Hospitality & Catering Presentation of Awards

Very well done to all of the College students and staff involved in our annual presentation of awards and certificates to learners from our Hospitality and Catering section, which took place last evening at our Strand Rd Campus.

Special praise to all of the learners who collected awards during the event - the College wishes to extend its congratulations to each of you for your hard work and achievements throughout your course, and extends further  best wishes for your future careers.

Photos from the event are available via our Flickr page.  Pictured here is Best 1st Year winner Marie Doherty and Shaun Gibbons with NWRC Curriculum Manager Leyonia Davey.

 

 

Fundraising for Cruse Bereavement

Students and staff from our School of Health & Social Care have recently completed fundraising activities for Cruse Bereavement Foyle area. This included a Charity Cake Sale which took place around the College. Pictured at the cheque presentation are: Tracey Lynch, NWRC course co-ordinator; Kim Boyle, NWRC Curriculum Manager, Level 2 Certificate Profession Development for Health Social Care students present the cheque to Elisha McDaid, Cruse Bereavement Foyle area co-ordinator.

College Improvement Team

The College Improvement Team met recently and a presentation related to the Aims of the CIT can be found here.

Prof F Monds

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College students to perform Pulp Fiction LIVE!

NWRC Performing Arts, Five Dollar Shake Produuctions, and Creative & Cultural Skills, are preparing to perform a unique stage production of Quentin Tarantino's cult classic 'Pulp Fiction'.

Pulling together the talents of students from Performing Arts, Media, Music and Music Technology, Art & Design and Construction, this production is a 360 degree multimedia audio and visual feast that is not one to be missed.  There are destined to be treats and surprises in store for everyone!

Pulp Fiction LIVE will run for three days and nights in the Foyle Theatre, Strand Road, Campus Wed 28th, Thurs 29th and Fri 30th May at 1pm and 7:30pm. 

Matinee tickets will cost £5 and Evening tickets will cost £10. Over 18s ONLY!

Strabane School Links Awards

Congratulations to all of the pupils who collected certificates and awards at the School Links Awards ceremony on Friday past at our Strabane campus.
Presentations were made to Year 12 pupils from Holy Cross College, Strabane Academy and Knockavoe, who completed occupational studies in Joinery and Brickwork, Early Years Childcare, Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy, Hospitality and Catering, and Business Administration over the past two years.

Female students launch ‘NWRC Records’ EP

Five female students from the College’s music section, Bobbi Harvey, Collette Connolly, Carolann Carlisle, Emma Hughes and Johanna Fagen have recorded a unique EP to celebrate equality. This marked the inaugural release of an annual EP release of the newly founded NWRC Records, a record label established by our students to create and promote music made by NWRC music students.

Earlier this year, one of the students was nominated as the female officer for the students union and as a result wanted to do something to celebrate equality. Assisted by Music Lecturer Marc Geagan, the students agreed to include this work as part of their course modules.

 



 

 

 

 

Game of Thrones Actor Launches College’s 3CTV

One of Northern Ireland’s rising TV stars Art Parkinson was guest of honour at our Limavady Campus recently when he officially launched 3CTV, the College’s new YouTube channel for learners on media and journalism courses.
The highly-acclaimed Game of Thrones actor was on hand to unveil this exciting new project which will serve to develop the technical, production and programming skills of learners currently undertaking full-time and part-time programmes .
3CTV is open to all NWRC media students and aims to provide a public platform for the viewing of professional standard work.

Trade Union learners achieve L3 Certificate in Advice & Guidance

At a recent NIC-ICTU Learning Conference, a number of Trade Union learners were presented with their Level 3 Certificate in Advice and Guidance, by DEL Minister, Dr. Stephen Farry.
This course was delivered by the College's School of Health and Social Care and was funded by NIC-ICTU .The learners achieved this qualification whilst holding down full-time jobs and as Union Representatives.

In conjunction with NIC-ICTU, the College provided a challenging, enlightening, informative and developmental Programme of learning and progression for these students. Following their recent success these students now plan to progress to further training and higher education courses.

Part-Time Prospectus & Enrolments

The College's 2014-15 Part-Time Prospectus will be available from the reception areas of main campuses from Monday 2 June. It is also hoped that course information will be available on our college website before this date, and further copies will be distributed door-to-door to homes across the North West  during mid-August. 

