New Software Academies To Offer Training
NORTHERN Ireland’s innovative Software Testers’ Academy is aiming to provide graduates with the skills required to take up new opportunities in the international information and communications technology industry. The academy targets HND, degree or equivalent graduates from any discipline and will offer an intensive 16- week training programme, including a company placement, to 36 successful...
Sean Falls
Role: Service Delivery Manager Company: Translink Track Record: What does your job entail? I am responsible for managing all aspects of public transport in the Omagh and Fermanagh District Council areas. Together with an excellent support team I plan, schedule and manage all bus services in these areas. In particular, I manage all aspects of...
At the Forefront of Battle with Cancer
Queen’s University QUEENS University scientists are helping to spearhead a new £6 million initiative to find better ways to prevent cancer. The new initiative, led by Cancer Research UK with matching investment from the BUPA Foundation, aims to support cutting-edge research to find better ways to prevent cancer. It is estimated that more than four...
MET Gets Creative With Showcase Event
BELFAST Met recently held its inaugural Creative Week showcasing talent across its creative academic areas from fashion, visual arts and hair and beauty to performing arts, hospitality and supported learning. The showcase events included a bronze sculpture exhibition, photography exhibition, interactive supported learning project, edible art display, visual art exhibition, dance show and music performance....
Eight Students To Explore New American Frontiers
EIGHT further education students from Northern Ireland will spend two weeks at a prestigious Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) institute in America this summer. The students will take part in the FRONTIERS programme at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts. WPI is a private, high class STEM university primarily devoted to the instruction and...
FinTrU Gives Graduates Academy-style Training
A NEW training programme will provide graduates with the skills and experience required to take up innovative opportunities being offered in Northern Ireland by financial services business FinTrU. Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry recently launched the FinTrU Financial Services Academy which will target graduates from any discipline. The minister said: “The financial services sector...
Career Boost
EIGHT unemployed young people took their first steps to a new career when they graduated from The Prince’s Trust’s ‘Get into Cooking’ programme. The programme was delivered and hosted by North West Regional College, and has been specifically tailored give unemployed people the confidence, skills and training to find a job in the catering sector....
New CITB Boss
WILLIAM Maurice Johnston has been appointed the new chairman of CITB-ConstructionSkills NI. CITB-ConstructionSkills NI is the only remaining statutory training board in Northern Ireland. Its purpose is to encourage the training of those employed or intending to be employed in the construction industry in Northern Ireland. Mr Johnston is a member of the Royal Institute...
Artist Scheme
NORTHERN Ireland artists could soon be showcasing their work abroad, thanks to a £50,000 funding scheme. The Artists’ International Development Fund, a joint initiative between the British Council and the Arts Council Northern Ireland, aims to put local creative talent on the map by giving artists and art organisations the chance to bring their work...
Whats It Like to Study Animation
COURSES THAT HAVE A REAL EFFECT ON FOLK What courses? A myriad of titles including: animation; computer arts; creative digital media; animation production; animation technology; computer visualization; computer games arts. Plus a host of joint honours combinations. What do you come out with? BA, or a BSc for some computer animation courses. At Dundee, you’ll...