Association of Northern Ireland Colleges
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The Association of Northern Ireland Colleges (ANIC) was established in 1998 following the incorporation of the 16 colleges of further and higher education in Northern Ireland
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The 16 colleges were:
ANIC represents all FE colleges as the voice of further education in Northern Ireland and works through a number of Committees, Forums and Working Groups. These cover specialist areas such as the College Employers’ Forum, Human Resource Managers Network, Communications Committee, Curriculum, Staff Development and ILT Committee. The membership of these groupings is drawn from staff in the colleges.
From 1 August 2007, Northern Ireland's FE colleges merged into six larger area-based colleges. This is the most significant development in the sector's 100 year history and sets out a new era for vocational learning and training in Northern Ireland.
The six new colleges are:
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
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The 16 colleges were:
- Armagh College
- Belfast Institute
- Castlereagh InstituteCastlereagh CollegeCastlereagh College is a further and higher education college in east Belfast. It is the largest further education college in East Belfast. In 2007 it merged with BIFHE to become Belfast Metropolitan College. The college specialises in vocational education, but also offers academic qualifications....
- Causeway InstituteCauseway InstituteThe Causeway Institute of Further and Higher Education was a third-level educational institution in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom...
- East Antrim Institute
- East Down Institute
- East Tyrone College
- Fermanagh College
- Limavady College
- Lisburn Institute
- Newry and Kilkeel Institute
- North Down and Ards Institute
- North East Institute
- North West Institute
- Omagh College
- Upper Bann Institute
ANIC represents all FE colleges as the voice of further education in Northern Ireland and works through a number of Committees, Forums and Working Groups. These cover specialist areas such as the College Employers’ Forum, Human Resource Managers Network, Communications Committee, Curriculum, Staff Development and ILT Committee. The membership of these groupings is drawn from staff in the colleges.
From 1 August 2007, Northern Ireland's FE colleges merged into six larger area-based colleges. This is the most significant development in the sector's 100 year history and sets out a new era for vocational learning and training in Northern Ireland.
The six new colleges are:
- Belfast Metropolitan College
- Northern Regional CollegeNorthern Regional CollegeNorthern Regional College is a third-level educational institution in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The college has eight campuses around the north-east of Northern Ireland ; Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Felden, Larne, Magherafelt and Newtownabbey.- History :The college was set up...
- North West Regional CollegeNorth West Regional CollegeNorth West Regional College is a further education and higher education college in the north west region of Northern Ireland. The College has three main campuses: Strand Road, Derry, Main Street, Limavady and Derry Road, Strabane....
- Southern Regional CollegeSouthern Regional CollegeSouthern Regional College is the name of the new regional further and higher education college in the Southern area of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom....
- South Eastern Regional CollegeSouth Eastern Regional CollegeSouth Eastern Regional College is a regional further and higher education college in the south-east of Northern Ireland.SERC was created following the merger of three Institutes of Further and Higher Education in the south-east of Northern Ireland. These were East Down Institute, Lisburn...
- South West CollegeSouth West CollegeThe South West College operates in Northern Ireland on four campuses in Cookstown, Dungannon, Enniskillen and Omagh and, of the six new area based colleges, it is the smallest in size, but it covers the largest geographical area of counties Tyrone and Fermanagh.The South West College has 18,500...
External links
- http://www.femeansbusiness.com - ANIC Official Website
- http://www.femeansbusiness.com/review - Information on the college mergers