Paula Dunlop
Role: Site engineer Company: Coolkeeragh ESB power station Track Record: TRACK RECORD “I am currently working as a site engineer at Coolkeeragh ESB power station as part of a 13-month placement within my Masters degree in electrical and electronic engineering at Queen’s Uni-versity, Belfast. I was awarded a schol-arship with Electric Ireland, part of the...
Kim Blair
Role: Graduate Technical Specialist Company: Capita Managed IT Solutions Track Record: What does your job entail? I’m a graduate technical specialist so I use my technical knowledge and experience to fix IT problems for a wide range of clients all over the UK. Our Service Desk will receive a call from a client who has...
Peter Kane
Role: Technical Specialist Company: Capita Managed IT Solutions Track Record: How long have you worked for the company? 4 years What does your job entail? I work as part of the desktop services team; supporting computer users across the UK with IT related issues and building desktops and laptops for clients. Part of that means...
Finola Strain
Role: Senior Technical Specialist Company: Capita Managed IT Solutions Track Record: How long have you worked for the company? Almost 7 years What does your job entail? I work in the Application Hosting team. My role involves maintaining the overall health of the managed service infrastructure through installing/configuring, maintaining and upgrading servers and...
Alice Murphy
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Project Officer Gaelectric Developments Ltd Role: Responsible for Gaelectric’s Geographical Information Systems (GIS) function, which supports wind analysis, energy storage, planning and business development teams. An key part of the technical team, the role involves investigative research, data analysis Track Record: Responsible for Gaelectric’s Geographical Information Systems (GIS) function, which supports...
Brendan McCormack
Role: Professor of Nursing Research Company: University of Ulster Track Record: “I started as a student psychiatric nurse in Mullingar when I was 18 and whilst I knew I was not ‘cut out’ to be a psychiatric nurse long-term, I really fell in love with nursing and nursing older people in particular” said Brendan. What does...
Teachers Of Dyslexia Are A Class Act
A TEAM of dedicated dyslexia teach-ers from Belfast Metropolitan College have been put forward for a presti-gious award for their work. Nominated for a Pearson Teaching Award for Further Education Teacher/Team of the Year, the Met’s in-clusive learning team is four highly-skilled and experienced professionals in the field of dyslexia. They are; Carmel McKinney, Louise...
Builders Go To Germany For Eco-skills
LOCAL builders are skilling-up in sustainable building techniques thanks to an education trip to Germany. A group of 15 construction workers have travelled to Biberach an der Ria for two weeks thanks to CITB-ConstructionSkills NI. CITB-ConstructionSkills NI secured funding for the Building Skills for Sustainable Construction project from the European Commission’s Leonardo programme, which is...
Minister Promotes Rights In Workplace For LGB Staff
A SHARED society is a fundamental economic rationale as well as a matter of equality, according to the Employment Minister Dr Stephen Farry. He was speaking at a recent event in Belfast co-hosted by Belfast City Council and The Rainbow Project, to examine the case for promoting equality and diversity in the workplace and discuss...
New Crop Of Teachers To Be Digital Masters
THE School of Education at the University of Ulster is collaborat-ing with the Nerve Centre in Londonderry to enhance the learning experience of postgraduate student teachers. The initiative — funded by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and Ulster’s Faculty of Social Sciences — aims to deliver a new generation of digitally skilled teachers...