Part-time study not only offers greater flexibility but can help your confidence and boost your employment prospects, according to a Northern Regional College student. Belfast man Gregory Millar is in the second and final year of a Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Construction and the Built Environment at Northern Regional College in Ballymena. He is currently employed by Radius Housing as a Trainee Asset Officer, a role which involves ensuring that the Radius buildings are suitably maintained.
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Northern Regional College catering students were among the medal winners at a ‘Cook and Serve’ catering competition hosted by Royal Navy. The unique event saw students from Northern Ireland’s FE Colleges and Royal Navy Submarine Flotilla Teams go head-to-head in a culinary challenge at Belfast Met Titanic campus.
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Inspired by a study visit to the Netherlands in 2019, a lecturer at Northern Regional College has been the driving force behind mentoring learners in their project to open a dementia friendly café in Larne. Bluebell Café at the Gillaroo Nursing home was officially opened by local personality Olivia Nash, better known as the diminutive ‘Ma’ in Give My Head Peace. It is the first dementia friendly café to open in the Mid and East Antrim Council area.
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Year 10 pupils from nine local schools took part in the annual Ballymena Rotary Club’s technology challenge at the College’s Ballymena Campus. For their challenge this year, the pupils had to design, build and test a weight powered vehicle to travel the furthest distance. A total of 72 pupils from Cambridge House Grammar School, Ballymena Academy, Castle Tower School, St Louis Grammar School, Dunclug College, St Patrick’s College, St Benedict’s College, Slemish College and Cullybackey College competed for the top prize of £200 and runner up prize of £100.
Continue ReadingNorthern Regional College Students Qualify UK Squad for Industrial Robotics Training
Tuesday
14th March 2023
Following a gruelling three-day selection process, four engineering students – three from Northern Ireland representing Northern Regional College and one from Wales - have qualified for the next phase of WorldSkills International Competition Development Programme. All four are still in the running for selection for Team UK to compete in international competitions – EuroSkills in Gdansk, Poland this September and WorldSkills finals in Lyon France in 2024.
Continue ReadingFormer Students Playing Key Role in Development of Northern Regional College’s New Campus
Thursday
9th March 2023
Almost forty years after studying construction at Northern Regional College in Ballymena, two alumni are back at their old ‘stomping ground’ and playing a key role in the development of the College’s new campus at Farm Lodge. Colin Michael from Magherafelt and Richard Lennox from Cullybackey went their separate ways after completing an ONC in Construction Studies at the College in Ballymena back in the mid ‘eighties but their paths crossed again last year when they found themselves working on the College’s new campus.
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