Northern Regional College’s long established and mutually beneficial relationships and collaboration with local employers and industry partners helps improve students’ employability. Engineering student Rachel McKerr from Ballinderry, who was awarded an Ulster University Foundation Degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the College’s HE graduation ceremonies, is now employed as a service engineer with Scott Medical Ltd in Lisburn.
Continue ReadingFoundation Degree in Computing student secures employment with Belfast software company
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12th December 2022
James Taylor from Cullybackey, whose son Jackson was awarded a Foundation Degree in Computing at Northern Regional College’s annual Higher Education graduation ceremonies, said the course helped Jackson secure employment with a Belfast software company.
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The important role of curriculum and support staff was celebrated at Northern Regional College’s annual staff awards presentation. Congratulating all the award winners, as well as those nominated, Ken Nelson MBE, Chair of the College’s Governing Body said the awards recognised the outstanding contributions of individual staff and teams in support their colleagues to ensure the best possible outcomes for all students.
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Northern Regional College has maintained its excellent record at the national WorldSkills finals. For the second consecutive year, engineering students at the College secured top honours in the Industrial Robotics category. Charlie Carson and Jason Scott were gold medal winners while Ryan Crooks and Luke Cassidy were bronze medalists.
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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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