First Heritage Wood Apprenticeship Launched
CITB-ConstructionSkills NI is to deliver the first ‘heritage wood occupations’ apprenticeship of its kind in Northern Ireland ACITB-ConstructionSkills NI is to deliver the first ‘heritage wood occupations’ apprenticeship of its kind in Northern Ireland. The organisation secured £379,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) under its Skills for the Future towards the Heritage Specialist Apprenticeship...
Say YES to Young People, Minister Urges Employers
EMPLOYMENT and Learning Minister Stephen Farry is urging employers to sign up to the £31m Youth Employment Scheme (YES) to tackle joblessness among young people. He highlighted the fact that over 3,200 18-to-24-year-olds have benefited from participating in the YES programme. “I would encourage young people to explore the opportunities associated with YES. Since the...
Student Honours
ASHTON Community Trust has honoured students at its Annual Awards Ceremony in North Belfast. More than 200 participants were presented with an award for achieving either a qualification or securing employment over the past year. Ashton Community Trust has secured European Social Fund programme funding for three projects, the Progress to Employment project, the North...
Big Win for Chris
THE communications manager for Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NI Chamber) has won the much coveted Communications Professional of the Year award at the PRmoment.com 2014 Golden Hedgehog Awards in Manchester. Christopher Morrow (above) is the first Northern Ireland winner of the award which was presented in front of 250 communication professionals from...
Barry’s New Move
MOY Park, one of Europe’s largest poultry producers, has appointed Barry McGrane to its executive board as chief financial officer. Mr McGrane will be responsible for leading the company’s finance and IS functions – ensuring the continued delivery of high performance levels and strong growth across Moy Park’s 16 sites in the UK, Ireland and...
Holywood School Joins Prestigious Global Body
AFTER a rigorous, two-year process Rockport School in Holywood has been announced as the first and only school in Ireland — north or south — to be accepted into the Round Square worldwide association of schools. At Rockport’s annual Founder’s Day, Simon Reid, headmaster of Gordonstoun School in Scotland, a founding Round Square school and...
Met Launches Drive for 19 New Lecturers
BELFAST Metropolitan College has embarked on a major new recruitment drive to employ full and part-time lecturing staff in a range of specialisms. The positions, advertised in today’s Nijobfinder, include a full-time, permanent lecturer in health and social care and a full-time, temporary lecturer in events management with travel and tourism. The college is also...
Dawn Patton
Role: Senior Account Director and New Business Development Company: Genesis Advertising Track Record: TRACK RECORD Dawn works for Genesis Advertising — one of Northern Ireland’s leading full service advertising and design agencies. Since joining Genesis in 2006, Dawn has worked on many high profile accounts including Invest NI, SPAR, Irish Distillers, First Trust Bank and...
Aaron Fletcher
Role: Travel Executive Company: Oasis Travel Track Record: What does your job entail? It’s tempting to sum it up and say, very simply, that I sell holidays. That’s true of course but it’s only part of the picture. My job is about helping people to find the holiday that’s right for them, whether that’s a...
Work with the Music Moguls at Universal
A PRESENTATION ceremony takes place this evening for the graduates of last year’s unique initiative designed to help young people gain employment in the music industry. The AccessThruMusic programme, developed through Armstrong Learning, is a 10-day course run throughout the year and open to all unemployed 16-24 year olds not currently in education or training....