Helen Scoops Information Management Honour
A UNIVERSITY of Ulster post-graduate student from Maghera has scooped an outstanding performance award from international law firm Allen & Overy. Helen Kielt collected the Mien & Oven, Award at the university’s Belfast campus after successfully completing the library and information management diploma, a two-year part-time programme that enhances the skills of information professionals. Supported...
Students Hoping to Make it to Market with Pitches
SOME of Belfast’s most creative young entrepreneurs are bidding to design a new charity fundraising product. Four student teams have been shortlisted to pitch their ideas to a panel as part of Belfast City Council’s Make It to Market challenge, which was open to all third level education students in the city. The product from...
Lab Apprenticeships with Norbrook & the SRC
SEVEN apprentices have been selected to take part in a collaboration between Norbrook Laboratories and Southern Regional College (SRC) which will see them complete a laboratory and science technician apprenticeship. Over the coming months, the apprentices will be vocationally trained in laboratory and associated technical activities. The next intake of apprentices will be Higher Apprenticeships...
Positive Steps in Healthcare Appointments
A SPECIALIST social care and nursing recruitment agency has been set up to place trained staff in a full range of health and social care posts in Northern Ireland. Positive People is creating two permanent posts within the new recruitment agency and 17 full-time equivalent posts, including support workers, nurses and allied health professionals. “We...
Jet2.com Honour
AIRLINE Jet2.com is celebrating its 10th anniversary at Belfast International Airport. The company, which employs over 70 people, also picked up the ‘Best Travel Inter-net Booking System; accolade at the recent Northern Ireland Travel &Tourism Awards. In 10 years it has transported over three million NI holidaymakers and this year it has added new ski...
Disability Vow
MINISTER for Employment and Learning Stephen Farry has pledged to support people with disabilities in the work-place. Speaking at an event in organised by the Equality Commission, he said: “We all have a responsibility to provide everyone with the opportunity and support to give them the best possible chance to avail of employment and other...
ICT Skills Issues
THE new ALIGN IT, the Automation, Learning, Innovation & Growth Network for IT, has been established, to address the skills issues faced by the ICT sector. Made up of representatives from industry, academia and the public sector, the overall goal of the ALIGN IT network is to develop Northern Ireland’s reputation as a world-class centre...
Applications Open for Ulster Bank Funding
AN initiative to support voluntary and community groups in areas of enter-prise, financial education and employment is now open to applications. The Ulster Bank 2014 Community Impact Rind of 2250,000, awards individual grants of £1,000 to 235,000 for projects in relation to enterprise creation, financial education and employability initiatives. Last year the inaugural fund, rim...
College is UK partner for Euro project
NORTH West Regional College (NWRC) is the joint lead partner of a European Union programme to accredit learning and skills development within the voluntary sector. Worth €400,890 (£330,000) and funded with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme for the European Union, the Grundtvig ‘ValidVol’ programme is a partnership project involving organisations from Italy, Spain,...
Free Training For Students At AppCamp
ENTRY is now open for a popular free training course. The AppCamp®, hosted by the digital solutions company, Kainos, is a unique, free training event in which undergraduates in computing or related subjects are trained to develop apps for Apple iPhones or iPads by experienced software developers. The event has run in Belfast for the...