SERC Students Selected for Year in the States
TWO SERC students are cele-brating after being selected to study in America for a year. Samuel George and Hope Bradley, from Newtownards, have been chosen for the Study USA Programme, a scholarship to spend a full academic year at an American college or uni-versity studying business and management. Samuel, a second year Liver-pool John Moore’s...
Employment Briefs – New Appointments
CO DOWN based food company, Willowbrook Foods has appointed two new members of staff to its NPD team. The NPD technicians are responsible for developing innovative products in response to consumer demands and customer briefs. Seana Boyle, from Strabane in Co Tyrone, joins the team having graduated last June from the University of Ulster with...
Further Education Sector will be ‘Engine room of Economy’
THE further education sector in Northern Ireland will be the engine room of Northern Ireland’s economy. That was the message from the minister for Employment and Learning, Stephen Farry, as he addressed attendees of the Trans-Atlantic Technology and Training Alliance (TA3) conference. The TA3 conference, held in Northern Ireland for the first time, is a...
Innovators hailed for Projects at Awards
FURTHER Education’s top innovators have been rewarded at the Business & Education Through Skills & Training (BEST) Awards. A range of prizes and awards were presented for the most prom-ising and exciting new projects linked to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) emerging from Northern Ireland’s six regional FE colleges. Organised by Colleges NI, an...
Graduates take Centre Stage
THE Minister for Employment and Learning, Stephen Farry took to the stage recently to congratulate Performing Arts students from South Eastern Regional College (SERC). The students from the college’s student theatre company The Glass Umbrella were performing excerpts from Little Shop of Horrors at the Career Academy UK’s Belfast Graduation at Stormont as part of...
Jobs boost as Lidl unveils plans for £20m warehouse expansion
Lidl has unveiled plans for a £20m expansion of its distribution centre in Co Antrim which could bring dozens of jobs – as well as employing more than 100 construction workers while it is being built. The German supermarket giant is growing its warehouse at Nutts Corner, as it plans additional stores across Northern Ireland....
Clean and green plan for public transport
COMMUTERS and transport providers can glimpse the future of ‘clean and green’ travel when a European initiative rolls into Newry next week. Organised by South West College, the event on June 11 is the second stage in the Repute (Renewable Public Transport Enterprise) tour that will kick off in Glasgow and continue on to destinations...
ACADEMIES BOOST JOB PROSPECTS
THE promotion of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Stem) subjects across Northern Ireland’s Career Academies is helping young people max-imise job opportunities, according to the Employment and Learning Minister. Stephen Farry was speaking as host of the Career Academies UK graduation where he presented certificates to over 60 graduates of the Career Academy Programme....
Co Antrim green power firm’s storage plan could create 530 jobs
Renewable energy group Gaelectric has revealed plans for a £300million storage facility in Co Antrim which could lead to more than 500 jobs. The facility in Larne will use compressed air energy storage (CAES) technology – the first time it has been adapted for use along with intermittent sources such as wind and solar. Gaelectric...
Grant Thornton creates 71 new jobs in Belfast
Grant Thornton is to create 71 new jobs as the professional services firm expands in Belfast. Enterprise minister Jonathan Bell made the announcement at the official opening of the accountancy firm’s new offices in Belfast. Mr Bell said: “This is an important strategic investment by Grant Thornton, one of the world’s leading independent assurance, tax...