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Northern Regional College Students at Newtownabbey Campus Clean Up in Regional Finals

Thursday
15th June 2023

Welding students from Northern Regional College’s Newtownabbey campus had a clean sweep in SkillWeld, the Northern Ireland regional heats of WorldSkills UK. Up against stiff competition from the College’s other campuses, the Newtownabbey welders filled the top three spots. They now have an anxious wait to see if they did enough to secure a place in the UK national finals in November.

Northern Regional College Creative Media Students Qualify for National Championships

Tuesday
13th June 2023

Four Northern Regional College creative media students have qualified for the national finals of the prestigious Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) championship. ACP is a global competition to test skills on Adobe Creative Cloud applications that are used regularly within the creative industry. Thousands of students from across the UK and Ireland competed in the preliminary stages of the competition.

Autism Training To Promote Inclusion At Northern Regional College

Wednesday
7th June 2023

As part of its ongoing commitment to raise awareness about autism and promote social inclusion and autism acceptance, Northern Regional College invited internationally renowned autism advocate, Jude Morrow to deliver interactive training workshops to staff, students and external stakeholders. Jude, who is now in his ‘thirties, was diagnosed as autistic as an eleven year old. He is the founder of Neurodiversity Training International, an important autistic-lead training and consulting firm for global non-profits and Fortune 500 companies.

Loneliness Training For Staff And Volunteers Working With Older People

Tuesday
6th June 2023

Northern Regional College has delivered a series of free training programmes in advance of Loneliness Awareness Week (June 12 -18) for Belfast Health and Social Care staff and volunteers who engage with older people. The training, which was developed by Dr Karen McCambridge, Health and Social Care Curriculum Area Manager at Northern Regional College, was offered to both Trust staff and volunteers in both healthcare and non-healthcare roles during May.

Five nominations for Northern Regional College at OCN NI Learner Endeavour Awards 2023

Thursday
1st June 2023

Open College Network NI (OCN NI) has revealed the shortlist for its fifth Learning Endeavour Awards 2023, with the College being nominated in four of the eight categories. The Learning Endeavour Awards aim to recognise and celebrate the achievements of individuals and their providers, by highlighting the power of learning to transform lives for the better.

Northern Regional College Science Student is 1 of 5 students from UK to secure a science scholarship

Wednesday
31st May 2023

Northern Regional College Science student, Georgia Rafferty, is one out of 5 students from UK who has been offered a scholarship to attend this year’s International Science School programme in Sydney, Australia. Georgia Rafferty, a 18-year-old student studying Level 3 BTEC in Applied Science at the College’s Newtownabbey campus, applied for the science programme at the University of Sydney after receiving a communication from Nuffield Research Placement and decided to put her philosophy, ‘if you don’t apply, you never know’ to the test.