Mandy Mills
Role: Business Information Centre Manager Company: Invest NI Track Record: ‘The best reward is when a client gets excited by the information we have given them, because it has given them a new perspective on their business, or helped them make more informed decisions,’ says Mandy. What does your job entail? I work in Invest...
Creative Industry and Women Given Jobs Boost by EU
A BUSINESS event to support and empower unemployed young women has been officially opened. The Women in Business event Turn over a New Leaf aims to help unemployed women aged between 16 and 24 into sustainable employment by providing mentoring and learning opportunities. Opening the event at the Assembly Buildings Conference Centre at Fisherwick Place,...
Minister awards praise to university’s community achievers
THE University of Ulster celebrated the success of its flexible access programmes for young people and adults at an award ceremony on the Jordanstown campus. More than 200 students were presented with certificates at the Celebration of Community Achievement evening, which recognised each person’s commitment, determination and creativity within their module or project. In conjunction...
ICT skills vital across the business-finance sectors
COLLABORATION is the key to upskilling tomorrow’s workforce, ac-cording to Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry. Speaking at a recent Invest NI event the minister reminded potential inward investors of the importance of the business, professional and financial services sectors to the whole Northern Ireland economy. He told those present at the event: “The...
SERC Students Fry Competition For Chef Jobs
INSTILLING the employability skills required for today’s demanding workforce is a key priority for South Eastern Regional College’s, according to its principal and chief executive Ken Webb. He was speaking after two of his students secured work with celebrity chef Danny Millar. Roisin McKeown (below) and Johnathan McQuade (centre) both clinched full-time posts at Lisbar-nett...
How To… Study
ORGANISE,AND STUDY TIMES WILL BE EASIER GETTING back into the rhythm of studying may seem daunting but when you’re equipped with the right tools, it doesn’t have to be too hard. TAKE GOOD LECTURE NOTES It may sound a bit obvious but if you take down good notes it will save you a lot of...
Jobs On Show
A JOBS Fair organised by the Department for Employ-ment and Learning takes place in Newry on November 13. The jobs fair will offer jobseekers the chance to discuss various opportunities with leading companies including Norbrook,First Derivatives,Teleperformance and MJM Marine. A range of support organisations,including the department’s careers service and employment service, will also be present...
Literacy On The Up
NORTHERN Ireland’s literacy levels are up,according to an international survey. The results from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) International Survey of Adult Skills (ISAS) for Northern Ireland revealed that the proportion of Northern Ireland’s working age population performing at the lowest levels of literacy has fallen from 23% in 1996 to 18%...
Lecture Link-Up
THE University of Ulster has teamed up with the Univer-sity of Otago in New Zealand to launch an international project aimed at improving lecture comprehension through student feedback. The innovative approach, which was first developed by researchers at UU,involves new technology that allows international students to give lecturers im-mediate feedback on how they are following...
New research centre set to create 20 jobs
A NEW multi-million pound research centre in Londonderry will create more than 20 high quality jobs. The Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine is based at the Uni-versity of Ulster and is a collaboration between the university’s Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, C-TRIC (the Clinical Translational Research and Innovation Centre) and the Western Health and Social...