Derry college sees off all-comers to clinch prestigious award
National recognition for NWRC students outstanding teamwork during lockdown
Members of the award-winning team at NWRC, from left, Finneen Bradley, manager NWRC Careers Academy, Aidan McFadden, NWRC Students Union, Danny McFeely, health and wellbeing officer and Danny Lyttle
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Students at a Derry college have won a major national award recognising their work supporting students during lockdown which resulted in an increase in attendance at online classes.
Student Welfare and Students’ Union team at North West Regional College (NWRC) beat off competition from universities and colleges across Ireland, winning the Welfare Campaign of the Year Award at the United Student of Ireland (USI) Student Achievement Awards.
US navy group helping young Derry students turn their career dreams into reality
Scholarships given to four students at North West Regional College
Eimear Barber, one of the students who received the scholarship, with her parents.
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Four students studying IT and Engineering courses at North West Regional College (NWRC) have been presented with scholarship awards by the US Navy Alumni Association.
The presentation of the awards, which took place virtually this year, marks the 14th anniversary of the Association’s Educational Scholarship Award programme with the college.
The recipients of the Naval Communications Station Scholarship are engineering students Rory Mullan and Darragh McLaughlin and Eimear Barber and Ben Ferguson who are studying I.T.