Diploma Delight
TWELVE staff from estate agents Templeton Robinson have successfully completed the City & Guilds Level Three Diploma in residential property sales, thanks to the South Eastern Regional College. They were presented with their certificates recently by Patricia Calhoun, Skills Solutions Programme Manager from the Department for Employment and Learning. SERC is the first college in...
New APM Chair
THE Association for Project Management (APM) has appointed Gerry Coghlan (above) chairman of its Northern Ire-land branch. Previously the treasurer, he is a senior associate at the Belfast office of URS Infrastructure and Environment UK Ltd. A senior project manager and quantity surveyor Gerry has extensive experience in the building and infrastructure sectors. Recently completed...
ICT Academies Appraised for Contribution to Economy
EMPLOYMENT and Learning Minister Stephen Farry has praised the contributions ICT (information and communications technology) academies — such as the Cloud Academy — can bring to the local economy. The minister was visiting Auto-mated Intelligence (Al) — a Belfast-based software company which has brought a new approach to the information management market — where he...
Students on a Business Trip of a Lifetime to USA
SEVENTEEN Belfast students will soon be jetting off to study business at colleges in the USA. The students have been selected to take part in the British Council’s prestigious Study USA programme, a one-year scholar-ship that enables students to study business and management in American colleges. The programme, will see students gain valuable international experience...
Export Technologies Expanding its Workforce
E-COMMERCE consultancy Export Technologies, which has transacted £1bn worth of online sales for Northern Ireland customers, has grown its workforce thanks to a hat-trick of new customers. The Belfast-based company has recruited developers, de-signers and project managers as part of a Elm plus investment in staff and development in its award winning technology, the International...
Claire Morgan
Role: Youth Development Officer Company: Society of St Vincent De Paul Track Record: The challenge of working with young people is a reward in itself. ‘One of the reasons I always wanted to work with young people is because of their enthusiasm. I love how they have a different way of looking at things...
Welders Can Skill Up with New Coursee
A NEW pilot welding academy will allow 30 trainees to become skilled in the high quality, specialised welding fields required by Harland and Wolff. Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC) and Northern Regional College (NRC) will run the courses, aimed at training unemployed people, with a background in welding, in modern techniques. Robert J Cooper, chief executive...
Siobhan Kennedy
Role: Development Officer Company: Clanmill Housing Track Record: My job is to identify sites on which to build homes. ‘Because of our work, families can settle and put down roots, children have a safe place to come home to after school where they have space to do their homework and play, and older people and...
It’s ‘Action’ For Amy As a Career In Movies Beckons
A RIDLEY Scott movie has helped Queen’s graduate Amy Moore land a new role with FilmHubNI. Amy, from Co Londonderry, is graduating with a BA in Film Studies and has just finished working as a locations scout on Sepia, a Ridley Scott produced film partly filmed in Belfast. She is now employed at Queen’s Film...
CodeCamp To Seek Out Tomorrow’s STEM Stars
THERE is still time to apply for a place on a digital summer camp. ‘CodeCamp’ from digital solutions company, Kainos, is a free two-week course, aimed at year 11- 14 students (aged 16-18) of STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The annual camp is an intensive course in software development during the summer break....