Northern Regional College’s ‘2 Dudes 1 Robot’ Win Gold at UK National Finals
Thursday
2nd December 2021
Northern Regional College Engineering students had a clean sweep in the Industrial Robotics category at the WorldSkills UK national finals. Louie Heath and Brennan Wilson, AKA ‘2 Dudes 1 Robot’ were gold medal winners; Cameron Middleton and Adam Kirkpatrick (‘Hammer Basher and Sparky’) won silver and Jude Moore and Aaron Stevenson (‘The Athletes’) won bronze medals.
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Kilrea engineering company Hutchinson Engineering was among the winners at the Insider Media ‘Made in Northern Ireland Awards’ at the Europa Hotel in Belfast. The family-owned business scooped the coveted Manufacturer of the Year title for businesses with a turnover under £25 million.
Continue ReadingNRC’s ‘bespoke, collaborative approach’ results in working partnerships with over 1,000 companies
Monday
29th November 2021
A ‘bespoke, collaborative approach’ has helped Northern Regional College work in partnership to support over one thousand local employers. By identifying local businesses’ needs, the College has implemented a number of apprenticeships, traineeships, business development and further education programmes which have allowed the companies to be directly involved in the skills development of their employees.
Continue ReadingNRC Hosts Successful HE Careers Fair for Health & Social Care and Childcare Students
Friday
26th November 2021
The inaugural Higher Education (HE) Careers Fair and Open Days at Northern Regional College’s Newtownabbey and Magherafelt campuses were well attended by health and social care and childcare providers, current Level 3 Health and Social Care and Childcare students at the College, as well as sixth formers from local secondary schools.
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The WorldSkills UK national finals are over for another year but competitors - including the 11 Northern Regional College representatives - must wait until this Friday, November 26 to hear if they are among the medallists. The winners of the coveted gold, silver and bronze medals will be announced by TV presenter Steph McGovern, in a special event live from her Channel 4 Packed Lunch TV studio at 4pm on Friday 26 November.
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AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) has announced that Northern Regional College (NRC) has been approved to offer its professionally accredited qualifications – marking the first time a Further Education (FE) College in Northern Ireland has been given approval to offer these courses.
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