Northern Regional College is celebrating after being crowned one of the winners in the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 2015 Chamber Awards. The College which serves a population of over 429,000 (24%) of the people in Northern Ireland was awarded the ‘Education and Business Partnership’ award for Northern Ireland, having been acknowledged for its work with businesses to help their pupils gain an understanding of the world of work and develop the crucial employability skills that employer’s value.
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Northern Regional College Ballymoney Campus, has landed itself a top catch after winning a celebrity backed cook-off in honour of Seafood Week, which is taking place across the country from 9th to 16th October. The Big College Seafood Cook-Off, held at Mourne Seafood Bar and Cookery School in Belfast, was hailed as a celebration of the local seafood industry and set up to inspire future generations to cook more often using seafood.
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12th October 2015
L-R Jonathan McAuley, Amme Liegh Trimble (UUJ placement student), Adam Clarke (Northern Regional College Career Academy Student), Alice Boyd (UUJ placement student), Alastair Hamilton, Louie Heath (Northern Regional College apprentice), Ryan Moon (Former Northern Regional College Career Academy student), David Peacock (Northern Regional College apprentice), David Condell (General Manager)
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Larry Farrell, a world leading authority on entrepreneurship who has worked with global companies and government agencies in the fields of job creation and economic development, has been addressing delegates at the Entrepreneurial leadership Seminar at Northern Regional College. Speaking at the event attended by representatives from the corporate and public sectors across Northern Ireland Mr Farrell spoke of the reasons behind success or failure for entrepreneurs and the vital link between having a product that customers want and the limitless opportunities that now exist in niche markets on a global basis.
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Internationally Recognised WorldHost Customer Training program has been delivered to a further 30 staff from the Kenny’s Group. This is the third year that the group have completed Northern Regional College’s WorldHost retail programme, a flexible 2 day training arrangement which focuses on the principles of customer service, targeting new customers, and improvement of sales techniques. Each employee that completed this bespoke customer service training has achieved a Level 2 certificate and is eligible to wear the WorldHost pin badge, which recognises their customer service excellence. Almost 50% of the Kenny’s Group staff have achieved this high standard of training and can be found wearing their pin badge.
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Department for Employment and Learning Deputy Secretary, Catherine Bell, today launched the first Game Development Academy at Parliament Buildings. The Academy aims to provide 16 talented individuals with the skills and experience required to take up exciting new opportunities in the game development industry, which is a growing sector in Northern Ireland.
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