Team Miles Ahead
Allstate NI has won the Sustrans UK wide Big Cycle and Walk Challenge for 2012. Allstate NI clocked up more than 10,00 miles in 2987 journeys to work by foot or bike. The team burnt nearly 600,00 calories and saved £2489 in travel costs. More than 200 individuals and 50 groups competed to clock up...
Funding Boost
Local companies could access much-needed funding towards personnel training thanks to a series of free one- to-one sessions next week. Hosted by Vision Business Consultancy the sessions aim to help local companies achieve funding – even if they have already been turned down by a bank or other funding organisation. Vision’s company director, Grainne Convery,...
Cancer Research
Dr Kienan Savage has been appointed as Cancer Focus Research Fellow and will take up his post in November. The primary focus of his research is preventing breast cancer and he will be investigating how damaged genes can be repaired. Dr Savage, from Brisbane, has recently identified a number of new cancer genes that appear...
Space Sector Focuses On Telescope Profits
Northern Ireland’s jobs market could benefit from a share in the UK’s £9 billion annual space sector turnover, local business have been told. At a recent seminar in Belfast Invest Northern Ireland highlighted the potential for local companies to profit from expansion of the sector. Over 20 local companies gathered at the Northern Ireland Advanced...
Minister Praises Rise In Adults Learning Vital Skills
More people than ever before enrolled on Essential Skills courses in the last academic year, according to the Department of Employment and Learning. Now celebrating its tenth year the £60m Essential Skills campaign has helped transform through improved literacy, numeracy and ITC levels, the employment prospects of over 85,000 Northern Ireland adults. Commenting on the...
Week-Long Event To Prove That Maths Can Add Up To Brighter Future For Our Kids
Maths Week Ireland comes to Northern Ireland later this month with the challenge of making maths and its related careers fun. The event, from October 13 to 21, will give thousands of primary and secondary school pupils a chance to enjoy maths games, teasers, challenges and magic shows. Event partners include the University of Ulster,...
Health Care Company Seeking Staff
A healthcare company is poised to seek 33 recruits for jobs in the nursing home sector in Northern Ireland. Servicesource Healthcare currently has a total of 33 contract/permanent jobs in the Antrim, Derry/Londonderry, Belfast and Down areas including care of the elderly, mental health and learning disability. Advertisments for the posts are expected to be...
Bombardier takes on 40 new high flyers
APPRENTICESHIP CORNER CLAIRE CRAIG HAS THE LATEST NEWS Bombardier has enrolled 40 apprentices this month in addition to the 30 graduates who have joined the company this year. The three-year programme, supported by the Department of Employment and Learning (DEL), leads to a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) level 3 certification in aeronautical engineering and...
Graduate Focus – Queen’s a leading light for women
QUEEN’S AND UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER Queen’s Queen’s University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery has been recognised for its work in recruiting, retaining and promoting women in science careers within higher education. The school has been awarded a national Silver Athena Swan Award which recognises that, in addition to university wide policies, it has a significant...
Putting the PR into entrepreneur
Manaspire to be an entrepreneur and see their dream become a reality while taking a healthy slice of profit home with them. But the primary reason most people don’t realise this dream is because it’s a huge challenge to actually start a business from scratch. Investing large sums of money on fresh ideas, innovative...