The Northern Regional College Ballymena, hosted the Northern Ireland Engineering and Welding Regional Heat recently. Thirty eight students from across four Further Education Colleges competed in three different competitions, Mechanical Engineering CAD, Mechatronics and SkillWeld. Students await their results in the Mechanical Engineering CAD and Mechatronics competitions, but the winners of the SkillWeld event, the UK’s most prestigious national welding competition, were announced on the day, with Northern Regional College taking home three top awards: 1st place Scott Walker, 2nd Stuart Hamilton and 3rd David Cummings.
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Students from the Foundation Degree in Building Technology and Management based at the Coleraine campus have had the opportunity to visit the Jordanstown campus of the University of Ulster. During the visit the students were given a tour of the Fire Safety Engineering Research and Technology Centre (FireSERT) and the Centre for Sustainable Technologies (CST). The trip was very worthwhile and students were given an insight into a number of recent developments in the industry. The trip was facilitated by Dr Michaela Keenan from the University and the students were accompanied by lecturers Chris Keating and Richard King
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Local students along with their family and guests celebrated the end of the Princes Trust programme they have been following with Northern Regional College. This programme offers young people the opportunity to obtain a City & Guilds Level 1 Certificate in Personal Development and Contributing to the Community qualification. Students on the programme participated in outdoor pursuits, team building projects, planning and community projects and had the opportunity to gain experience within a work placement. They developed their skills in preparing CV’s, job applications, interview skills and obtained career advice.
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NRC IT Career Academy students visited Diamond Recruitment for a Masterclass on a "Career in IT", in Diamond Ballymena's new office on Lower Mill Street.
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Dean Boyle a current Northern Regional College Foundation Degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering student, is about to embark on a Stateside trip on the SUSA Programme. The Study USA programme, originally known as the Business Education Initiative, was established in 1994. It is a highly successful and innovative programme which offers undergraduate students studying in Northern Ireland the opportunity to study business and management for one academic year at universities and colleges in the USA. The programme is administered by the Department for Employment and Learning and delivered by the British Council.
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The Northern Regional College is celebrating not one but two RTS Students awards at a recent ceremony in Belfast. Student Richard Parke won the Open Award sponsored by Sixteen South for his production ‘Say Something’. Naomi Doherty topped the Comedy & Entertainment section sponsored by Stellify Media for ‘Classroom Coliseum’. Both students will go forward to the overall RTS Student Television Awards which will be held in London later this year.
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