A plumbing apprentice from Newtownabbey who is doing an ApprenticeshipNI Level 3 Plumbing course at Northern Regional College, is one of six students to represent the College at WorldSkills UK national finals in Manchester this week.
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Northern Regional College engineering students Canaan Carleton and Kyle Davidson, who will be representing the College in Mechatronics at the WorldSkills UK national finals this week, are hoping to emulate the success of their mechatronics lecturer, Mark Maginty.
Continue ReadingUpcoming International Webinars Sharing Global Perspectives on Health and Social Care
Friday
10th November 2023
Academics, healthcare practitioners, experts in housing, mental health and student support from both sides of the Atlantic will share best practice at a free two-day online event next week. ‘Global Perspectives on Health and Social Care, Collaborative Discussions with Europe and the U.S’ will take place on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th November 2023.
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A young apprentice studying bench joinery at Northern Regional College has qualified for the SkillBuild UK national finals in Milton Keynes later this month. Jamie Matthews (17) from Ballyclare, who is a Level 2 bench joinery apprentice at the College’s Newtownabbey campus, is employed by leading luxury fit-out and bespoke joinery company, Mivan in Antrim. He came through the Northern Ireland regional finals with flying colours to finish among the top eight in the UK and qualify for the national finals.
Continue ReadingNorthern Regional College’s Links with Local Production of ‘Phantom of the Opera’
Friday
3rd November 2023
While some of his classmates were enjoying half-term break, Conor McColgan, a second year Performing Arts student at the College’s Coleraine campus, was busy getting ready for the opening night of Portrush Musical Society’s production of ‘The Phantom of the Opera’.
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Northern Regional College will have eight apprentices and students going for gold in the national finals of the 2023 skills competitions later this month. The College will be represented in the six different skills areas: Industrial Robotics, Mechatronics, Plumbing, Welding, Joinery and Carpentry. The finalists are Hannah Currie and Peter O’Neill (Industrial Robotics); Canaan Carleton and Kyle Davidson (Mechatronics); Morgan Finney (Plumbing); Jamie McArthur-Gill (Welding); Jamie Matthews (Joinery); and Bailey Gibson (Carpentry).
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