A Push Up The Career Ladder
High climber: Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has welcomed the Department of the Environment’s commitment to offering work experience opportunities to unemployed people under the Steps to Work programme. He is joined by Environment Minister, Alex Attwood and Shan Feet Giet from Belfast, who is currently on work experience with the DOE. Steps...
UU To Explore Public Trust In Police
A NEW PhD research partnership at the University of Ulster will explore why some communities lack confidence in the police and how the authorities can address this. The partnership, between the PSNI and the University of Ulster’s School of Criminology, Politics and Social Policy, will look at the ‘knowledge gap’ in issues affecting trust, according...
Local Businesses Help Universities Net £100m
LOCAL universities receive an income of over £100m through business and community interaction. The recent Higher Education Business and Community Interaction Survey (HE-BCI) summary report revealed that co-operation between Northern Ireland’s universities and businesses continues to have a major positive impact on the local economy. Speaking on the findings of the 2010/11 report, Employment and...
Scheme Sets The Wheels In Motion For Jobless
THE Youth Employment Scheme is helping young people gain employability skills and secure jobs, according to the Department of Employment and Learning. Davy Doyle, the Department’s employment service office manager for Newry, said: “With more young people finding themselves in a Catch 22 situation where they can’t land a job because they don’t have experience,...
Youth Training To Come Under Major Review
A MAJOR review of apprenticeships and youth training in Northern Ireland is to take place. The review aims to raise the status in which apprenticeships are held and ensure that young people are provided with opportunities to gain skills, gain experience and secure sustainable employment. This will assist the growth and rebalancing of the economy...
BMC Has Unsinkable Appeal As Kurdistan President Visits
FE COLLEGESBELFAST Metropolitan College recently welcomed President of Kurdistan, His Excellency Mosoud Barzani, to its Titanic Quarter Campus. Attending the visit was Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry, who together with the Principal, Marie-Thérèse McGivern, showed the President the cutting edge student and classroom facilities located within the state-of-the-art campus. The Minister said: “I...
Employers ‘Crucial To Apprenticeships’
EMPLOYMENT and Learning Minister, Dr Stephen Farry met with ApprenticeshipsNI participants at the Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) Training Centre. The Minister said: “It is important to remember that without the involvement of employers there would be no apprentices. I would therefore like to congratulate NIE who, despite the economic challenges we face, continue to invest...
How A Job Abroad Helps Self-Esteem And Employability
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) is still booming and there are many opportunities for bright, energetic graduates. Foyle International, academic director Chris Mac Bruithin explains how business graduate Bronagh Fikri started out in her teaching career TWO years ago, like thousands of other recent graduates, Bronagh was getting more and more disheartened at...
How To Be A… Flight Attendant
Dreaming Of A High-Flying Career IF you enjoy flying and like the idea of a career that gives you the opportunity to travel then a role as an air host/hostess might be for you. Although full, on-the-job training will be provided there are certain criteria that might give you a head start: BASIC SKILLSMost companies...
What’s It Like To Study… Archaeology
LAWRENCE SHAW studied Archaeology Bsc at Bournemouth University. He explains why his degree experience was unforgettable Having grown up in West Sussex, at the foot of the South Downs and a stone’s throw from Cissbury Ring, archaeology and heritage have always played a significant role in my life. As a fan of the outdoors, I...