Students from Northern Regional College were among the 30 young people from Northern Ireland’s Further Education Colleges recognised as the first recipients of a Northern Ireland Traineeship at a ceremony in Stormont. The new NI Traineeships enable school-leavers and adults to gain a qualification equivalent to five GCSEs (Level 2), while also gaining valuable work experience in the sector they are interested in. The students were recognised for exceptional progress, personal achievement, and their commitment to completing the Traineeship.
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Northern Regional College have just completed a fantastic five-week Manufacturing Academy with an amazing group of students. This academy allowed local people from Ballymena to come together to learn new skills supported by innovative local companies to help them kick start a career in Manufacturing. As well as learning new technical skills, the academy also focused on CV building and interview techniques which will help the trainees secure employment after the academy has ended.
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Students from Northern Regional College students were treated to a packed programme of events to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) during November 13 – 17. The College is the FE sector Hub for Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland and the programme included events, both online and face to face, for students at Newtownabbey, Coleraine, Ballymena, Magherafelt and Ballymoney.
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Northern Regional College continues to lead the way in Industrial Robotics at the WorldSkills UK national finals. Hannah Currie from Randalstown and Peter O’Neill from Ballymoney, who are current and former Foundation Degree Engineering students respectively were gold medallists at the recent national finals in Manchester.
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Hairdressing students at Northern Regional College heard first-hand what it is like to live with alopecia totalis, a condition which causes total hair loss. Lisa Moore, who is originally from Greenlough and now lives in Portglenone, visited the College's campuses in both Ballymena and Magherafelt and spoke to hairdressing students about her experience of losing all her hair as a young child and how it had impacted on her life.
Continue ReadingWorldSkills UK National Finals – Three in a Row for NRC Industrial Robotics Students
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14th November 2023
For the third consecutive year, Northern Regional College will be represented in Industrial Robotics category at the WorldSkills UK national finals. Hannah Currie from Randalstown and Peter O’Neill from Ballymoney, both Foundation Degree in Engineering at the College in Ballymena, secured their spot by impressing judging in the Northern Ireland regional qualifying rounds to finish among the top eight in the UK.
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