With Northern Regional College (NRC) students settling into their first semester of university and college, Translink is reminding all 16-23-year-olds to avail of the free yLink card which offers card holders 50% off all bus and rail services across Northern Ireland. More young people than ever are now choosing public transport as the smarter, greener way to stay better connected to university, college, work, and to socialise with family and friends with a massive 52% increase in journeys.
Continue ReadingNRC Catering Students Contribute to Success of Bushmills Salmon and Whiskey Festival
Monday
16th October 2023
Talented young chefs who honed their professional skills in Northern Regional College’s well equipped training kitchens, contributed to the success of the recent Bushmills Salmon and Whiskey Festival. The Bushmills Salmon and Whiskey Festival showcases the rich food and drink heritage of the area. An important element of the festival was the series of mouth-watering cookery demonstrations in local restaurants.
Continue ReadingNorthern Regional College Developing Core Manufacturing Skills in Ballymena
Monday
16th October 2023
Northern Regional College continues to play an important collaborative role in developing core manufacturing skills in the Ballymena area. The College has worked closely with local businesses in the Mid and East Antrim Manufacturing Task Force (MTF) to develop a Manufacturing Academy which delivers a bespoke manufacturing training programme to fill skills gaps.
Continue ReadingStudents to attend training event in preparation for the WorldSkills UK National Final
Thursday
28th September 2023
FANUC, a leading manufacturer of factory automation and robots and competition partner for WorldSkills are hosting a training event in Coventry next week for students preparing for the Industrial Robotics category at the WorldSkills National Finals coming up in November.
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A young County Antrim woman who had such a positive learning experience as a student at Northern Regional College is back at the College again for the start of another academic year. This time though she is back, not as a student but as a part-time lecturer. Helena Boyle, who lives in Crumlin said her inspirational lecturers with their enthusiasm for passing on their skills and knowledge to students changed her life.
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Studying creative media at Northern Regional College gave a young Belfast woman the necessary skills and experience to secure her first industry job. Last month Holly Strutt was among the thousands of young people across Northern Ireland to receive A level and BTEC results. With a triple Distinction* in her BTEC Level 3 Digital Games Development, which is a vocational course equivalent of three A*s at A level, she landed a job, funded by NI Screen as Trainee Production Co-ordinator at Humain – Digital Humans.
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