Northern Regional College Helping to Address Skills Shortage in Hospitality
Monday
24th February 2020
Aspiring young chefs got to try out their culinary skills in a professional kitchen at College’s in Ballymoney campus. Under the watchful eye of catering lecturers, Jane McAuley and Eimear McCann, pupils from local post primary schools produced a two course meal of spaghetti bolognaise and apple sponge.
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Did you ever attend Northern Regional College in Coleraine or were you ever a member of staff there? Can you recognise anyone in these photographs? If so, the College would love to hear from you. The College has embarked on an exciting multi-million-pound programme to replace its Coleraine campus at Union Street with a fantastic new building on the newly extended site. The current campus buildings, which have been at the heart of the community and a centre of learning since 1930, are scheduled for demolition later this year to make way for the state-of-the-art new campus fit for the 21st century.
Continue ReadingNorthern Regional College Lecturer Nominated for Prestigious National Award
Tuesday
18th February 2020
A Health and Social Care lecturer from Northern Regional College has been nominated for a prestigious national education award. Jacqui McAllister, based at the College’s Newtownabbey campus, has been shortlisted for Further Education (FE) Leader of the Year at the Tes FE Awards in London next month.
Continue ReadingLevel 3 Travel and Tourism Diploma - a Stepping Stone to University Success
Wednesday
12th February 2020
Former Northern Regional College student Holly Hume made a welcome return to the Farm Lodge campus to offer words of encouragement and advice to current Travel and Tourism students. Holly, who is from Ballymena, told the students how the Level 3 Diploma in Travel and Tourism had opened up a world of opportunities for her.
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Year 12 pupils from local secondary schools visited Northern Regional College this week to check out the vocational courses available at the Magherafelt campus. During a whistle-stop tour of the campus, they had an opportunity to speak to staff and students about course options in the different curriculum areas including - Engineering, Motor Vehicle Maintenance, Hair and Beauty, Early Years, Health and Social Care, Travel and Tourism, Business and IT. At each stop, they also got to try out some interactive activities like virtual welding and computer games.
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Students at Northern Regional College are being encouraged to ‘spend healthy and live healthy’. To mark the 9th annual National Student Money week, the College’s Student Services team adopted a proactive approach to encourage sustainability among the students. Stephen McCartney Head of Student Services at the College and current chairman of the National Association of Student Money Advisers (NASMA), explains: “This year’s campaign is all about sustainability and saving money so, armed with our storage jars, we paid a visit to The Larder, a local zero waste shop in Broughshane.”
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