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Issue 86 ANIC Equality Newsletter The latest edition of the ANIC Equality News is now available online. MasterChef Number 5 at North West Institute
Students who are currently studying on the North West Institute's Software Professional Academy course are putting on a Technology Awareness Event, to promote courses in the college and to raise awareness of the range of careers within the IT industry. The event will be held on 2 May and the main focus of the day is to provide information about a range of IT careers, courses and organisations to careers teachers, ICT teachers and students from the 16 plus age group. Speakers at the event come from Pramerica, West Care, ANIC and ASG and a number of companies will be exhibiting on the day, including Seagate, Singularity, Northbrook and a few other smaller companies from the North West . For further information on the event, contact Joanne Sweeney on 028 71276445 or email joanne.sweeney@nwi.ac.uk
Neil Boyle, Ceramics lecturer in the Department of Continuing Education and the Arts at North West Institute, won second place in the INDEX awards at this year's Showcase held in the RDS, Dublin . The INDEX awards are open to those unveiling new products at Showcase, and Neil won the prize when he exhibited some of his large ceramic animal pieces this year for the first time. Gerry Murphy, Managing Director of Showcase Ireland Events Ltd, who organise and sponsor the INDEX Awards commented that it is testament to the creativity and talent of the crafts sector in Ireland that a high proportion of winners have been craftspeople.
Recently around 40 students from UBI's Banbridge Campus went to the Iveagh Cinema in Banbridge to watch the Revolving Door Play. Revolving Door by Polly Wright is a short drama performed by specialist health promotion theatre HeARTh. The play sensitivity explores the subject of teen suicide and has toured all over England . Although the play is hard hitting due to its delicate subject matter, it has made a huge impact across the province and with our own students.
The Portadown Campus of Upper Bann Institute celebrated an evening of triumphant success for its Jobskills Trainees from both the Banbridge and Portadown campuses on Wednesday 28 th March 2007. The evening was an excellent celebration of achievement for all students who had successfully completed Jobskills programmes during the 2005/06 academic year. Guest speaker, Mr David Cooper, Director of Training Standards presented many Level 1, 2 and 3 students with certificates, awards and trophies. A number of personal achievement awards and overall achievement awards were also presented and were supplied by local people and representatives from industry such as Porters Body Shop, NACCO Materials Handling, J W Kane Precision Engineering Ltd and Anderson Mechanical Services. Students graduated in a wide range of trades areas including; Bricklaying, Catering & Hospitality, Distributive Operations, Construction Plant Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Installation, Fabrication & Welding, Heavy Vehicle Repair, Vehicle Fitting, Light Vehicle Body Repair, Land Based Service Engineering, Meat Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Plastering and Wood Occupations.
Moy Park in Craigavon has taken another giant step in embracing cultural diversity within the workplace. Moy Park approached Upper Bann Institute's Business Support Centre, Training Direct, in the hope that the local education provider could design a brand new course for the company in response to their need for many of their managers to be able to grasp basic Polish. The company now have a number of Polish Nationals working within the factory environment. Training Direct yet again rose to the challenge and developed an intensive business led course which they called ‘Polish Pronunciation for Managers'. The course was successfully delivered on site to Managers of Moy Park by part time lecturer and Polish native Mr Pawel Nowak. It was delivered over the course of 12 hours in the factory. Moy Park and Training Direct are now working together to roll this course out over another six departments within the company and Upper Bann Institute has already had many enquiries from SMEs in the local area about the delivery of a similar course within their workplace. Belfast Institute will host the European Federation for Open and Distance Learning's (EFODL) International Conference from 23rd - 24th May 2007. The conference is entitled ‘Demonstrating Transformation: Pr@ctice, Process and Product'. An International Conference to share good practice in the application of e-strategies within the Further/Higher Education, Business and Training Sectors. The aim of this Conference is to produce a dynamic, practically focussed snapshot of real practice and solutions in the field of e-technology as applied within the Further/Higher Education, Business and Training Sectors. The conference will allow practitioners to demonstrate to participants leading-edge examples of how they are using e-learning and how these examples can be used in other environments. The conference fee is £225 for EFODL Network Member/Workshop Presenter and £325 for non-EFODL delegates. Fees includes: preconference networking reception on the 22nd May; a guided bus tour of Belfast on 25th May; a guided tour of Belfast City Hall; Gala Conference Dinner in Belfast City Hall; conference lunches and coffee breaks but do not include accommodation and/or travel. Register online and book workshops at www.belfastinstitute.ac.uk/efodl The BBC Big Yellow Bus stopped over at Cookstown Campus recently offering participants taster sessions in a range of areas such as: radio production; television production; community web development; digital photography and digital storytelling. Over the two days students from local schools and students from the college received a taster in radio production. They received an introduction to the bus radio studio and an overview on how to use