2018 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition open for entry
ENTRY is now open for the 2018 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE). Illusionist and television mentalist David Meade joined students at Belfast Metropolitan College to help officially launch the event at a Sci-Tech Workshop coordinated by BT, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) and Belfast Metropolitan College. The workshop was...
Smart thinking encourages innovation
A HOLYWOOD-based agency was the only consultancy in Northern Ireland to feature in a top agency poll recently compiled by PRWeek. This is the second year in a row that the PR and content agency, Smarts Communicate has featured in PRWeek’s Top 150 rankings, having moved up eight places to 58 it remains the...
Receptionist of the Year winners
NORTHERN Ireland Hotels Federation recently hosted its annual Hotel Receptionist of the Year awards ceremony. Held in the Killyhevlin Lakeside Hotel & Lodges almost 80 entrants from Northern Ireland’s top venues were competing for gold in the various categories at the gala event. Commenting on the interest Ciaran O’Neill, President of NI Hotels Federation said:...
Community investment packs a punch
THE search is on to find Northern Ireland’s most deserving community groups. Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to communities across Northern Ireland with the Lidl Community Works initiative, supermarket group Lidl is this year offering £6,000 in funding to local groups and large scale projects through each of its 38 stores across the province. Since the...
First Education & Employment Extravaganza for North West
A FREE festival designed to inspire people in the North West to make the connection from Education to Employability (E2E), will be held at Ebrington Square, Derry/Londonderry later this month. The E2E festival, the first of its kind for the region, is a partnership delivery by North West Regional College with Derry City and Strabane...
New Agri-Food Centre
ULSTER University Business School has announced the setting up of an Agri-food Business Development Centre. The aim of the centre is to provide sector specific support through the promotion of agri-food business education, research and innovation. Professor Mark Durkin, Executive Dean of Ulster University Business School said: “The agri-food industry is Northern Ireland’s key indigenous...
Ulster University awards to celebrate innovation and impact
Ulster University is to celebrate the transformational impact its students, graduates and research are having on societies and economies across the globe at its inaugural Impact Excellence Awards. Taking place this Thursday, Ulster University’s new Impact Excellence Awards are sponsored by NIJobfinder.co.uk. The Awards will recognise Ulster University’s collaborations with partners in the private, public...
Celebrity chef brings tasty ideas to NWRC’s Foodovations top table
CELEBRITY TV chef Tony Singh made a flying visit to North West Regional College’s (NWRC) Foodovation Centre recently where he praised the innovations being made. A regular on British television shows such as The Great British Menu, Saturday Kitchen and Ready Steady Cook, the chef, known for lively personality and for designing quirky dishes, emphasised...
Schools Need Help If Girls’s Salary Expectations To Be Raised, Says UTU
NORTHERN Ireland schools need the resources and support to ensure women and girls reach their full potential if the gender pay gap is to be eradicated, according to local teachers. Avril Hall Callaghan, General Secretary of the Ulster Teachers’ Union, was responding to the new mandatory pay gap reporting recently introduced for companies with over...
New Home For Entrepreneurs
A NEW business centre is offering entrepreneurs a vibrant working environment where they can share space, creativity and business ideas. The Foundry at City East Business Centre is the first social enterprise to offer independent business owners an opportunity to do business in a space perfect for blending privacy with collaboration. The visionary behind The...