ICT skills vital across the business-finance sectors
COLLABORATION is the key to upskilling tomorrow’s workforce, ac-cording to Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry. Speaking at a recent Invest NI event the minister reminded potential inward investors of the importance of the business, professional and financial services sectors to the whole Northern Ireland economy. He told those present at the event: “The...
SERC Students Fry Competition For Chef Jobs
INSTILLING the employability skills required for today’s demanding workforce is a key priority for South Eastern Regional College’s, according to its principal and chief executive Ken Webb. He was speaking after two of his students secured work with celebrity chef Danny Millar. Roisin McKeown (below) and Johnathan McQuade (centre) both clinched full-time posts at Lisbar-nett...
Jobs On Show
A JOBS Fair organised by the Department for Employ-ment and Learning takes place in Newry on November 13. The jobs fair will offer jobseekers the chance to discuss various opportunities with leading companies including Norbrook,First Derivatives,Teleperformance and MJM Marine. A range of support organisations,including the department’s careers service and employment service, will also be present...
Literacy On The Up
NORTHERN Ireland’s literacy levels are up,according to an international survey. The results from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) International Survey of Adult Skills (ISAS) for Northern Ireland revealed that the proportion of Northern Ireland’s working age population performing at the lowest levels of literacy has fallen from 23% in 1996 to 18%...
Lecture Link-Up
THE University of Ulster has teamed up with the Univer-sity of Otago in New Zealand to launch an international project aimed at improving lecture comprehension through student feedback. The innovative approach, which was first developed by researchers at UU,involves new technology that allows international students to give lecturers im-mediate feedback on how they are following...
New research centre set to create 20 jobs
A NEW multi-million pound research centre in Londonderry will create more than 20 high quality jobs. The Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine is based at the Uni-versity of Ulster and is a collaboration between the university’s Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, C-TRIC (the Clinical Translational Research and Innovation Centre) and the Western Health and Social...
Teachers Of Dyslexia Are A Class Act
A TEAM of dedicated dyslexia teach-ers from Belfast Metropolitan College have been put forward for a presti-gious award for their work. Nominated for a Pearson Teaching Award for Further Education Teacher/Team of the Year, the Met’s in-clusive learning team is four highly-skilled and experienced professionals in the field of dyslexia. They are; Carmel McKinney, Louise...
Builders Go To Germany For Eco-skills
LOCAL builders are skilling-up in sustainable building techniques thanks to an education trip to Germany. A group of 15 construction workers have travelled to Biberach an der Ria for two weeks thanks to CITB-ConstructionSkills NI. CITB-ConstructionSkills NI secured funding for the Building Skills for Sustainable Construction project from the European Commission’s Leonardo programme, which is...
New Crop Of Teachers To Be Digital Masters
THE School of Education at the University of Ulster is collaborat-ing with the Nerve Centre in Londonderry to enhance the learning experience of postgraduate student teachers. The initiative — funded by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and Ulster’s Faculty of Social Sciences — aims to deliver a new generation of digitally skilled teachers...
Upskilling Vital
A NEW corporate partnership between Stormont departments and the UK’s leading professional body for project management,the Association for Project Management,emphasises the importance of continual investment in professional skills development. It also highlights that knowledge is crucial in the effective delivery of complex government programmes that have the power to transform society and release benefits to...