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Northern Regional College hosted their annual Infofest (Freshers’ Week) event on each campus at the start of term which allowed students to gain vital information on key issues relating to College life and personal development. Each year the event just gets bigger and better. Throughout the week many organisations took time to speak with students and advise them on topics important to young adults continuing their education. Organisations included local banks, fitness and leisure centres, local charities, Royal Navy, Volunteer Now, ChildLine, Translink, local councils, PSNI, and many more external groups who were vital to the events success.
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Northern Regional College was delighted to present and award local businesses from around the North Coast and Mid Antrim/Ulster area, certificates for CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering. This is one of the many programmes that the Northern Regional College delivers to local businesses. To discuss your training or development needs or find out what funding is available to support skills development within your company as well as benefit from the expertise Northern Regional College has to offer, contact our Business Support team on 028 2563 6258 or email jackie.smyth@nrc.ac.uk.
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Northern Regional College accountancy student, 20 yr old Julie Alexander from Ballymena, has come joint first in the UK and Ireland wide 2016 Institute of Accounting Technicians (IAT) Diploma exams. This is the first time in the last three years that anyone from Northern Ireland come within the top 5 in these exams.
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During the summer a number of Northern Regional College students obtained entry to their chosen university by achieving top grades in their Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma course. Congratulations to Benjamin Halliday who completed his Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma in Engineering course at our Newtownabbey Campus. Benjamin achieved overall grades of 1 Distinction* and 2 Distinctions which is equivalent to 3 A Levels at 1 A* and 2 A grades. He is now studying Mechanical Engineering at Ulster University. Other student successes include:
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Students and staff at Northern Regional College are set to benefit from €300,000 of funding from EU programme Erasmus+. From September 2016 the funding will be invested in the development of two initiatives: Robotics and Automation in Engineering and Encouraging enterprise and self employment. Staff from Northern Regional College will be building on international links and sharing best practice with partner colleges, employers and start-up agencies from Spain, Portugal, Finland, Romania, Italy and the Czech Republic. The students participating will be eligible to gain a European-wide credit for their learning.
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