How To… Handle Results Day In Eight Easy Steps
WHERE TO GO FROM HERE… NOW’S THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HAS IN STORE WHETHER you’re pleased or disappointed with the results you’ve received it’s time to think about the future and what move to make next. Paul Quinn, recruitment manager from the University of Ulster shares his golden rules for what to...
Building Your Way To A Construction Career
AFTER a difficult five years, recovery has begun for the construction sector. In Northern Ireland alone it is expected that 1,280 new construction workers will be needed yearly over the next five years, with areas of private housing, infrastructure and industrial work all expected to help push the sector towards growth. Research has indicated that...
Not Sure What Your Next Move Should Be? Don’t Worry, We Are Here To Provide Help
THE wait is over and the results are in. Whether you’ve surpassed your expectations or have been left feeling disappointed our Options supplement is filled with choices and advice for what to do next. If you’re not sure what your next move should be then rest assured you’re not alone. With 31,600 entries to A-level...
£20K Boost For Female Entrepreneurship
A LOCAL enterprise agency has been awarded over £20,000 in grant funding from RBS, the parent company of Ulster Bank, to help develop female entrepreneurship. Dungannon Enterprise Centre received the support from the RBS Inspiring Women in Enterprise fund for its Innovate- Her Mid-Ulster programme, an initiative designed to encourage women into business. The InnovateHer...
Record Numbers Enrol For Foundation Degrees
DEMAND for low cost and locally-based routes to honours degrees has resulted in record numbers of students signing up for foundation degrees, according to new figures from South West College. In four years, enrolments on the vocational courses increased by 77% as the college, employers and universities jointly rolled out 23 programmes that have helped...
Top Restaurant’s Scheme To Find Aspiring Chefs
ONE of Belfast’s leading restaurateurs is launching an apprentice programme for aspiring chefs. Niall McKenna, owner of James Street South, The Bar & Grill and Hadskis, is offering successful hopefuls the chance to work with an award-winning team. The search is now on for eight apprentices, aged between 16 and 24 who have the drive...
How To… Make The Most Of Clearing
WHAT TO DO IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR GRADES IF you haven’t got the exam grades you were hoping for all is not lost. John Carberry, an experienced careers adviser who has worked on the Exam Results Helpline for many years, has the following advice: Think about what went wrong If it goes pear-shaped, take...
Trip To Liverpool
TWO students from North West Regional College’s Strabane Campus have just returned from an all-expenses paid residential trip to John Moores’ University in Liverpool. Sasha Hawkes and Eunan Hegarty are students on the Level 3 Extended Diploma in health studies course at the college’s Derry Road campus, and were selected for this opportunity which was...
Red Arrow At MET
THE outgoing Squadron Leader of the Red Arrows visited Belfast Met recently to speak to aeronautical engineering students about his experiences flying with the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team. Ben Plank, former Red 8 Flight Lieutenant of the world famous aerial aerobatic crew, highlighted the importance of quality and safety in aircraft engineering. Philip Boyd,...
Bradford Choices
IF you haven’t received the grades you needed for your chosen university then there are still options available. The University of Bradford has places available for students hoping to start this year including courses in the Life Sciences such as Pharmacy and Optometry. Or there is Management and Law as well as engineering programmes that...