With 3As, 4Bs and 3 Cs at GCSE, Cerys Lundy (18) could stayed on at school to do her A levels but instead she opted to do study Computer Science at Northern Regional College. Cerys, who is from Portstewart, completed a BTEC Extended Diploma in Computer Science at the College’s Coleraine campus with triple Distinction*, the highest possible grade and the equivalent of three A*s at A level. She has now secured a place on the five year Computer Science Masters course at Queen’s University, Belfast which includes a year professional experience.
Continue ReadingArt students at Northern Regional College maintain 100% success rate
Tuesday
18th August 2020
Students who completed the Foundation Diploma in Art, Design & Media Practice at Northern Regional College have maintained the course’s 100% success rate. For the past six years, anyone who completed the course at the College in Ballymena secured up to five university offers with most of them getting an offer from their first choice university.
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A former art student at Northern Regional College in Ballymena has been appointed Resident Artist at Ulster University. Mature student Aaron Stewart, who has just graduated with a first-class honours degree in Ceramics, said the help, guidance and support he got from staff at the College, really helped him on his academic journey.
Continue ReadingThe Animal Management course exceeded my expectations, says Ballyclare student
Monday
3rd August 2020
Going to college is so much easier when you enjoy what you’re studying as Ballyclare student, Hannah Wilson discovered. Hannah has just completed a Level 3 Diploma in Animal Management at Northern Regional College and in September hopes to progress and do a HND in Animal Management.
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The support and guidance she received as a student at Northern Regional College has inspired a young County Derry student to continue her studies with the long-term goal of running her own business. After leaving school, Rachel Rose Mallon from The Loup enrolled at the College’s Magherafelt campus. She completed two of the College’s Inclusive Learning programmes - Aspire to Work and Work Ready - before progressing to Level 2 Technical Business and has just successfully completed the second year of the Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business.
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Having completed the first year of a two-year University Access Diploma in Social Science at Northern Regional College, a County Tyrone man is now on track for a career in nursing. When he left school with nine GCSEs and two A levels, Bobbie Currie from Coagh worked in retail for a number of years before taking up a full-time position as Home Administrator in a care home in 2018. At the time, he had no long term career plans but working alongside the carers and nurses inspired him to consider a nursing career.
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