HOSPITALITY EVENT
THE cream of Northern Ireland’s hospitality industry was on show at this year’s Hotel of the Year awards. Hosted by the Northern Ireland Hotels Federation and taking place in the City Hotel, Londonderry, the event allowed businesses to showcase their employers and pay thanks to the contribution they make. President of the Northern Ireland Hotels...
FILM NOMINATION
A FILM studies PhD student from Queen’s University has been nominated for a national award. Sean Murray’s short film, Fractured City, has been nominated in the Postgraduate Drama category of The Royal Television Society Student Awards 2016. The film charts the story of two friends growing up in Belfast during a period of political turmoil...
RESEARCH PLAN
ALMAC Discovery and the McClay Foundation are to fund a two-year research collaboration with Ulster University to investigate if a specific type of protein could help to treat diseases of the eye. A form of the protein, which can reduce the growth or formation of blood vessels, is currently in clinical development by Almac Discovery...
Tash Bamford
Role: Personal Trainer Company: Tash PT Track Record: Passion and commitment to achieving results are crucial to Tash Bamford’s role as a personal trainer Give a brief outline of your career to date. When I was 16, and still studying at Ulidia Integrated College in Carrickfergus, I got a part-time job in a local gym...
Conference celebrates primary science
BELFAST is to play host to the world’s first international primary science education conference. Organised by the Primary Science Teaching Trust (PSTT), the three-day event, taking place in Belfast’s Waterfront, from June 9-11, will celebrate excellence in the teaching and learning of primary science across the world. It will include a range of workshops led...
DRIVE HELPS FOOD FIRMS DELIVER GOODS
NORTHERN Ireland food producers are set to benefit from a new initiative led by Queen’s University Belfast and the University of East Anglia that will enable businesses to better understand consumer behaviour and market developments. The project aims to directly address the recommendations in the Agri-Food Strategy Board’s ‘Going for Growth’ report, which outlined the...
Student’s Success
A STUDENT from South Eastern Regional College (SERC) has been shortlisted for this year’s Plumbing and Heating Awards 2016. Twenty-one-year-old Fintan Murray (above), who studies the higher level apprenticeship gas course at SERC, was nominated for the Apprentice of the Year award by his employer, Saintfield-based Francis Murray and Son Plumbing and Heating. The awards...
Nurses Lauded
NORTHERN Ireland nurses have been praised for their contribution to the health service. Speaking at the Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year 2016 Awards ceremony in Hillsborough Castle, hosted by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Chief Nursing Officer, Professor Charlotte McArdle, paid tribute to all the nurses within the Health and Social Care (HSC)...
Awards pay tribute to excellence in NI’s human resources sector
THE depth of excellence within the HR profession in Northern Ireland was recognised at the CIPD Northern Ireland 2016 Awards gala. CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development which has a 3000-plus membership in Northern Ireland, presented prizes across 10 categories to teams, individuals and organisations. B/E Aerospace was named HR Team of...
Student reaps reward for evolution at Randox
THE achievements of placement students at healthcare firm Random were celebrated recently. Randox works closely with a number of universities throughout the UK to support the professional and personal development of students, by providing work placements in its world-leading Engineering, Science and Business departments. The Randox Pinnacle Placement Awards recognise and reward the work of...