Going Wild in Woodland Classroom
SOUTH Eastern Regional College (SERC) students have transformed a neglected woodland on the college grounds into an outdoor classroom as part of their coursework. Supported by wild flower planting project Grow Wild and funding from the Big Lottery Fund, the group of Animal Management students, with the help from the School of Construction, overhauled the...
Brickies Cement Position as Luckiest of the Lotto
STATISTICS from the National Lottery have revealed that the building trade is the luckiest profession when it comes to wins, with 331 millionaire builders created since the first National Lottery draw took place back in November 1994. Drivers are in second place in the luckiest professions chart, with 193 millionaires created, and more than 1,500...
Could a bad digital Footprint be a pitfall for your Business?
BEING aware of your online presence has never been more important when it comes to your job search. More and more employers look at a candidate’s digital footprint before even meeting with them, and depending on what they find online — whether it is fair or not — you can be sure that they will...
How to… Choose a Student Bank Account
University years are some of the best of your life. And for once, the banks are playing ball. Their generous offering of a special student bank account often comes with many perks, but making the right choice can be a little bewildering. THE BANKS WANT YOU Most people stick with just one main bank over...
Space Age Facility Close to Completion
A recent hard hat tour of South Eastern Regional College’s (SERC) new Performing Arts, Computing and Engineering facility, The SPACE, showed the progress construction on the project is making. Principal Ken Webb and tutors from the School of Performing Arts and Engineering were on hand to lead the committee of Culture, Arts and Leisure on...
New exhibition seeks to bring science to life
Schools from across Northern Ireland will showcase more than 150 science and engineering projects at this year’s Sentinus Young Innovators Exhibition. The annual science showcase celebrates the achievements of young people in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM), and alongside the exhibition there will be a number of interactive shows designed to bring science to...
Almac‘s US deal to develop cancer drug
Almac Discovery, which develops treatments for cancer, has signed a deal with a US-based pharmaceutical company to license and further develop a new class of drug molecules to fight the disease. The new class of drug molecules blocks the activity of an important cancer pathway which has been a focus of biotech and pharmaceutical companies...
Employment Briefs – Building Jobs Up
The construction industry is leading jobs growth as Northern Ireland’s claimant count fell by 1,000 in May. The separate labour force survey (LFS) found the unemployment rate for the province in the three months to April was now 6.1%, higher than the UK average of 5.5%. There was a slight rise of 0.1% on the...
Employment Briefs – Bright Sparks
Six students in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast have been awarded scholarships by Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE). The scholarships, each worth £25,000, include financial support as well as the opportunity to spend a year’s placement and each summer working for the Company. NIE launched the Scholarship programme with Queen’s University in 2011...
Employment Briefs – Recipe for Success
GRAINNE Kerr, a Professional Chefs Diploma student at North West Regional College, has been named this year’s Student Chef of the Year at the prestigious Wessex Salon Culinaire competitions. Held at the Brockenhurst College in the New Forest, England, the competition attracted a record entry of culinary experts from across the United Kingdom, with Grainne...