Case Study
Student Story - Paula Downey
Paula spent the last fifteen years as a self-employed consultant, assisting employers in identifying and assessing the most suitable candidates for recruitment, and coaching those seeking career progression.
In addition to studying, in 2019 she commenced a five-year plan to enable her to teach English to speakers of other languages and plans to open an affordable-to-all language school in Belfast.
Paula graduated from Belfast Met in 2020 and was awarded a Higher Education Scholarship from Registered Charity Uversity to pursue a Bachelor’s degree at University
Paula is now studying BA Hons English and History at Queen’s University Belfast.