Cream of the Crop
CREAM OF THE CROP Shane McGarvey has been appointed as group supply chain manager at United Dairy Farmers. Originally from Cookstown, Shane holds a diploma in market-ing,a BSc in agricultural sci-ence from the University of Edinburgh and a MSc from the University of Aberdeen. He is widely experienced within the agri-food industry and joins United...
MSc out to solve skills gap
Current full-time students Victoria Wray, Mark Crean and Charlene Reid put together the pieces for the MSc communication open evening tonight (June 18) at Loughry Campus Cookstown. The MSc in communication is a Queen’s University course, delivered at Loughry Campus Cookstown, with options available in training and development as well as strategic management for rural...
Coca-Cola staff make a splash at Games
Twenty local Coca-Cola staff gear up for their volunteer roles at this summer’s World Police and Fire Games. The Lisburn-based company is a key WPFG sponsor and is specifically backing the Volunteer Programme. Staff from a range of departments will join Team 2013, and celebrating the news are (from left) Connor McCready, Zoe Cunningham, Gary...
Course to fine-tune music management
Upskilling was music to Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry’s ears when he met with students in Belfast recently. The students from the Oh Yeah Music Centre were undertaking the new Managing a Music Business Enterprise training course, supported by DEL’s Skills Solutions Branch along with the Creative and Cultural Skills Sector Skills Council...
NVQ to build competence
In a move to upskill the local construction industry and help drive the economy forward the free NVQ Level 2 qualifications on offer for experienced construction workers will continue until March 2014. The Qualifying the Existing Workforce project was launched last year to provide qualifications for those already working in the construction industry, but who...
Scheme to take a byte out of unemployment
An upskilling project in east Belfast is helping young people off benefits and into self-employment. The Megabytes project is funded by the Department for Employment and Learning under the European Social Fund and aims to help 16 to 24-year-old unemployed people, with no formal qualifications or work experience, to consider working for themselves. Jonathan McAlpin,...
Farry opens G8 Academic Conference
Higher education must focus on upskilling and reskilling the current and future workforce. That was the message as Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry today opened the G8 Academic Conference at Queen’s University, Belfast. Speaking from the Whitla Hall, Minister Farry said: “I believe that our selection as host of this significant event sends a...
Recruitment Open Day
Norbrook Laboratories is a leading global pharmaceutical manufacturer, based in Newry. Due to a period of continued expansion, we will be recruiting for various areas within the business, to include Research and Development, Quality Control, Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Sales, IT and Warehouse / Distribution. As a result, we are holding a Recruitment Open Day....
Vocational Skills ‘Vital For Economy’
VOCATIONAL qualifications have a key role to play in rebuilding the local economy. That was the message from Employment and Learning minister Stephen Farry at a recent awards ceremony to mark Vocational Qualification (VQ) Day 2013. At the ceremony, held in Parliament Buildings, Jacqueline McCaughey; an employee of the charity MindWise, scooped the Northern Ireland...
Julie to make a splash Stateside thanks to prestigious award
A Univeristy of Ulster student will fulfil her ambition to study under two master painters at the Grand Central Academy (GCA) in New York, after receiving the inaugural Beard Scholar award 2013. Julie Douglas is the first recipient of the newly established prize, which will provide her with an opportunity to expand her painting skills...