Part-Time Enrolments will commence at 8.00am, Tuesday 10^th June at our main campuses – Strand Rd, Main St Limavady and Strabane. 

The College will also have a promotional campaign running from 2 June to raise awareness of course provision and enrolment opening date.

Students & Staff Perform Big Dance Pledge

Congratulations to the NWRC students and staff who took part in the amazing 'Big Dance Pledge' on Friday past at the Guild Hall.  Special thanks to all our friends at St Cecilias who made the event so memorable. Well done one and all!

Special Award for David at SkillbuildNI

Congratulations to Greystone Lecturer David McCay who was awarded the Hugh Gettinby memorial award for his Excellence in Construction Training at the recent 2014 Skillbuild NI finals.  This award rewards an individual involved in the training of young people  who has displayed the highest standards of success and dedication to the Skillbuild NI ethos. 
A number of NWRC students competed in the SkillBuild NI competitions, and in the Carpentry section Greystone student Eugene Conway collected the bronze medal.

 

Travel & Tourism Employers Forum

A number of employers from the Travel & Tourism industry visited the College recently about to discuss employability requirements for students wishing to work in the different sectors of the industry.  The event was organised by staff and students from our School of Hospitality, Tourism and Sport.  More photos are on via Flickr



College Sports Awards 2014

Our Annual College Sports Award presentation takes place this afternoon at our Strand Road Campus to celebrate the achievements of our students throughout the 2013-14 year from their respective clubs and society activities.
Students and staff will be joined by Special Guest Paul Kee, Manager of Institute FC, and the event will take place over lunch in our Northland Restaurant.
Good luck to all the staff involved, and thank you for supporting our students on the field of play throughout the year.  Photos from the event will follow.

Chef's Forum

Staff from our Hospitality & Catering section, and our Business Support Centre, recently held a Chef's Forum to discuss and share good practice with leading industry respresentatives:

Pictured are Paul Sharkey, City Hotel, Brian McDermott, Coaimhin McClafferty, Brunswick Superbowl, Stanley Matthews, Limetree Restaurant, Paul McCusker, ICON, Charlie Dillon, Belfray Country Inn, John Bamford, Brunswick Superbowl, Norma Murphy, Murphy's on the Green, Karen McLaughlin, Leyonia Davey. View the photos from our Flickr account

Charity Cake Sale

Recently in College...

...we hosted the Annual VEP Presentations in Limavady and Strand Road; Travel & Tourism students heard from industry representatives about career opportunities locally and further afield; A presentation was made to Plumbing students from Springtown who won Best Start-Up Company in the Young Enterprise Awards 2014; 4 students received scholarship funding from the US NavComm; and we welcomed German Chefs to our Flying Clipper Restaurant.  You can view photos from some of these events on our Flickr account

Help us with our BIG DANCE Pledge!

Do you want to be part of a worldwide dance event?  NWRC is leading Derry in the Big Dance Pledge next Friday 16th May at the Guild Hall at 1pm and we need your help!  46,000 people have signed up across 22 nations and NWRC was the 1st in N Ireland to sign up and we need more dancers.  Our very own Dance Company Ascent will lead the Big Dance on Friday 16 May  in a simultaneous performance at 1pm - this is your chance to be part of a unique wave of dancing across the world. The dance lasts approximately 5 mins. If you and your students are interested, please contact Carie Logue-Houston. You can view the dance and find out more here:
http://www.bigdance.org.uk/big-dance-pledge/


 

This week in College...

...Health & Social Care students will be competing for the Title of Best Social Mission and most viable business idea. The Level 3 students will be pitching their ideas at an event on Thursday to judges from Social Enterprise NI and Enterprise North West....The Limavady and Strand Road Campuses will host the Annual VEP Presentations on Thursday and Friday for pupils from local post-primary schools who have been completing occupational studies courses at the College this year.
 

Ryan's on track to success

Congratulations to Ryan Reilly, Sports Science student from Strand Rd Campus who is celebrating a treble of successes. Ryan recently discovered he has been accepted to UU to study Physiotherapy this September, and in addition he has been successful in gaining a place on the University's Elite Athlete Scheme. He was also accepted to the Ireland Cycling Team last month!

Dental Nursing Awards

This week the Strabane Campus hosted the annual presentation of awards for the NEBDN Dental Nursing courses.  A Posthumous award was presented in honour of student Kerry Crocker who passed away last year.  For the photos from the event click here.