Northern Regional College to Deliver Bespoke Training for Bluebird Care Staff
Friday
10th September 2021
Northern Regional College is to deliver free end of life care training for Bluebird Care staff through the Department for the Economy’s Skills Focus Programme. The DfE has made upskilling and reskilling training a priority to close identified skills gaps and help grow the economy. Skills Focus training, which is 100% funded and will be available until March 22, facilitates collaborative working between business and FE colleges like Northern Regional College to provide bespoke training for businesses to meet their specific needs.
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Further Education Colleges including Northern Regional College are a valuable resource for local businesses to avail of. With a wealth of technical skills, equipment and industrial experience at its disposal, the Business Engagement Team at Northern Regional College can help businesses access support for: knowledge transfer, skills transfer and technology transfer programmes.
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Northern Regional College is currently the only FE college in Northern Ireland to have an Autism Impact Award. It is awarded to organisations who have created a more ‘Autism Friendly Environment’ and was presented to the College in recognition of its ongoing work to support students with autistic spectrum disorder.
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In response to the positive feedback to remote learning during the lockdown, Northern Regional College has decided to offer GCSE Maths as an online option. Students will only have to attend the College to sit their exams. Click on https://bit.ly/3h9znHs for further information. Part-time GCSE Maths and English classes are offered at all campuses, as well as at some community-based outreach centres. In addition, GCSE Biology is offered at Ballymena, Coleraine and Newtownabbey campuses. Classes begin week commencing Monday 20 September. The deadline is approaching but there is still time to apply.
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Students have given the ‘thumbs up’ to Northern Regional College’s Summer Science School at its Coleraine campus saying it was an ideal opportunity to refresh their chemistry skills before starting into the new academic year. Practical science sessions in schools and colleges were severely impacted by the pandemic and the two day programme of practical lab activities and learning, delivered in collaboration with Queen’s University, Belfast, was designed to give students a chance to make up for lost time and get valuable ‘hands-on’ experience.
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Northern Regional College will play a key role in Ballymena’s new Manufacturing Excellence Academy which has been established with funding from The Gallaher Trust and assistance and support from the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council’s Manufacturing Task Force. The Academy, the first of its kind, will see 20 individuals from the wider Ballymena community attend a five-week programme delivered by the College tailored to boost their manufacturing skills to help secure potential employment with local companies.
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