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Media Review January 2021 from 01/01/2021 to 31/01/2021 Ballymena Daily | 28/01/2021 Media Source Online Visits 26,200 Also published in Northern Regional College Northern Regional College says Higher Level Apprenticeships a ‘win-win for employees and employers Pictured: Jordan Gaw, a second year Computing HLA at Northern Regional College. HIGHER Level Apprenticeships (HLA) offer a ‘win-win’ situation for those involved by delivering work-based training and... CONTINUE READING Ballymena Guardian | 28/01/2021 Media Source Online Visits 8,642 Engineer Chris scoops top award at Northern Regional College ...Computing, and Integrative Counselling. For further information on Foundation Degree programmes and other full time and part time courses at the College, visit www.nrc.ac.uk to explore our range of courses. CONTINUE READING 2 Copyright Material - reproduced under license by TruehawkMedia. No further copying (including printing, digital reproduction and forwarding) is permitted except under License. Northern Constitution - Limavady Chronicle | 28/01/2021 Media Source Press Page 15 Circulation 13,725 Martin McKeown). students with non-clinical services internally and Celebrity chef gives NRC students some food for thought... CELEBRITY chef Paula also explained think, not just about Pictured right, Paula McIntyre took how peelings and tops the origin of their food, celebrity chef Paula some time out of her of vegetables could be but its environmental McIntyre cooks up a hectic schedule to used for dehydration, impact, from the treat for students at give professional smoking or growing or rearing Northern Regonal cookery students at fermentation. stage to the moment it College's Bally- Northern Regonal Lecturer Jane reaches your plate and money campus. College’s McAuley said the beyond. Ballymoney campus masterclass was very some insider tips on beneficial for the how to reduce food students as it waste. incorporated pasta, Minimising food pulses, roots, stems, waste is a constant leaves, bulbs and challenge for seeds, all of which are professional chefs and criteria for the Paula’s Sustainable Professional Cookery Vegetable Masterclass Vegetable unit. focussed on food She continued: waste and introduced “With today’s the students to the growing emphasis on concept of ‘root to reducing food waste, fruit’ with chefs have to get mouth-watering creative to be able to results. use all parts of the With a selection of vegetable, so Paula’s locally sourced, Masterclass certainly seasonal vegetables, gave our students she created a variety plenty of food for of tasty dishes, thought. ” illustrating perfectly Root to fruit (or root how all parts of the to stem) dining is an vegetable, including emerging food the roots and the philosophy that leaves can be used. encourages people to Chef Paula McIntyre delivers a masterclass to professional cookery students at Northern Regonal College's Ballymoney campus. 3 Copyright Material - reproduced under license by TruehawkMedia. No further copying (including printing, digital reproduction and forwarding) is permitted except under License. Antrim Guardian | 28/01/2021 Media Source Press Page 11 Circulation 13,725 starts with a cooking demonstration in the HE department. launch our Virtual Open Day in the “The college would like to take this date! Mature student Chris proves that he is a class act after scooping award! A MATURE engineering student from The Dayle Smyth Endeavour Award is Antrim has been awarded the presented annually in memory of Dayle Smyth, prestigious Dayle Smyth Endeavour an outstanding former student at Northern Regional College in Ballymena, who tragically Award for his outstanding lost his life in a road traffic collision in 2014, performance at Northern Regional soon after achieving his Higher National College in Ballymena. Diploma in Manufacturing Engineering. Chris McConnaghie, who is employed as Dayle’s father Garry said the award, which maintenance manager with SDC Trailers in this year was presented virtually because of Toomebridge, completed the Foundation COVID restrictions, helped keep Dayle’s Degree in Electrical and Electronic memory alive. Engineering with distinction at the College. Mark Maginty, co-ordinator of the part-time He is currently doing a BEng (Hons) Foundation Degree in Electrical and Electronic deg ree. Engineering at Ballymena, explained why Originally from Ballycastle Chris now lives in Chris was selected for the Dayle Smyth Antrim and is married with a young son and Endeavour Award. another baby on the way. “Chris completed the Foundation Degree He said his decision to attend the College was with an overall distinction which is an excellent prompted by the realisation that accredited achievement, but it was his journey that we felt qualifications could help with his career merited the award. prog ression. “Chris became a father while he was due to Having left school at sixteen, Chris admitted sit his second-year exams. that as a teenager, he didn’t have much interest “He was not able