Graduates take Centre Stage
THE Minister for Employment and Learning, Stephen Farry took to the stage recently to congratulate Performing Arts students from South Eastern Regional College (SERC). The students from the college’s student theatre company The Glass Umbrella were performing excerpts from Little Shop of Horrors at the Career Academy UK’s Belfast Graduation at Stormont as part of...
ACADEMIES BOOST JOB PROSPECTS
THE promotion of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Stem) subjects across Northern Ireland’s Career Academies is helping young people max-imise job opportunities, according to the Employment and Learning Minister. Stephen Farry was speaking as host of the Career Academies UK graduation where he presented certificates to over 60 graduates of the Career Academy Programme....
Part-time and Full-time Open Evening for Postgraduate Study at Queen’s Management School
Part-time and Full-time Open Evening for Postgraduate Study at Queen’s Management School Monday 15th June 3pm to 7pm Riddel Hall, 185 Stranmillis Road, Belfast To register to attend this event please complete the online registration form. Come along and find out more about our postgraduate programmes by talking to lecturers who are experts in their respective...
Pupils get financial tutoring at Stormont
Young people brought their business skills to Parliament Buildings this week as part of a financial education and enterprise programme organised by Ulster Bank. Part of Ulster Bank’s MoneySense for Schools initiative, which is used by more than 300 Northern Ireland post-primary schools, the session taught pupils about business, teamwork, delegation and presentation skills. Pupils...
Minister Hails New Software Graduates
THE latest batch of graduates from the Software Testers’ Academy have been recognised at a recent awards ceremony. The 16-week long academy trained 34 students with the skills and accredited qualifications identified by the 21 participating employers for new job opportuni-ties in their respective companies. The course, which comprises 10 weeks of classroom-based training and...
Peter Mark Career Opportunities
A Northern Ireland hairdressing group is offering 20 spaces on its apprenticeship training programme for wouldbe stylists. Students on the Peter Mark Academy for 2015 will undertake a three-year on and off the job training programme with support from highly trained colourists and stylists to help develop their career. With seven salons across Northern Ireland...
It’s Hats off to Three-time Winner Louise
A MARKETING student is celebrating after scooping a hat-trick of awards. Louise Foster, from Whitehead, who recently gained an MSc in Marketing from the Ulster University Business School, has been named Best Overall Student, Best Overall Global Marketing Student and also won the prize for the Best Dissertation at this year’s Ulster University Business School’s...
Emer Takes Crown In Science Contest
Queen’s University student Emer Maguire has been crowned winner of the Northern Ireland heat of the FameLab competition. The global science communication competition saw the 23-year-old battle it out against eight other science stars at Belfast’s Black Box. Emer will now go forward to the UK final. Organised by British Council Northern Ireland, in partnership...
Conference urges young people to become engineers
How to encourage young people to take up a career in advanced manufacturing and engineering was the focus of a recent conference. The ‘Engineering a Better Tomorrow’ conference, hosted by SEMTA and Energy & Utility Skills in collaboration with the Department for Employment and Learning, brought together employers, educators and policy makers to address the...
Graduates offered 150 posts in construction
More than 150 graduate positions and work placement opportunities in the construction industry are up for grabs. The positions are thanks to a collaboration between the Ulster University and 42 construction companies, including Farrans Construction, Gilbert Ash Ltd and O’Hare McGovern. The announcement was made at Ulster University’s annual Built Environment Networking & Recruitment Day,...