Course Success for Staff at Praxis Care
PRAXIS Care is celebrating after 28 members of staff successfully completed their Best Practice in Dementia Care qualification. Staff from St Paul’s Court, Lisburn, Connaught House, Newry and Coleraine Floating Support completed the six-part, self-study course for health and social care staff working in care home and day care settings. Commenting on the importance of...
Queen’s in Euro Language Day Invite
QUEEN’S University Belfast is encouraging everyone in the workplace and education to get involved in this year’s European Day of Languages (EDL). With international students and staff at Queen’s representing more than 80 countries, the university will mark the broad range of languages spoken by people currently living in Europe, and the diverse cultures that...
University Powers Firm’s Push into Global Markets
ULSTER University is helping a Limavady-based company launch a revolutionary new product range into key global markets. Arbarr Electronics, specialising in the design and manufacture of energy storage systems, is collaborating with Ulster University through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to establish Arbarr as a recognised brand within the global energy storage market. The KTP...
Academy Opens to Meet Needs of the Gaming Industry
A NEW Game Development Academy aims to provide 16 talented individuals with the skills and experience required to take up exciting new opportunities in the growing industry. Attending the launch at Parliament Buildings this week, Department for Employment and Learning Deputy Secretary Catherine Bell said: “The IT industry and specifically the game development sector has...
Breakfast Event
AT A recent breakfast event the Department for Employment and Learning Permanent Secretary, Derek Baker outlined the importance of employers working alongside the further education colleges to design and develop high quality and economically relevant curriculum and qualifications. The aim of the event in the e3 campus of Belfast Metropolitan College was to promote the...
Marketing Awards
THE cream of Ireland’s marketing professionals will gather in November to celebrate the high profile campaigns that captured the public’s imagination in 2015. The Marketing Excellence Awards Ireland 2015, which take place at Titanic Belfast on Thursday, November 12, will demonstrate the latest innovations and best practice in this fast moving, ever changing discipline. Speaking...
Building Boost
PUBLIC sector procurement is a vital element in supporting the local construction industry and boosting the Northern Ireland economy. That was the message from Finance Minister Arlene Foster when visiting the £32m construction site for the Western Health Trust’s new radiotherapy unit at Altnagelvin hospital this week. Minister Foster said: “This significant project will not...
Met Boxes Clever with Academy Launch
TWO Commonwealth champion boxers have joined Ireland’s first boxing academy at Belfast Metropolitan College. Bantamweight James McGivern and welterweight Aidan Walsh join the academy triumphant from the Youth Games in Samoa where they claimed Team NI’s first-ever boxing gold medals at the games. The boxing academy will give students the opportunity to complete essential skills...
Firstsource Announces University Partnership
FIRSTSOURCE Solutions has launched a new global partnership to offer employees the opportunity to study for a degree. The BSc (Hons) in Customer Contact Management is the first of its kind in the world in which a leading Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company has entered into an academic partnership. It will be delivered through a...
Workplace Mental Health Awareness On Rise
ACCORDING to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the number of employees speaking up about mental health problems is on the rise, with more than two fifths of employers saying they saw an increase in cases reported by staff of conditions such as depression and anxiety. These findings are welcomed by Northern Ireland depression and mental health charity, Aware (formerly Aware Defeat Depression) who has long...