Minister Launches Derry As The Uk’s First WorldHost City
DERRY-Londonderry has become the UK’s first WorldHost City. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the accolade Employment and Learning Minster Dr Stephen Farry said the WorldHost Customer Service programme would ensure visitors had a positive experience in terms of the city’s hospitality. “WorldHost has proven to be extremely successful across Northern Ireland with my Department’s...
Disability Should Not Deter Aspiring Students, Says UU
THE University of Ulster is urging young people with physical disabilities to consider the opportunities offered by higher education. Through its innovative outreach project, Inspire to Aspire, Ulster is engaging with local schools and community organisations across Northern Ireland to highlight the support available to disabled students. Suzanne Glover, a BSc Honours communication with counselling student...
Cash Safeguards Magee Peace-Building Project
A SIX-figure funding injection from the International Fund for Ireland has safeguarded a £3 million peace building initiative at the University of Ulster’s Magee Campus. The announcement will see the peace-building organisation provide almost half of the endowment needed to establish the John Hume and Tip O’Neill Chair in Peace. In November 2011, the Fund...
Queen’s Law Student Wins Global Award
A TRAINEE barrister from Queen’s has beaten off top competition to win a global mediation competition in Chicago. Aidan Hughes, from Portstewart, is completing his barrister training at Queen’s University’s Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS), and claimed first prize at the International Law School Mediation Tournament. He competed against 156 trainee lawyers from around...
Offer Your Skills and Help Out Your Local Community
Do your or someone in your organisation have a passion for the local community? Could you provide a valuable lifeline through offering your skills and expertise by joining the board of a local community or voluntary group? Business in the Community – supported by the Department for Social Development, Arthur Cox Solicitors, and Invest NI...
Customised Training for Manufacturing Sector
Northern Ireland’s manufacturing SME’s can now benefit from Computer Numerical Control (CNC) training through South Eastern Regional College, thanks to a new customised education programme. The training, funded by the Department of Employment and Learning’s Skills Solution Customised Training Programme, is designed to upskill operators and uses equipment to focus on the operation and programming...
Science Support
Minister for Employment and Learning Stephan Farry has launched The Open University’s Postgraduate Science Student Support Team. There are groups of staff from across the university who support students in a particular area of the curriculum. Each team is made up of academics, educational advisers and other staff with subject-specific expertise. Mr Farry said; “Science...
Construction Begins On £12m Bangor College
A NEW multi-million pound Performing Arts and Technology Innovation Centre (PATIC) will sustain over 100 jobs in the construction industry during its development. The construction phase has officially commenced on the £12m centre at the South Eastern Regional College in Bangor, which will support and enhance the employability skills of 400 students. The focus of...
Jobs Expo Belfast – Hundreds of Positions Up For Grabs in a Range of Sectors
On Wednesday, March 12, the Belfast Waterfront will host the first ever Jobs Expo event to be held in the North of Ireland. Previous Jobs Expo events have enjoyed huge success in both Dublin and Cork, where thousands of candidates have availed of the opportunity to meet employers (from both home and abroad), receive CV...
Academy-Style IT Training is ‘Creating Posts’
THE Further Education sector’s academy-style delivery of IT training is leading to employment, according to a prominent educationalist. Justin Edwards, assistant chief execu-tive and director of curriculum, at Belfast Met, was speaking recently when he met participants on the new Cloud Academy and Software Professional Course at the Met’s e3 building on the Springvale Cam-pus....