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Health and Social Care Students Hear of Best Practice in Care from Netherlands

Tuesday
16th November 2021

Higher Education Health and Social Care students at Northern Regional College in Newtownabbey got an interesting international perspective on caring for people with dementia when a guest lecturer from the Netherlands joined them online.

Hutchinson Engineering Named ‘Manufacturer of the Year’

Tuesday
16th November 2021

Congratulations to Hutchinson Engineering, winner of the Manufacturer of the Year Award (under £25 million) at the Made in Northern Ireland regional awards dinner in the Europa Hotel, Belfast.

Northern Regional College team ‘The Cyborgs’ through to WorldSkills UK National Finals

Friday
12th November 2021

Engineering students Julia Millar and Thomas Simpson (‘The Cyborgs’) will represent Northern Regional College in next week’s WorldSkills UK Industrial Robotics national final. Both successfully completed a Foundation Degree in Engineering at Northern Regional College in Ballymena and have since progressed directly to the second year of a BEng degree at Ulster University.

‘Hammer Basher and Sparky’ qualify for the WorldSkills UK Industrial Robotics National Final

Friday
12th November 2021

Engineering students Cameron Middleton and Adam Kirkpatrick (‘Hammer Basher and Sparky’), will represent Northern Regional College in the WorldSkills UK Industrial Robotics national final. Adam completed a Foundation Degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering while Cameron undertook a Foundation Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Both studied at the College in Ballymena and have progressed to the second year of BEng (Hons) degree at Ulster University.

Northern Regional College to host Industrial Robotics WorldSkills National final

Thursday
11th November 2021

Engineering students Jude Moore and Aaron Stevenson who make up ‘The Athletes’ Industrial Robotics team, will represent Northern Regional College in the WorldSkills UK national finals next week. The national finals are traditionally held at the NEC, Birmingham but, because of Covid restrictions, this year’s finals will take place in 23 different locations across the UK. ‘The Athletes’ is one of four teams in the Industrial Robotics final and with all four teams representing Northern Regional College, WorldSkills invited the College to host the Industrial Robotics final at its Ballymena campus, Farm Lodge.

Lyons launches Assured Skills Welding Academy at Northern Regional College

Tuesday
9th November 2021

Economy Minister Gordon Lyons today visited Northern Regional College (NRC) to launch a new Assured Skills Collaborative Welding Academy, with 12 training places. Successful applicants to the Academy will receive industry standard welding training that will provide them with the skills to take up potential welding roles with one of six companies in Ballymoney, Ballymena and the surrounding area. Applications will open on Monday 15 November.