20 May 2009

Loughry Campus, Cookstown recently threw open its doors to those interested in food courses and thinking of a career in the food industry.

The Loughry Open Day provided the ideal opportunity to sample a flavour of the courses available at Loughry and get a taste of campus life. Prospective students, their friends and families toured the food processing facilities where they viewed and tasted the end products of the practical work carried out by Loughry undergraduate students as they demonstrated bread manufacture and chocolate technology.  Loughry students also acted as tour guides for the event pointing out the accommodation, recreation and sports facilities, even the Library featured in their discussion about life at Loughry, which was promoted as a thoroughly enjoyable experience!    

Loughry Campus offers courses in Food, Nutrition and Health, Food Technology and Food Supply Management. Courses are available at all levels from National Diploma, through Foundation Degree to Honours Degree and are offered on both a full and part-time basis.

Loughry has close links with the food and drink sector and you will find Loughry graduates employed in most food companies, right up to MD level. The big talking points for students and their parents was the virtually 100 percent employment for graduates, starting salaries of up to £22,000, no top-up fees and competitively priced accommodation on campus. No top-up fees alone could save you up to £6,000 compared to studying at other higher education institutions.

Students can still apply to the food courses at Loughry. For the Honours Degree and Foundation Degree programmes, apply through UCAS and for the National Diploma courses apply directly to CAFRE. If you would like further information about the courses at Loughry Campus, please contact us on Freephone: 0800 0284291 or check out this website.

Sandra Witherspoon

Loughry Campus, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise

Using your Loaf. Food Technologist, Lyndon Beattie, demonstrates the use of bread making equipment to prospective students and their families during the recent Loughry Campus Open Evening

Food Technician, Pat McTeague, introduces some of the prospective students and their families, who attending the recent Loughry Campus Open Evening, to the art of chocolate making.

Prospective students and their families sample the delicious Loughry chocolates produced by National Diploma in Food Technology student Sara Turkington, during the recent Loughry Campus Open Evening

Prospective Degree students Jemma Walker from Omagh and Sarah Boyle from Ballymoney get a taste of student life during the recent Loughry Open Evening