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66% of people in Northern Ireland agree that Integrated Education should be the norm
Pupils at Fort Hill Integrated Primary School, along with IEF Chair Peter Osborne and teacher Susan Jones. LucidTalk has revealed the...
May 22, 2023


NRC construction students build a bright future at Skillbuild NI Final
Conor Dallas from Northern Regional College’s Ballymoney campus receiving the Overall Apprentice of the Year award from Sarah Travers,...
May 18, 2023


Domestic abuse survivor welcomes final rollout of child safeguarding programme in NI
Operation Encompass today, Wednesday 17th May, is being rolled out to the final tranche of 202 schools, across the Belfast Trust area,...
May 17, 2023


Primary school pupils in Northern Ireland continue to be among the best in the world in reading
An international survey of pupil achievement in reading shows that young people aged 9 -10 in Northern Ireland are amongst the best...
May 16, 2023


Local NRC students qualify for Team UK at EuroSkills in Gdansk
Northern Regional College students, Jason Scott and Charlie Carson, who have qualified to represent Team UK in the Robot Systems...
May 13, 2023


Significant progress made at the new Northern Regional College Ballymena Campus!
Sean Laverty, Chief Operating Officer of Northern Regional College pictured with Teresa Devlin local resident and Conan Johnston & Peter...
May 12, 2023


“Our peace, their future being more normal” – IEF calls for education system to be normalised
The Integrated Education Fund (IEF) is challenging all candidates in the local government elections to sign up to their ten key asks to...
May 10, 2023


Dunclug Primary School achieves Autism NI Impact Award
Staff from Dunclug Primary School, Ballymena recently undertook specialised training with Autism NI enabling the school to continue in...
May 8, 2023


Take the LEAP and transform your career at NI Water
NI Water is launching an ambitious and innovative reskilling programme, to bring a new bank of talent to its 1400-strong workforce. With...
May 5, 2023


Paisley welcomes initiative that will see racing kit cars deliver STEM education in Co Antrim
Ian Paisley MP, the Member of Parliament for North Antrim, joined a Parliamentary celebration of the work of Greenpower Education Trust...
May 4, 2023


£70million investment for Shared Education Campus in County Antrim
The Department of Education has appointed Heron Bros contractors to build a new £70million Shared Education Campus in Ballycastle. The...
May 4, 2023


“Workers refuse to just survive but will fightback” – Unite’s Susan Fitzgerald
New Unite Regional Secretary: workers refuse to just survive but will fightback and win through their trade unions Susan Fitzgerald calls...
Apr 29, 2023


Celebrating Margaret’s 59-year nursing career
Margaret McKinnell with her framed letter of commendation from the Chief Nursing Officer in Northern Ireland in recognition of her...
Apr 26, 2023


Local students receive Young Enterprise Northeast Company of the Year Award
Young Enterprise Northeast Company of the Year 2023, Sew Sanitary, and representatives from Cambridge House Grammar School (including...
Apr 26, 2023


ANBCouncil working on collaboration plans as official handover marks next stage of Dobbies
Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council (ANBC) has welcomed news of the handover of Dobbies new store in Antrim and says it is working...
Apr 26, 2023


Department for Infrastructure seeking to minimise disruption as strike action set to start
The Department for Infrastructure has issued a statement on Wednesday (19 April) saying that public services for which it is responsible...
Apr 19, 2023


Top accountancy prize for Kilrea’s Ciara Morren
The Danske Bank Accountancy Award was recently presented to Ciara Morren at Danske Bank’s headquarters in Belfast. Ciara, who is a Senior...
Apr 11, 2023


Hats Off! Locals achieve special recognition at NOW Group Graduation
Antrim and Carrickfergus Participants Among Over 200 to Graduate from NOW Group Training Academies TWO NOW Group participants from Antrim...
Apr 9, 2023


Educational division in Northern Ireland estimated to cost more than £600,000 every day
Research undertaken by Ulster University has estimated that the total additional cost of maintaining a divided education system costs...
Apr 8, 2023


Northern Regional College: new hydrogen course a first in UK and Ireland
Northern Regional College in Ballymena has launched the first accredited Level 2 and Level 3 courses in Hydrogen Applications and...
Apr 5, 2023
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