School Careers Advice Crucial to our economic future
Good careers advice has never been more important, according to a leading educationalist. Avril Hall-Callaghan, general secretary of Northern Ireland’s biggest locally-based teaching union, was speaking in the wake of what has been described as a ‘worrying deterioration’ of careers services in some other parts of the UK. “The fact that Westminster’s Education Select Committee...
ICT Education Must be Matched With Job Needs
More must be done to match up the skills of the workforce and the skills employers need, to realise the ICT sector’s full potential, according to Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry. He was speaking during a visit to participants of the Data Analytics Training Academy (DATA) and the Software Testers Academy (STA) at...
Schemes Let Young Make Their Mark
AN employability scheme is offering 20 young people the chance to upskill and turn their lives around. The M&S and Prince’s Trust ‘Make Your Mark’ scheme offers unemployed young people aged 16-24 training and mentoring to help them find a job. All 11 Northern Ireland participants who took part in and passed each element of...
Anthony McGrath
Role: Domestic Student Recruitment Officer Company: Queens University Track Record: ME AND MY JOB What does your job entail? My job is a marketing and customer care based role within the domestic student recruitment team.We work with colleagues across Queen’s to ensure that courses are packaged and marketed to our target audience.The domestic team is...
Eddie Cullen
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College Revamp to Help Students Fulfil Potential
North West Regional College last week unveiled a £1.2m building investment programme at its Derry Road Campus. The development comes as the college marks its 75th year in the district, and now boasts a range of newly refurbished facilities and additional new buildings to accommodate its increasing numbers of students. The latest resources include state-ofthe-...
Denise Farrell
Role: Ulsterbus Driver Company: Ulsterbus Track Record: ME AND MY JOB Denise FarrellULSTERBUS DRIVER What does your job entail? I’m a Translink bus driver based in Newtownhamilton, where I deliver school transport and normal timetabled bus services in the Newry and Armagh areas. The job is very customer-focused; everyday I deal with people of all...
Lianne McConville
Customer Service Executive Ogilvie Fleet Ltd Role: Lianne will support the sales team by ensuring customer queries are followed up and service expectations are fulfilled. Track Record: Lianne will support the sales team by ensuring customer queries are followed up and service expectations are fulfilled.
What’s It Like To Study … Criminology
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO STUDY … CRIMINOLOGY FANCY A FUTURE DELVING INTO CRIMINAL MINDS? What courses? Criminology; criminological studies; criminology and criminal justice; applied criminology. It’s often offered as part of a joint honours. Popular combinations include sociology and criminology, social sciences and criminology, and psychology and criminology. What do you come out with? A...