a minidisk recorder. In the afternoon they collected a series of vox pops and carried out a one-to-one interview based on the election as it was taking place that day. Students then listened to some of their raw material along with an edited version. They also had the opportunity to find out about programme running orders as well as the complexities of presenting a live radio programme. Later on the students put their new found skills to use when they participated in a live broadcast to the election programme with Wendy Austin in the afternoon on BBC Radio Ulster viewing their opinions on the election and voting process. East Tyrone College Hosts Council Employer Engagement Seminar Employers from Dungannon and South Tyrone were given the opportunity to hear the latest information on recruitment and retention issues, skills gaps and training needs among employers and jobseekers and information on migrant workers at a recent seminar hosted by the Borough Council at East Tyrone college. Mayor Jim Hamilton opened the event by outlining the priorities of the Council as a lead partner in the New Deal Consortium. Other speakers at the event included Sinead Mullen (Programmes manager, New Deal), Monica McGeary (IMM), Dave Rogers and Peter Boland (DEL), Daniel Holder (ANIMATE) and Vinny Beggs (Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council). Are you 16 - 25 years old and currently unemployed? Then the Prince's Trust is urging you to step up to the challenge of a 12-week life-changing programme! The charity, in association with Newry Institute, is offering young people the opportunity to change their lives and take part in the programme, which starts on Monday 14 th May 2007. The Prince's Trust programme – called Team - gives young people the chance to develop their confidence, motivation and skills through teamwork in the local community. Groups of up to 15 young unemployed people participate in a challenging and action packed programme, a major part of which involves teamwork. The programme aims to help young people towards employment, further education and training. If you would like to take part in the Team programme or know someone who is unemployed and aged 16-25 who may be interested please contact Siobhan McManus or Des McCaul on 028 3026 1071 ext 2790 or mobile numbers 07841468934 / 07841 970560. Hospitality and Tourism students from Newry Institute and Fermanagh College attended a one day seminar on job opportunities with the worlds biggest employer, Disney World Florida on Friday 23 March 2007 at Newry Institute. This exciting opportunity was a result of a two week Lecturers Into Industry Project organised by the Department for Employment and Learning and nominee Eithne Kinsella. Eithne is the Course Co-Ordinator of the Foundation Degree programmes in Hospitality and Tourism at Newry Institute. Eithne spent two weeks in Florida working with key Disney personnel focusing on diversity issues and as a result has undertaken research in this area. Opportunities now exist for students to undertake a variety of job roles with Disney as well as short courses with University of Michigan . International recruiters Kim Cascone and Lee Ann Demay from Yummy Jobs in Florida spoke to and interviewed interested students.
Yes the fat lady certainly does art at the Grand Opera House this April in the form of a month long textile art exhibition from the Art and Design students of the North East Institute. Art and Design BTEC National Diploma students from the Ballymena and Magherafelt campuses participated in a ‘live project' where they had to develop and produce a textile piece to be displayed in the Phoenix Gallery at Grand Opera House. The textile pieces are a celebration of this historic Opera House and what it represents, from its splendid interior, its rich history to the exhaustive list of famous performances. Darlene Hagan-Bezgin, Senior Lecturer at NEI said:” This is a wonderful opportunity to collaborate with one of the UK and Irelands most loved and enjoyed theatres. What we want for our students is to work on professional briefs, and on projects which are alive and real, letting students gain professional experience as they work through their course as many of our young students have and will be the designers of the future.”
Women in Construction Conference A unique half day seminar entitled Women in Construction and Non Traditional Sectors will take place on Wednesday 25 April at the Comfort Hotel Antrim from 10am – 2pm. This seminar is aimed at women already working in construction and for those studying or training for a career in the industry. To register contact Siobhan Daly at CITB on 028 9082 4217 or email women-in-construction@twnonline.com Silver Surfers' Day 2007 This year's Silver Surfers Day will be held on Friday 25 May 2007. ANIC Forthcoming Events 2007 ANIC Conference 2007 will take place from 18-19 June at the Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle, Co Down. Details to follow. ANIC LIFE Awards will take place on Monday 21 May at 6pm in the Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn. FSB and ANIC Future Students of Business Awards will take place on Friday 8 June in Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast.
This year's LSDA Annual Conference will take place on Tuesday 24 April 2007 from 9.00 am – 4.15 pm at the Galgorm Manor, Ballymena. The conference is entitled Delivering Public Value and will facilitate discussion framework to help organisations deliver a performance that accommodates client satisfaction and social outcomes. Tel: 02890 447700.
BBC Northern Ireland is currently advertising to recruit
Broadcast Technology Assistants.
This role is part of a wider BBC Broadcast Technology Assistant trainee scheme and the BBC is particularly keen to hear from students from FE colleges throughout Northern Ireland who might have the right skills for this exciting opportunity. The closing date for applications is 22 April 2007. NESTA FameLab
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