College to Give us A Glimpse of Travel in The Future
South West College will be giving Northern Ireland a glimpse of the future this week thanks to the Smarter Travel Conference. The transport event showcasing hi-tech vehicles will be in Enniskillen, as Europe’s experts gather to present how we could be journeying in coming years. The event, organised by Action Renewables and South West College,...
Del Boost to Stem
The Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has met with Professor James McElnay, the new acting President and Vice Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast. The Minister said: “I look forward to finding out more about what the university is doing to reprofile its existing [course] provision, as well as any new courses which are...
Student Initiative Gets Royal Mail’s Stamp of Approval
Northern Ireland further education students are partnering with local companies to solve real-world engineering problems in an innovative drive to boost employability skills. South Eastern Regional College (SERC) students have been working with businesses to address challenges in manufacturing and engineering. For one particular project with Royal Mail, they devised a range of pioneering solutions...
Your Views Count
Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has hosted the first in a series of forums to collect the views of employers, young people and training providers on apprenticeships and youth training. Speaking from Belfast Metropolitan College’s e3 campus, he said: “The views expressed will feed into the major review of apprenticeship and youth training...
FE Needs Funding
Government must do more to promote and incentivise further education (FE) study to ensure more people gain new skills, according to the National Union of Students-Union of Students in Ireland president Rebecca Hall.“FE is central to building skills for our economy and to helping attract more jobs to Northern Ireland,” she said. “I know that...
It’s Official, The Tele Is Market Leader For Jobs
RECENT figures reveal more people view NI Jobfinder jobs via print and online than any other job website or paper in Northern Ireland. The NITGI 2013 figures show 487,000 people have viewed Nijobfinder in the last month alone (Belfast Telegraph AIR, Sunday Life AIR and nijobfinder.co.uk past four weeks). With a platform in print,...
City Scapes Tell a Tale
The BT Portrait of a City project is working with community groups across Londonderry to upskill participants in digital media. The initiative is part of the 2013 City of Culture celebrations and a unique undertaking which aims to tell the stories of the city through the photographs, films and memories of its people. The goal...
Success Expected from Government-run Job Fair
Derry is playing host to what is expected to be the most successful jobs fair of its kind to date in the city. Tomorrow’s fair, in the Millennium Forum between 10am and 4pm, has been organised by the Department for Employment and Learning in conjunction with Derry City Council, CultureTECH and EURES. Employment and Learning...
Belfast Met takes Holistic Approach to IT Training
A NEW curriculum at Belfast Metropolitan College is boosting student numbers and reaping benefits for local businesses, it was claimed today. With forecasts suggesting 2,000 new IT jobs annually over the next 10 years for Northern Ireland, Belfast Met — in conjunction with industry and organisations such as Momentum, eSkills and Digital Circle — says...
Moy Park Appoints
PAUL Longstaff has joined Moy Park as supply chain operations manager. He joins from Microsoft where he was Channel operations director for two years,responsible for customer service across the UK, France and Germany. Originally from Newcastle Upon Tyne,Paul holds an Honours Degree in mechanical engineering from Leeds University. He will be based at the company’s...