Wrightbus Training and Courses Information Event - Friday 4 October
Thursday
3rd October 2019
Former employees of Wrightbus are invited to attend a training and courses information event at the College’s Farm Lodge campus this Friday, 4 October from 10 am – 2 pm. Careers advisors from both the College and the Department for the Economy will be on hand, along with lecturing staff and other agencies, to provide advice and guidance on qualifications, skills and courses.
Continue ReadingNorthern Regional College To Commence Procurement For Flagship Ballymena Campus
Thursday
3rd October 2019
The Northern Regional College is delighted to announce that following full planning approval for a new college building at the existing Farm Lodge site in Ballymena, the College is now in a position to invite contractors to register interest in tendering for the construction contract to build this exciting new campus.
Continue ReadingPrestigious Scholarships for Former Northern Regional College Students
Wednesday
25th September 2019
Two former Northern Regional College students are to receive a prestigious JP McManus Scholarship. Jack Bradshaw and Caitlin Allen will each receive £5,500 a year towards their university fees and other expenses for the duration of their undergraduate programmes.
Continue ReadingA Level 3 carpentry and joinery apprentices at the College’s Coleraine campus has been nominated for a top European award and he needs your help to get him over the line. Samuel Gilmore, former Northern Ireland Young Apprentice of the Year and Gold Medallist at Worldskills UK 2018, is through to the final two in the Apprenticeship category of the European Alliance for Apprenticeships Awards.
Continue ReadingNorthern Regional College students secure coveted places on prestigious Study USA programme
Wednesday
18th September 2019
Three students from Northern Regional College have set off on an American adventure having secured highly coveted places on the British Council’s prestigious Study USA programme. Adam Pidgeon from Cullybackey, Tyson McKeown from Ballymena and Matthew Sterritt from Newtownabbey, who have been based at the College’s Ballymena campus, will spend the next academic year studying Business or STEM subjects at an American college.
Continue ReadingWhen he left school at 14, Robert Nutt from Cloughmills had no qualifications, no interest in learning, and absolutely no career plans. Fast forward 10 years and he is a confident and determined young man with a plan. The first phase of his plan was to get some formal qualifications. He studied GCSE Maths and English as a part-time student at Northern Regional College and passed both subjects with flying colours making him even more determined to succeed.
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