to study properly or in qualifications but that changed as he got complete final sections of his coursework. As a o l d e r. result, his exams and courseworks were While working in the maintenance deferred to allow him time to mentally prepare, department of MDF Ltd in Antrim - which is he subsequently passed with flying colours. part of the Retlan Manufacturing group which “Christopher is a delight to have in class and includes SDC Trailers - he decided to do a Chris McConnaghie pictured with his wife Holly and son Henry. is a real credit to the College.” BTEC in Engineering at the College’s Northern Regional College offers Ballymena campus as a stepping stone to going ‘thirties and have valuable work experience company allowed me to change my hours Foundation Degrees in Electrical and to university. under my belt, I could see the relevance and around so I could attend College.” Electronic Engineering, Mechanical and “The company was very accommodating and importance of what was being taught in class Chris said he was delighted to graduate with Manufacturing Engineering, Construction allowed me to change my hours so I could and that certainly helped.” distinction and getting the Dayle Smyth Award Engineering with Surveying, Sports Science, attend the College one day a week.” Having come through the BTEC with flying was ‘the icing on the cake’. Coaching and Fitness, Health and Social Care, Going back to school after a break of over 15 colours, Chris was able to progress to the “It is a huge honour to be selected. I faced Applied and Medical Science, Early Childhood years was not without its challenges but Chris Foundation Degree in Electronic and some challenges throughout my time at the Studies, Computing, and Integrative said the positives outweighed the negatives. Engineering within the College in Ballymena. College but I was always determined to keep Counselling. “I was the oldest in the class and, although He continued: “The Foundation Degree was goin g. For further information on Foundation there were other mature students, most of the my route to university. I was working full-time “I hope my story will inspire others to Degree programmes and other full time and students were teenagers. but the course was delivered one day a week so persevere and that like me, they’ll find that it’s part time courses at the College, visit “When I was younger, I wasn’t very focused I felt it was achievable and, once again, the well worth the effort.” www.nrc.ac.uk to explore our range of on qualifications but now that I’m in my mid c o u rses. 4 Copyright Material - reproduced under license by TruehawkMedia. No further copying (including printing, digital reproduction and forwarding) is permitted except under License. Ballycastle Chronicle | 28/01/2021 Media Source Press Page 15 Circulation 13,725 Also published in Ballymoney Chronicle Martin McKeown). students with non-clinical services internally and Celebrity chef gives NRC students some food for thought... CELEBRITY chef Paula also explained think, not just about Pictured right, Paula McIntyre took how peelings and tops the origin of their food, celebrity chef Paula some time out of her of vegetables could be but its environmental McIntyre cooks up a hectic schedule to used for dehydration, impact, from the treat for students at give professional smoking or growing or rearing Northern Regonal cookery students at fermentation. stage to the moment it College's Bally- Northern Regonal Lecturer Jane reaches your plate and money campus. College’s McAuley said the b eyond. Ballymoney campus masterclass was very some insider tips on beneficial for the how to reduce food students as it waste. incorporated pasta, Minimising food pulses, roots, stems, waste is a constant leaves, bulbs and challenge for seeds, all of which are professional chefs and criteria for the Paula’s Sustainable Professional Cookery Vegetable Masterclass Vegetable unit. focussed on food She continued: waste and introduced “With today’s the students to the growing emphasis on concept of ‘root to reducing food waste, fruit’ with chefs have to get mou th-watering creative to be able to results. use all parts of the With a selection of vegetable, so Paula’s locally sourced, Masterclass certainly seasonal vegetables, gave our students she created a variety plenty of food for of tasty dishes, thought. ” illustrating perfectly Root to fruit (or root how all parts of the to stem) dining is an vegetable, including emerging food the roots and the philosophy that leaves can be used. encourages people to Chef Paula McIntyre delivers a masterclass to professional cookery students at Northern Regonal College's Ballymoney campus. 5 Copyright Material - reproduced under license by TruehawkMedia. No further copying (including printing, digital reproduction and forwarding) is permitted except under License. Department for the Economy NI | 22/01/2021 Media Source Online Visits 10,930 Dodds announces public appointment extensions ...John McGrillen, have been further extended for six months from 1 February 2021 to 31 July 2021.