One of Northern Ireland’s leading manufacturers of sheet metal parts is to take on four NRC apprentices this year. Ballymoney-based McAuley Engineering Ltd which employs 117 people in its precision machining factory says it would take more apprentices on but does not want to dilute the quality of the apprenticeships.
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Local SME Engineering companies recently completed a bespoke industrial training programme at the Northern Regional College’s Ballymena Campus. The seven week programme, Mechanical to Electrical Upskilling Maintenance programme runs for fourteen days over 2 days per week at the cutting edge facilities within the Farm Lodge Campus.
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Northern Regional College’s Jordan Hunter has been named as the Northern Ireland winner in the prestigious Sir Winfried Bischoff Award, which recognises the UK’s most promising students.
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The Living & Learning Together project has co-ordinated a schools health event held in St Marys Grammar school in Magherafelt, with over 500 pupils taking part. At the event over 25 exhibitors have provided information on the services and activities that they provide for young people Representatives at the Health fair included Magherafelt District Advice services, Barnardo's Young Carers project, N.I. anti bullying forum, smoking cessation, TIPSA –Tackling issues and preventing substance abuse and the Police and community safety partnership.
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Following on from last year’s success, NRC Foundation Art and Design students have once again taken part in a competition to design a trophy for the 2014 prestigious Newtownabbey Borough Council sports awards. This year the winning design came from student Jennifer Wasson. Jennifer’s design was manufactured in college and is based on the concept of “blood sweat and tears” combined with the strong underlay image of the boxing glove showing both the determination and fight needed to succeed.
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Students from the Ballymoney campus of the Northern Regional College are preparing for a fantastic production of the smash hit musical, Les Miserables! The students involved are level 3 Performing Arts pupils along with Level 2 music and Level 3 Production Arts.
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