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Education Minister welcomes Language Launchpad
Education Minister Paul Givan announcing Language Launchpad with Ruth Sedgewick, Northern Ireland Head of the Royal College of Speech and...
Oct 19, 2024


Ministers announce programme to raise achievement and tackle educational disadvantage
Education Minister's Paul Givan and Norma Foley, TD speaking to Principal Sean Campbell and staff member at Old Warren Primary...
Oct 16, 2024


Water makes the world go round - St Colmcille’s PS enjoy learning with visit from NI Water
Pupils at St Colmcille’s Primary School in Ballymena This is just one interesting fact pupils of St Colmcille’s Primary School,...
Oct 15, 2024


Queen’s to host Dr Temple Grandin as University celebrates milestone
Dr Temple Grandin This week, Queen’s University Belfast excitingly welcomes renowned American academic and animal behaviour expert, Dr...
Oct 14, 2024


Mid & East Antrim’s 2024/25 Science Summer School initiative launched
Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Alderman Beth Adger MBE at the launch of Science Summer School 2024/25 with Lord Andrew Mawson OBE from The...
Oct 12, 2024


Neurovalens CEO Dr. Jason McKeown named Visiting Professor at Ulster University
Dr. Jason McKeown, CEO of Neurovalens Dr. Jason McKeown, CEO of Neurovalens, has been awarded the honorary title of Visiting Professor...
Oct 11, 2024


The Gallaher Trust celebrates success of student scholarship schemes
Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Alderman Beth Adger MBE, centre, is pictured with Ian Paisley, Chairman of The Gallaher Trust, foreground,...
Oct 8, 2024


Givan welcomes funding package for Bookstart Baby Programme
Kathryn Anderson, BookTrust’s Senior Partnerships Manager for Northern Ireland and Education Minister Paul Givan talking about Bookstart...
Oct 3, 2024


Economy Minister opens landmark £46million Causeway Campus for Northern Regional College
Pictured at the opening of Northern Regional College's £46million Causeway Campus in Coleraine are (LtoR) Claudia McLaughlin-Hunt,...
Oct 2, 2024


US Special Envoy Joe Kennedy III to inspire poetry at Queen’s
Pictured L-R are: Tessa Breslin, Vice-Chair of the Queen's Foundation Board; Professor Sir Ian Greer, President and Vice-Chancellor of...
Oct 2, 2024


Study online for an Equine qualification with CAFRE
Study online for a Certificate in Equine Science and Management with CAFRE, like learners Joy Carleton (Moy), Diana Cody (Enniskillen),...
Sep 25, 2024


Queen’s Announces Seamus Heaney Fellows for 2024-25 - and two are from Ballymena!
Pictured L-R: Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn. The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast has announced the appointments of...
Sep 23, 2024


Translink delivers level crossing safety awareness training to agri-students
Translink’s Level Crossing Risk Manager, Keith Pollock and Joe Mulholland, Senior Lecturer Agriculture at CAFRE with this year’s intake...
Sep 19, 2024


Education Committee launches inquiry into provision of RSE in schools
The Assembly Committee for Education has today launched an inquiry into the teaching and implementation of Relationships and Sexuality...
Sep 18, 2024


Declan Lawn looking forward to meeting up with old Ballymena friends at St Louis Centenary Gala Ball
Blue Lights screenwriter, Declan Lawn, is heading back to Ballymena this November to compère the St Louis Centenary Gala Ball. Taking...
Sep 13, 2024


Department of Education's £20M social need initiative to tackle educational disadvantage
A new £20m Department of Education programme to tackle educational disadvantage in communities was outlined to councillors at a meeting...
Sep 10, 2024


New book tells the story of Kintullagh House and St Louis Grammar School in Ballymena
Have you ever wondered how St Louis Grammar School was established in Ballymena in 1924? How Kintullagh House became a convent and the...
Sep 7, 2024


Education Minister’s £250k spend on ‘magnetic pouches’ is extremely concerning says Guy
Alliance Education spokesperson, Michelle Guy MLA Alliance Education spokesperson, Michelle Guy MLA, expresses concerns over the...
Sep 5, 2024


Ulster University nominated for University of the Year award
Ulster University Belfast campus. Ulster University has been shortlisted for University of the Year by Times Higher Education, placing...
Sep 5, 2024


Student Safety campaign launched ahead of return to university
Pictured at the launch of the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Student Safety campaign are (from left) Caroline Young, Vice-President...
Sep 4, 2024
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