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A Railway Track Apprentice at Northern Regional College has been shortlisted for the Northern Ireland Public Sector Apprentice of the Year Award. Danny McGinley, who gave up his full-time job as a bus driver with Translink to start a new career as a rail track technician, is now in the second year of the Rail Engineering programme.

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Northern Regional College hosted an interactive STEM careers event, to embrace, empower and inform young females of the range of STEM related professions, in celebration of International Women’s Day.

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The Open University has approved Northern Regional College as a new strategic validation partner launching 2024/2025, offering three new higher education (HE) programmes. From September 2024, subject to validation approval, students at Northern Regional College will be able to study for OU-validated Foundation Degree courses in Housing Practice and Cloud Computing with Cyber Security, and a Certificate of Higher Education in Health Care Practice.

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Fifty apprentices and trainees attending Northern Regional College participated in the annual inter-campus heats of SkillBuild NI 2024. SkillBuild NI is the largest multi-trade competition in the UK for young students and apprentices. The annual competition, governed by the Construction Industry Training Board NI (CITB NI), covers construction-related disciplines. The joinery, carpentry, cabinet making, plumbing and electrical installation competitions were all held at the College’s Newtownabbey campus, while the brickwork competition was held at the Farm Lodge campus in Ballymena.

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When Holly Boyd from Coleraine decided to do study Health and Social Care at Northern Regional College in Coleraine, she was following in the footsteps of her mother Lorraine and older sister Gemma. All three completed a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care at the College, which paved the way for them to progress to university.

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As part of NI Apprenticeship Week, Northern Regional College held a careers event to showcase Higher Level Apprenticeship opportunities at the College and local companies. The event in The Braid, Ballymena, which was hosted by Northern Regional College with support from Mid & East Antrim Labour Market, Department for Communities, the Department for the Economy and BringIT On, generated great interest among school leavers exploring their career options.

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