Trust in drive to recruit more nurses
THE Southern Health and Social Care Trust is hosting a recruitment day to enhance its nursing workforce. Taking place on Friday, October 2, in Seagoe Parish Centre, Portadown, there will be interviews on the day, offers made, and pre-employment checks completed. The trust is hoping to attract applications from registered nurses along with year two and year three students. The trust’s Executive...
Exceptional students win tuition fees
FIVE Northern Ireland students will have their tuition fees paid for the duration of their undergraduate degree thanks to Queen’s University, Belfast. This is the third year of the Queen’s Scholar scheme in which each school or college across Northern Ireland was asked to nominate pupils who could demonstrate exceptional achievements outside academic life, whether in sport, music and the arts, business and enterprise or through community work, with a...
Tech firm’s new recruit celebrates ‘golden ticket’
BELFAST tech firm TotalMobile has taken on its latest recruit in the second year of its No Fees Degree scheme. The initiative employs trainee software developers while they complete a part-time degree, in a package worth up to £100,000 over five years. Chris Gormley from Belfast will take up a position at the Pilot Point-based company as a software developer intern this month at the same...
PR Firm’s Accolade
PUBLIC relations consultancy firm JPR has become the first in Northern Ireland to have four employees with a Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. Director Chris Harrison is the latest to be awarded the Fellowship, joining colleagues Jane Wells, Rosemary Allister and Joris Minne who also hold the honour. The accolade is awarded by the Fellowship Nominations Committee in London for outstanding contribution to the CIPR and...
Sizzling Sausages
A NORTHERN IRELAND firm are celebrating after scooping an award for their sausages. Asda’s Extra Special Chipolatas, produced by local firm Finnebrogue, won the ‘Best Sausage Product’ at this year’s annual Supermeat & Fish Awards. The prize-winning product shifts almost 50,000 packs per week in Asda stores and has seen an enormous increase of 60% in the past year.As a result in the expansion Finnebrogue has explained and taken...
Research Prize
AN ULSTER University psychologist has received a national research award for her pioneering research. Dr Victoria Simms was presented with the prestigious Neil O’Connor award by The British Psychological Society for her published paper on the Premature Infants Skills in Mathematics (Prism) study. Funded by Action Medical Research and carried out by the UK team of children’s development experts, the Prism study discovered that children born before 32 weeks of...
Visitors welcomed to space
NORTHERN Ireland’s newest professional arts and engineering facility recently welcomed its first visitors. Hosted by SERC in conjunction with the Bangor Chamber of Commerce, the breakfast briefing entitled ‘How cloud and social media can increase sales and cut costs’ gave invited delegates a sneak preview of the multi-million pound The Space complex. This meeting marked the first of a series...
Media programme for trainees marks one year birthday
A MEDIA training programme designed to nurture the next generation of talent has completed its first year of service. Cool Choices is an initiative from Start360, working in partnership with Cool FM, and funded by the Big Lottery Fund. The 15 week programme is aimed towards anyone aged 16-24, and not in education, employment or training, giving them the support they need to overcome barriers to employment. ...
Chamber’s economy action plan launched
THE Minister for Employment and Learning, Stephen Farry, has called on the business community to make their views known on the future sustainability of higher education in Northern Ireland. The minister was meeting with Stephen McCully, president, and Nick Coburn, vice-president, of the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NI Chamber) to discuss NI...
Jackson family thrilled with degrees
A HUSBAND and wife who both returned to study have graduated from South Eastern Regional College (SERC). Nigel Jackson, 55, and his wife, Marion, 48, from Lisburn attended evening classes at SERC to study for the Liverpool John Moore’s BA honours Business Studies degree. The couple had to juggle studying at SERC with work and...