Northern Regional College is collaborating with the other Further Education colleges across Northern Ireland to help support the recovery of the retail sector. The ‘Retail Recovery’ programme, which is fully funded through the Department for the Economy’s Flexible Skills Fund and Skills Focus programme, will kick-start with bespoke training this month through a series of webinars on support available, accessing finance and people management.
Continue ReadingNorthern Regional College and ‘SACU’ combine to offer helping hand to students
Thursday
5th August 2021
Help is at hand for young people – and their parents – who may be confused at the volume of information they have to shift through as they decide their next move. With A Level, GCSE and BTEC results all out next week, the pressure is on to make the right decision as courses start fill up and options begin to narrow. Northern Regional College is the only Further Education College in Northern Ireland to use SACU, an independent and impartial source of careers information and online tools, to help students research their future career.
Continue ReadingNorthern Regional College students compete in national UK Skills Industrial Robotics Competition
Friday
30th July 2021
Engineering students from Northern Regional College’s Ballymena Campus took part in the national UK Skills Industrial Robotics Competition. The second stage of the competition took place in Farm Lodge over two days. A total of twelve students from a variety of engineering courses, including Level 3 Extended Diploma, Higher Level Apprenticeship and Foundation Degree, participated in the competition where they performed an offline programming task set and assessed by FANUC Ltd.
Continue ReadingThe Gallaher Trust Launches Scholarship Scheme for Northern Regional College Students
Friday
30th July 2021
BALLYMENA students hoping to study highly “sought after subjects” at Northern Regional College could find themselves benefitting from The Gallaher Trust’s Scholarship Scheme, totalling £30,000 to be spent over the next three years, which was recently launched in conjunction with the College.
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A young Ballymoney student who opted to do a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment at Northern Regional College instead of completing her A levels at schools, feels she made the right decision as it was a much better preparation for university.
Continue ReadingPublic appointment competition for further education governing body members
Wednesday
28th July 2021
The Department for the Economy today has launched a public appointment competition to recruit 32 governing body members across five further education colleges. Commenting on the competition and inviting applications from all sections of the community Economy Minister Gordon Lyons said: “This is an exciting and significant opportunity to influence the provision of education and skills in Northern Ireland. The successful candidates will help us to support the economic recovery post Covid-19 and sustain our aim of building a modern economy, which includes supporting the most disadvantaged by ensuring access to learning that leads to sustainable career pathways.
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