Raising Skills
JO Smythe from Department of Learning and Employment has been appointed Skills and Employment Liaison Officer for the North West. The Liaison Officer will work under the auspices of the One Plan Skills Directorate and will play a crucial role in co-ordinating local and regional activity to ensure maximum benefit from the investment made in...
How To Decide… On Postgraduate Study
Consider Your Options Before Going Further WHAT IT INVOLVESMuch like undergraduate courses, postgraduate courses can be undertaken full-time or parttime, and range in price depending on your chosen institution and discipline. There are two types of course available: taught and research degrees. Taught programmes traditionally consist of lectures, coursework and, depending on your chosen subject,...
Innovative New Programme Helps Put Toy Retailer On The Map
A MULTI-million pound outdoor toy retailer from Belfast knows servicing your online customers is about more than just child’s play. Kidsplay.com has just completed a new InnovateUs programme led by South Eastern Regional College to help optimise its business by using Geographical Information Systems training and consultancy. South Eastern Regional College (SERC) recently carried out...
East Belfast Skills Scheme Aims For Rapid Job Success
AN upskilling programme in east Belfast is helping change lives, according to its participants. Local woman Heather Robinson recently took part in the Rapid Impact Programme developed jointly by GEMS NI and Penna Consulting and delivered through the Department for Employment and Learning’s Steps to Work programme. Participants on the programme gain new skills, training...
Academy Honours Students Enterprising Spirit
STUDENTS from a range of disciplines are set to launch their own businesses thanks to Belfast City Council’s Belfast Enterprise Academy. Now in its fourth year, 21 students participated in the programme designed for degree students living in the city and studying at Queen’s University, the University of Ulster and Belfast Metropolitan College who want...
80 Places Up For Grabs At IT Code Camp
UP to 80 students could benefit from a free technology course this summer. Run by, IT company, Kainos and Belfast Metropolitan College, Code-Camp, a free two-week course in mobile app creation, will offer students the chance to work closely with mentors in a real-world software development environment. Targeting bright 17- to 19-year-olds the drive aims...
Professor Honoured
University of Ulster Professor of Education Rosalind Pritchard has been elected as a member of the Royal Irish Academy. The Royal Irish Academy is Ireland’s premier learned society, numbering Nobel Prize Winners, world famous scholars and high ranking politicians amongst its members. She was honoured for her world-class contribution to the field of education theory....
Brainy Project
A New £5.3m brain mapping facility at the University of Ulster’s Magee campus will help rebalance the local economy, according to Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster. “This project is an excellent example of an academic research project that has sound commercial application. Over the next 10 years it is anticipated that it will generate significant revenue...
Firm Upskills
A Derry manufacturing company is upskilling thanks to one-to-one mentoring through the new Employer Support Programme (ESP) led by South Eastern Regional College. Smythson Enterprises Ltd produces a web-based monitoring device and property manager that allows social housing landlords to remotely manage the maintenance and property access, protecting both tenant and landlord from dangers such...
Event jump starts career success
Models Ciara McStravick and Shaunagh Devlin brought a touch of Stateside cheer to the Northern Ireland Graduate Recruitment Fair at Queen’s University recently where multi-national IT business NYSE Euronext urged students to apply for fast- paced and rewarding jobs at its Centre of Excellence in Belfast