As A-Level and vocational Level 3 students across the province prepare to take the next step on their academic journey, Mel Higgins, Principal and Chief Executive of Northern Regional College is encouraging talented and ambitious young people to consider all their available options, including those at their local Further Education (FE) college.
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Hairdressing students at Northern Regional College in Magherafelt have come up with a novel way to recycle hair cuttings from the College’s hairdressing training salon. Four Level 2 hairdressing students aka ‘Green Hair’ will be among the budding young entrepreneurs from FE colleges across Northern Ireland who will be pitching their business ideas to a panel of experts at the Project Based Learning 2024 competition final.
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Two of the five young people selected to represent Team UK in the global WorldSkills competition in France this September studied engineering at Northern Regional College. Charlie Carson (21) from Ballymoney and Jason Scott (22) from Magherafelt will compete in the Robot Systems Integration skills category. They both completed a Foundation Degree in Engineering, graduating with distinction in June 2023.
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A scholarship of £5,500 a year for the duration of your undergraduate degree programme? It sounds almost too good to be true but that’s exactly what recipients of the JP McManus Scholarship will receive so, if you would like to learn more about this valuable scholarship opportunity, read on.
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Northern Regional College’s successful track record in the WorldSkills industrial robotics competitions highlights how engineering students at the College are reaping the rewards of innovative skills training and state of the art equipment. WorldSkills is a competition-based development programme, designed by industry experts, to enhance the practical skills and knowledge taught on vocational training courses at FE Colleges and Training Centres.
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Building on the success of the pioneering dementia friendly café at the Gilaroo Nursing Home in Larne, health and social care staff and students at Northern Regional College have helped oversee the launch of another dementia friendly café, this time in Newtownabbey. The Willow Tree dementia friendly café in Wood Green Residential Care Home has been spearheaded by Jacqui McAllister, Curriculum Area Manager for Health and Social Care at the College’s Newtownabbey campus. She explained the rationale behind the project:
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