Two of the five young people selected to represent Team UK in the global WorldSkills competition in France this September studied engineering at Northern Regional College. Charlie Carson (21) from Ballymoney and Jason Scott (22) from Magherafelt will compete in the Robot Systems Integration skills category. They both completed a Foundation Degree in Engineering, graduating with distinction in June 2023.
Continue Reading
A scholarship of £5,500 a year for the duration of your undergraduate degree programme? It sounds almost too good to be true but that’s exactly what recipients of the JP McManus Scholarship will receive so, if you would like to learn more about this valuable scholarship opportunity, read on.
Continue Reading
Northern Regional College’s successful track record in the WorldSkills industrial robotics competitions highlights how engineering students at the College are reaping the rewards of innovative skills training and state of the art equipment. WorldSkills is a competition-based development programme, designed by industry experts, to enhance the practical skills and knowledge taught on vocational training courses at FE Colleges and Training Centres.
Continue Reading
Building on the success of the pioneering dementia friendly café at the Gilaroo Nursing Home in Larne, health and social care staff and students at Northern Regional College have helped oversee the launch of another dementia friendly café, this time in Newtownabbey. The Willow Tree dementia friendly café in Wood Green Residential Care Home has been spearheaded by Jacqui McAllister, Curriculum Area Manager for Health and Social Care at the College’s Newtownabbey campus. She explained the rationale behind the project:
Continue Reading
The entrepreneurial spirit is truly alive and well at Northern Regional College. Four of the top awards at the recent Young Enterprise NI Big Market trade event went to business students at the College’s Coleraine campus for their environmentally friendly candle sets Eco Wicks.
Continue Reading
Over seventy pupils from eight local schools took part in Ballymena Rotary Club’s annual technology challenge hosted by Northern Regional College. The pupils were all given the same basic equipment to complete the challenge and working in teams of four, they had brainstorm possible solutions before writing up their proposed solution and demonstrating how it worked.
Continue Reading