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Cutting-edge technology at Northern Regional College’s ‘Bring IT On’ event

Tuesday
10th December 2019

Over 150 local primary and post-primary pupils from the Magherafelt area have taken part in an educational initiative to showcase computer science opportunities at Northern Regional College. The Department for the Economy funded ‘Bring IT On’ event was designed to inform young people about opportunities in computer science and encourage them to consider a career in IT.

College alumni return as guest speakers

Wednesday
27th November 2019

“Northern Regional College is an ideal steppingstone for university and a successful professional career,” according to some of the College’s former students. That’s the message from Jonny Stewart, a Chartered Town Planner, as well as his GM Design Associates colleague Keith Stewart, a Chartered Architectural Technologist.

Northern Regional College is an ideal stepping stone for university and a successful professional career, according to former Built Environment students. Jonny Stewart and Keith Stewart, who have qualified as a Chartered Town Planner and Chartered Architectural Technologist respectively, both work for GM Design Associates, a multi-disciplinary practice based in Coleraine.

College Up In Lights For Pancreatic Cancer

Friday
22nd November 2019

Northern Regional College’s Newtownabbey Campus is ‘up in lights’ this week to support raising awareness of pancreatic cancer. The College is joining with thousands of landmarks, public buildings and homes across the globe during November’s Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month to put a spotlight on a disease, which carries an alarmingly low survival rate of just 7%. The Newtownabbey Campus will glow purple – the colour associated with pancreatic cancer across the world – throughout the week in the run up to World Pancreatic Cancer Day on Thursday 21 November. For more information, visit purplelightsuk.org

I’m Still Learning - Successful Entrepreneur Tells Northern Regional College Students

Wednesday
20th November 2019

The importance of lifelong learning has been highlighted by leading businessman Brian McConville, chair of the hugely successful MJM Group. Speaking to budding entrepreneurs at Northern Regional College in Newtownabbey this week, he said that even with 36 years in business, he is still learning and, maybe more importantly, still willing to learn.

Northern Regional College in conjunction with the Department for the Economy (DfE) are offering an opportunity for twelve individuals to gain the skills to take up Computer Numerical Control (CNC) roles within seven of Northern Ireland’s engineering & manufacturing companies:- Creative Composites, Lisburn, Datum Tool Design, Lisburn, Smiths Engineering, Ballymena, Moyola Precision Engineering, Castledawson, Crossen Engineering, Newtownards, IPC Mouldings, Carrickfergus and Whiskin Precision Engineering, Belfast.