Event jump starts career success
Models Ciara McStravick and Shaunagh Devlin brought a touch of Stateside cheer to the Northern Ireland Graduate Recruitment Fair at Queen’s University recently where multi-national IT business NYSE Euronext urged students to apply for fast- paced and rewarding jobs at its Centre of Excellence in Belfast
College To Help Hospitality Sector Cash On ‘Staycations’
THE recent trend of ‘domestic tourism’ has given the local hospitality and tourism sector a much needed boost, it was claimed today. With 1.2 million short home breaks taken by Northern Ireland people last year, South Eastern Regional College (SERC) is helping the sector cash in. Muriel Tafts, head of communication and business services at...
Students Have Grand Designs For Workplace
Fifty students will take part in the new Print Room project in Armagh for young people not in education, employment or training. The social enterprise project, run by the Appleby Trust, will enable participants with autism spectrum disorder and Asperger’s Syndrome to realise their full potential through participating in a specialised digital print company, delivered...
Course Accredited
THE Ulster Sports Academy at the University of Ulster is celebrating the accreditation of its MSc in sport and exercise psychology by the British Psychological Society. This prestigious recognition by the professional body for psychology is a ringing endorsement for a programme which has grown in popularity and continues to attract high calibre graduates interested...
What’s It Like To Study… Criminology
What courses? Criminology; criminological studies; criminology and criminal justice; applied criminology. It’s often offered as part of a joint honours. Popular combinations include sociology and criminology, social sciences and criminology, and psychology and criminology. What do you come out with? A BA usually, although a BSc is offered in some cases. Why do it? “Criminals...
Fund Transfer Opens Doors For Students
DISTANCE learning is to become more accessible to students in Northern Ireland thanks to a funding transfer. The Minister for Employment and Learning, Stephen Farry, announced that funding for the Open University in Northern Ireland will be transferred to his Department from the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Addressing the Open University’s graduation ceremony...
College engineers’ fruitful relationship with firm
A Lisburn firm has teamed up with its local FE college to help develop the company’s expertise. AB Pneumatics will be working with the South Eastern Regional College to identify solutions to improve its manufacturing processes. Students have already been involved in four such industry projects over the last six months where estimated savings to...
Scheme Set To Help Brightest Pupils Shine
A NEW strategy aims to deliver a future where those able but unlikely to avail of higher education opportunities are given every encouragement. Addressing representatives from the National Union of Students and the Union of Students Ireland (NUS-USI), Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry said: “My Department’s Graduating to Success, the first Higher Education Strategy...
UU’s on the Map
THE University of Ulster’s urban planning teaching has been granted Partnership Board status by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). Dr Neale Blair, course director and senior lecturer in spatial planning, said the new status affirmed the importance of Ulster graduates to the planning profession in Northern Ireland. “Our graduates have gone on to successfully...
PR is top career choice for NI students: survery
NI Students are the most likely to consider a career in public relations, compared with their counterparts across the UK, according to the latest study. The study of 1,200 16- to 18-year-old students, by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), showed local young people shying away from traditional professions, such as medicine and law,...