From a young age, Ross Huston wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a plumber. The young Antrim man has just completed a plumbing apprenticeship at Northern Regional College in Newtownabbey and joined his father Mark and older sister Jessica - who also completed her plumbing apprenticeship at the College - to work as a qualified plumber in the family plumbing business, Huston Heating, which also operates Eden & Ross, a bathroom and tiling showroom in Randalstown.
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FANUC, a leading manufacturer of factory automation and robots and competition partner for WorldSkills, made a return visit to Northern Regional College in Ballymena this week to oversee the practical stage of the industrial robotics category in the national skills competition. Northern Regional College has been leading the way in educating the next generation of robotics engineers and has proven record in the national WorldSkills competition, winning gold, silver and bronze medals in 2021 and gold and bronze in 2022.
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Returning to education after a break of almost 35 years can be challenging but, for County Antrim man, Paul Rodgers, it has not only been rewarding, but it has opened the door to a second career after retirement. Paul, who lives in Cullybackey, has just completed a three year part-time Foundation Degree in Integrative Counselling Practice at Northern Regional College. The qualification is validated by Ulster University and accredited by BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) making him eligible for professional membership and employment as an Integrative Counsellor.
Continue ReadingNorthern Regional College Access student receives ‘Barbara Macaulay Personal Achievement Award’
Tuesday
20th June 2023
A young Carrickfergus woman who returned to education to complete an Access to University course at Northern Regional College in Newtownabbey after a break of almost 20 years, is this year’s winner of the Barbara Macaulay Personal Achievement Award. Nichola Barr, who has two young daughters aged 12 and 6 years, hopes to continue with her studies and study midwifery at university.
Continue ReadingNorthern Regional College Students at Newtownabbey Campus Clean Up in Regional Finals
Thursday
15th June 2023
Welding students from Northern Regional College’s Newtownabbey campus had a clean sweep in SkillWeld, the Northern Ireland regional heats of WorldSkills UK. Up against stiff competition from the College’s other campuses, the Newtownabbey welders filled the top three spots. They now have an anxious wait to see if they did enough to secure a place in the UK national finals in November.
Continue ReadingNorthern Regional College Creative Media Students Qualify for National Championships
Tuesday
13th June 2023
Four Northern Regional College creative media students have qualified for the national finals of the prestigious Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) championship. ACP is a global competition to test skills on Adobe Creative Cloud applications that are used regularly within the creative industry. Thousands of students from across the UK and Ireland competed in the preliminary stages of the competition.
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