Princess Visits UU
The University of Ulster welcomed Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal to its Jordanstown campus as part of her day-long visit to Northern Ireland earlier this week. Princess Anne’s visit marked the 40th anniversary of the introduction of occupational therapy education at the University of Ulster — the only provider of degree-level occupational therapy education...
Students Play The Stock Market On NYSE Maths Awareness Day
LOCAL schoolchildren had a chance to play the stock market recently, thanks to financial technology business, NYSE Euronext. . The company’s Maths Awareness Day was delivered in partnership with Business in the Community and facilitated by NYSE Euronext’s STEM Ambassadors. STEM Ambassadors are industry volunteers who engage with the younger generation to act as role...
Bill Watson
Role: Curriculum Manager Company: Northern Regional College & Career Academy Programme Track Record: “The biggest challenge is dealing with the volume of work in a very forward thinking and dynamic engineering department and accommodating the demands of both students and industry,” said Bill. What does your job entail? As a curriculum manager I co-ordinate the...
Construction Book Helps Pupils Build For The Future
CITB-ConstructionSkills NI has launched a new textbook to support the delivery of the GCSE qualification in construction and the built environment. The subject has been developed by Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessments to give students a realistic understanding and experience of construction to enable them to develop an authentic working relationship with the...
Top Chef Gets A Taste Of Belfast Met’s Cookery Course
DOUBLE Michelin-starred chef, Tom Kerridge, dropped into Belfast Metropolitan College to visit up and coming chefs on a recent trip to Northern Ireland. Tom, who’s now starring in his first TV show, Proper Pub Food on BBC 2, was joined on the visit by one of his chefs, former Belfast Met student Andrew Provan. Former...
How To… Create An Alluring Covering Letter
ENTICE THEM TO ASK FOR MORE THE main aim of a covering letter is to encourage recruiters to read your CV. While a CV sets out the skills and experience you have, the covering letter more explicitly demonstrates your understanding of the employing organisation and nature of the job being advertised. A covering letter gives...
Unity 3D Training
SOUTH West College, in conjunction with Digital Circle, is hosting Unity 3D training sessions across Northern Ireland. Unity 3D is a powerful game engine that can be used for a range of purposes including the development of e-learning experiences, interactive software applications and computer games. For information, please contact Carol Viney or Paul McGovern at...
NWRC Is Awarded
NORTH West Regional College has earned the first ever Skills for Health Quality Mark in Northern Ireland thanks to their health & social care training which provides participants with essential qualifications for the workplace. Skills for Health is the employer-led authority on work force development and is the UK Sector Skills Council for Health. Achievement...
Caterpillar Jobs
A MULTI-million pound investment will help create 100 high end manufacturing jobs. Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster and Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry have welcomed the news that US engineering firm Caterpillar is investing over £7m in the major manufacturing project. Part of the investment will focus on skills development to facilitate the manufacturing positions...
Volunteering ‘is good for your health’
A UNIVERSITY of Ulster study has emphasised the positive mental and physical impacts of volunteering. The results of the three year research study into the activities of older people who volunteer for charity work, found participants displayed modest improvements in physical health and stability in their mental health scores. Conducted by the University of Ulster,...