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Applications Now Open For All Ireland Scholarship Scheme For Students

Community & Social Enterprise, News

The 2023 McManus All Ireland Scholarships Scheme is now open for students in Northern Ireland. McManus Scholarship Scheme Now in their 13th year in Northern Ireland the annual scholarships, funded by businessman JP McManus, provide financial assistance to 25 top-performing students from low income households who intend to take up full-time undergraduate courses from September […]

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Bereaved Parents Reminded To Check Eligibility For Financial Support

Community & Social Enterprise

Bereaved parents whose partner died between 9 April 2001 and 8 February 2023 are being encouraged to check their eligibility for backdated financial support by the Department for Communities. Eligibility for Bereavement Support Payment and Widowed Parent’s Allowance was extended to cohabiting parents with dependent children on 9 February 2023. Previously only available to eligible

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Northern Irish Author Louise Davidson To Release Spooky Halloween Novel Inspired By Childhood In Belfast

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A dark and twisting gothic mystery, The Fortunes of Olivia Richmond is a haunting coming of age debut exploring the supernatural world of tarot and fortune telling alongside the lot of women in Victorian England. 1891 Norfolk. A large manor house, Mistcoate House, sits deep in the countryside surrounded on all sides by thick black woods. It is the home

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OCN Awards 46,000 Vocational Qualifications To Learners This Summer

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OPEN College Network Northern Ireland (OCN NI) has confirmed that it will award a record  46,000 Vocational Qualifications to Northern Ireland learners this summer.  Chief Executive of OCN Martin Flynn said that this important operational milestone for OCN demonstrates the organisation’s commitment to providing accessible and high-quality education opportunities to learners across Northern Ireland. With

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Co Derry Students Set For American Adventure On US Scholarship Programme

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They are among 56 students from across Northern Ireland on the prestigious Study USA programme, which enables students to study business or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) related subjects in American colleges, across 22 States, helping to develop their career prospects when they return to Northern Ireland. The British Council, which is the UK’s international

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Vulnerable Consumers And Those In Rural Areas Most Impacted As 27% Of Bank Branches In Northern Ireland Close Within 3 Years

Business, News

Figures released by the Consumer Council today reveal that Northern Ireland has lost 27% of its total bank branch network in less than three years. Between May 2020 and January 2023, banks in Northern Ireland permanently closed 52 branches. The Consumer Council carried out research in 2022 to understand the impact of bank branch closures on

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AbbeyAutoline Partners With Belfast Met To Launch Apprenticeship Programme

Community & Social Enterprise, News

AbbeyAutoline is celebrating its 50th anniversary by partnering with Belfast Met to launch an innovative apprenticeship programme that will create a number of apprenticeship positions with Northern Ireland’s largest insurance broker. The new AbbeyAutoline programme will offer Apprentice Sales Advisors the opportunity to achieve a recognised Level 2 and 3 NVQ in Financial Services and work full-time as part of the

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Robinsons Become First Carbon Literate Brewer And Pub Company

Business, News

Sixth-generation North West family brewers, Robinsons, have trained 40 of their 116 head office employees in Carbon Literacy with plans to have their entire central team Carbon Literate within a year. The 185-year-old brewery is the first brewer and pub company to have actioned a commitment to becoming a carbon-literate workforce, with a dedicated training

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Belfast International Arts Festival Reveals Autumn Programme

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The 61st edition of Belfast International Arts Festival has officially launched with a special performance by the captivating Cara Dillon, who joined audiences in Belfast on Tuesday for the reveal of the festival’s spectacular autumn programme. This year’s festival returns from 12th October – 5th November with a bumper 26-day extravaganza of talks, readings, exhibitions

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