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Belfast Met launches Belfast Business School
James D. Rooney, a co­founder of the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of London with Marie­Thérèse McGivern, Principal and Chief Executive of Belfast
Metropolitan College and Christine Brown, Head of the Belfast Business School
elfast Met launched the Belfast Business
School alongside a £1.2M investment
funded by the Department for the
Economy to further enhance the teaching and
training facilities in the e3 building at the
College’s Springvale campus.
The launch of the Belfast Business School
will result in the delivery of creative and
innovative professional and vocational
courses focused on future industry and
business needs.
Speaking at the launch of the Belfast
Business School, Marie­Thérèse McGivern,
Principal and Chief Executive of Belfast
Metropolitan College, said: “The launch of our
Belfast Business School will firmly position
Belfast Met at the heart of the economic
debate and demonstrates our commitment to
providing high quality professional courses to
equip a modern workforce.
“We are grateful to the Department for the
Economy for providing the generous funds to
make our Belfast Business School possible.
“As an award­winning College with a long
track record of delivering high quality
professional learning, we already offer a
diverse range of business related courses.
The Belfast Business School will continue to
develop these and provide innovative lifelong
learning programmes that are accessible,
flexible and industry endorsed.
“Our ethos is simple, we want to support
individuals and local businesses to help drive
economic growth in Northern Ireland.
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“We have listened to the needs of local
business and matched our curriculum to
future economic growth areas to ensure we
provide individuals with the skills and
knowledge required for an increasingly
competitive marketplace.
“Today is about celebrating the work we
have done and continue to do in ‘leading the
city to work’.”
Guest speaker, James D. Rooney, a co­
founder of the Harvard Business School
Alumni Angels of London added: "This is the
right investment at the right time for Belfast's
continued renaissance.
“Regardless of political boundaries the
economy increasingly will b