Having gone down both the A level and BTEC route, Whiteabbey student Amy Cameron has no hesitation in recommending the latter. Amy has just completed a BTEC Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care at Northern Regional College in Newtownabbey with triple Distinction* - the highest possible result - and secured a coveted place to study Children’s Nursing at Queen’s University, Belfast.
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Volunteering with his local Special Olympics club has inspired a County Derry student to pursue a career in sports psychology. Oisin Campbell from Moneymore achieved triple Distinction* in Level 3 Extended Sports Diploma at Northern Regional College’s Magherafelt campus, the equivalent of 3 A*s at A-Level, and next month he will being studying Sports Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University.
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Local student Jakub Ziemiecki has said that studying at Northern Regional College has had a ‘transformational impact’ on his life. Jakub, who is originally from Poland and now lives in Belfast, completed a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Travel and Tourism with an overall distinction profile, achieving two Distinction* grades and a Distinction. The former is the highest possible grade, equivalent to an A* at A-Level, securing him a place at Liverpool John Moores University.
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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
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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.
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