Northern Regional College has launched a ‘Death Positive Library’ in Ballymena. The initiative is one of the many positive outcomes of the College’s ongoing partnership with the Northern Health and Social Care Trust. It builds on the success of the ‘Read Yourself Well’ project, which aims to help people understand and manage their health and wellbeing through reading.
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Northern Regional College graduate Sean Walls has been awarded Ulster University’s Widening Access Community Scholarship. The scholarship aims to increase access to higher education for new students entering undergraduate education. Attending St Mary’s Grammar School in Magherafelt until he completed his GCSEs, Sean, aged 19 said knew he wanted to complete an alternative route of study, but wasn’t sure what it was he wanted to specialise in.
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Northern Regional College can help your dreams come true - just ask former student, Bridie O’Neill from Belfast. Thirty-six years old Bridie, who attended the College as a mature student, Maths and English classes at the College’s Newtownabbey campus and passed her GCSE exams in both subjects. This allowed her to progress and do an Access Diploma in Social Sciences at the College, which in turn helped her secure a place at Queen’s University Belfast to study midwifery - the next step on the journey to securing her dream job as a midwife.
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Northern Regional College will be represented at the prestigious H&V News Awards in London later this month. The awards ceremony is an annual showcase event to celebrate and recognise the achievements of the most forward-thinking, innovative and customer focussed businesses in the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) industry.
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A former Northern Regional College student who now doing doctorate research at Ulster University made a return visit to the College to inspire the next generation of art students. Claire Thompson completed a Level 3 Childcare Diploma at the College’s Newtownabbey campus as a mature student.
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Getting back into a classroom after almost 20 years could be a daunting experience, but for Stephen Pedlow from Carrickfergus, it was not only a very positive experience, but a major turning point in his life. Having completed his GCSE Maths and English at Northern Regional College, Stephen aimed to complete an Access Diploma in Social Sciences, which he completed in style, graduating with a distinction.
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