Kyle continues to build on success with BTEC award
A student from South Eastern Regional College has been named Outstanding BTEC Construction Student of the Year for 2015 at the National BTEC Awards. Kyle McKee scooped the honour in a competition which celebrates achievement in the country’s most widely taken vocational qualification. Kyle has a distinction-level BTEC Subsidiary Diploma in construction from South Eastern...
Students are praised after completing training course
Fourteen students have received their certificates after completing the Eishtec Training Academy. Following the announcement that Eishtec UK Ltd was creating 320 jobs in Northern Ireland, the three week Training Academy was designed by DEL, Eishtec UK Ltd and Southern Regional College (SRC) under the Assured Skills initiative, to prepare the successful students to compete...
BUSINESS EXPANDS
EIGHTY new jobs are to be created over the next two years thanks to the expansion Decora Blind Systems. The Lisburn-based family-owned blind manufacturing business is benefiting from an Invest Northern Ireland employment grant of £240,000 towards the new jobs. Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Jonathan Bell said: “Decora is ranked as one of the...
STUDENT PRAISED
BELFAST Met HND media student Sam Lockhart was the toast of his class when he claimed the runner-up prize for Moving Image Fiction at the Ulster Media Show. The event was held in the main TV studio at e3 and the keynote speech was delivered by Dermot Lavery, MD of DoubleBand Films. Speaking about the...
Magnificent seven off to Brazil for WorldSkills
SEVEN talented young people from Northern Ireland have started their journey to Brazil to compete as members of the UK team for WorldSkills 2015. The seven are first travelling to London for a reception for the UK team, before jetting off to Sao Paulo for the competition which takes place from August 11-16. Held every...
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Northern Ireland – The Land of Opportunity?
The “war on talent” (within recruitment) means Northern Ireland now has a lot to offer incoming or returning professionals who have studied elsewhere in the UK and not yet returned to seek employment on these shores. At HNH Human Capital we are frequently asked to recruit for newly or recently (3 years) qualified accountants both...
Local Company Ranked Among One Of The UK’s Best Workplaces
Liberty IT recognised as one of the Best Places to Work for the fourth time Local company, Liberty Information Technology (Liberty IT), has once again been recognised by Great Place to Work® as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces. It is the fourth time this Belfast and Dublin based IT company has received the accolade...
Niaobh Levestam
Role: Parity INTRO Graduate Company: Parity Track Record: What does your job entail? I work within the marketing department of a telecommunications company managing their global events, where I could find myself working anywhere from Johannesburg and Paris, to New York. Is it 9-5? Day-to-day I usually work 9-5, however most of my team is based in the US,...
Belfast Met achievements celebrated
BELFAST Metropolitan College has celebrated the achievements of students and staff at its Apprenticeship and Training Awards. Forty-seven successful students received awards recognising their achievements through their current or recently completed ApprenticeshipsNI, Programme Led Apprenticeship or Training for Success programmes. The student award categories included the Apprentice Award, Training Award, Work Placement, Essential Skills and...