awarded a vehicle and £500 to enhance the car’s value with a view to making a profit...
Scheme helps students boost ICT Skills
Belfast Metropolitan College is celebrating the success of its Public/Private ICT Apprenticeship Pilot. The scheme, involving government and a number of local ICT employers, has seen 32 individuals recruited as apprentices and taking up various software development and IT infrastructure roles in both the public and private sector. Attending the event at the college were...
Your ticket to become a high flier
THE George Best Belfast City Airport has announced an Apprenticeship Scheme for young people in the greater Belfast area. The ‘George Best Belfast City Airport High Fliers Apprenticeship Scheme’ will offer ten participants the opportunity to gain expertise and skills in a vast range of disciplines including Human Resources, Customer Service, Hospitality, Catering and Retail....
Youth Training To Come Under Major Review
A MAJOR review of apprenticeships and youth training in Northern Ireland is to take place. The review aims to raise the status in which apprenticeships are held and ensure that young people are provided with opportunities to gain skills, gain experience and secure sustainable employment. This will assist the growth and rebalancing of the economy...
Search Is On For Apprentice Of The year
THE search for the 2013 Apprentice of the Year has been officially launched. Speaking at the launch of the awards Employment and Learning Minister, Dr Stephen Farry said: “Apprenticeships offer young people the opportunity to build knowledge and skills, gain qualifications and earn money all at the same time. With well over 11,000 apprentices in...
Ad campaign tunes in to apprenticeship schemes
A new advertising campaign aims to highlighting the vital contribution made by employers in providing employment opportunities to apprentices. The Department of Employment and Learning’s ApprenticeshipsNI advertising campaign focuses on the benefits of the programme to employers. Speaking at the campaign launch Dr Stephen Farry said: “There are over 11,000 apprentices employed across a diverse...
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...
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...
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...
BT recruits engineering apprentices
Thirteen new engineering apprentices have been recruited by BT in Northern Ireland. The successful applicants join a skilled engineering workforce responsible for growing and maintaining the network infrastructure that delivers broadband, data and voice services for Northern Ireland homes, businesses and public services. The latest intake of apprentices, ranging in age from 18 to 30,...