All-island accolade for legal course
A PROGRAMME designed by Ulster University has been recognised as the Postgraduate Law Course of the Year at a prestigious all-island awards event. The LLM in Clinical Legal Education, based at the Ulster University Law Clinic, claimed the title at the GradIreland Postgraduate Course of the Year Awards, in recognition of its outstanding contribution to...
Honours for NI staff at Star Awards
TWO staff from Northern Ireland were the overall winners of their Award categories at the Sodexo 2016 Star Awards for the UK and Ireland held in London recently. Alaistair Armstrong, who manages the PSNI contract in Northern Ireland, won the Overall Account Manager of the Year Award while Pamela Millar, Sodexo’s business manager at Allstate...
Support vital for export business
THE business expertise provided by LEDCOM has been instrumental in assisting many businesses to achieve success in export markets. That was the message according to Economy Minister Simon Hamilton during a recent visit to the company’s Willowbank Business Park. During 2016, LEDCOM was involved with initiatives and services which supported 1350 people, helping to create...
How to… Job search in January 2017
WHETHER you’re searching for a job or thinking of making a career change, taking positive steps now can benefit you for the months to come. BE PREPARED Update your CV to reflect your most recent employment opportunities and achievements. Sign up for job opportunity alerts in your desired field and check recruitment pages for jobs...
Stephen McCann
Role: IT Director / Business Owner Company: P2V Systems Track Record: Being able to apply the experience gained in previous employment roles help Stephen McCann realise his aspirations to start his own company. Give a brief outline of your career to date. I’ve now been working in the IT industry for 19 years, within both...
Placement Blog – Mollie Cunningham (Food NI)
Name – Mollie Cunningham Company – Food NI Role – Admin and Events Assistant Degree – Ulster University’s BSc Hons Consumer Management and Food Innovation Talk us through your typical work day? I arrive into the office at 9.30am and the first thing I do is check my emails. In the run up to events,...
How To… Make Career Resolutions
CREATING THE CHANGES TO MOVE AHEAD IT’S that time of year again, when many of us will be considering New Year’s resolutions, and for some, that might include thinking about a change in career path or perhaps even deciding on a career for the first time. Anne Richardson from the Department for Employment and Learning’s...
Call for real creative jobs
UNPAID internships are preventing many young people in Northern Ireland from realising their dream of a career in the creative industries. That was the message from the Northern Ireland Creative & Cultural Skills Awards. Speaking at the awards nations director of Creative and Cultural Skills, Sara Graham issued a call for creative organisations to take...
Science success for Almac trio
CONTRACT development and manufacturing organisation, Almac, has supported three of its employees through a new, tailored MSc Pharmaceutical Analysis degree undertaken at Queen’s University Belfast. The Almac Sciences’ employees, Alison Quinn, an analytical chemist, Robert Elliott, a data and document reviewer and chemist Laura McGee recently graduated together during a ceremony at Queen’s University Belfast....
Ten new jobs for Belfast start-up
A START-UP business is set to create 10 jobs after securing a significant injection of capital from local and international investors. CADshare, which is based at the Ulster Bank-powered Entrepreneurial Spark Hatchery in Belfast, has raised over £200,000, including investment from techstart NI, private investors based in Northern Ireland and the US, and support from...