Loreto College Coleraine was awarded the prize for ‘MATRIX Best Northern Ireland School’ at the BT Young Scientist Awards held in Dublin's RDS on the 13th January. Loreto students won in two categories - Dónal Close and Sian Donaghy won the ‘BT – Northern Ireland Best Project’ for their entry ‘Phone [...]
This year’s INVENT winner shows that invention knows no heights – the prestigious grand prize of £13,000 went to Jumpack, a foldable, wearable ramp for BMXers, skateboarders and other extreme sports enthusiasts. The INVENT awards, in partnership with Bank of Ireland UK, recognise proof-of-concept stage innovations and has long been [...]
Whether you are a student or a parent, one of your main concerns when choosing a course will be whether it will lead to good job opportunities in the future. But where do you start? There are so many sources of information and opinion out there, and it is hard [...]
Following on from the successful six STEM supplements over the last 3 years both in the Belfast Telegraph in September 2013, 2014, 2015 and the Irish News & News Letter February 2014, 2015, 2016, Catalyst Inc (formerly the Northern Ireland Science Park) in partnership with Matrix, the NI Science Panel, [...]
Over 100 Further Education students were in Foyle Arena last Thursday to show off their STEM related projects at the 2016 Best Awards. The BEST Awards (Business and Education through Skills and Training) is a competition run annually by Colleges NI. Now in its 6th year, the BEST Awards were [...]
St Patrick’s High School, Keady, County Armagh has won the award for ‘Best Northern Ireland School’ as well as ‘BT Northern Ireland Best Project’. Their project, entitled ‘Power Down to Power Up’, was entered in the Social & Behavioural Sciences category at junior level and the group also received 2nd [...]
At the December Matrix panel meeting, Mark Magill from the Economic Policy Centre at UU gave a presentation on the Northern Ireland Skills Barometer, a skills forecasting tool which is being sponsored by the Department for Employment and Learning over a 3 year period. The barometer is based on a [...]
MATRIX Chair Bryan Keating has been talking to Wendy Austin about apprenticeships in Northern Ireland and how his new role as Chair of the Strategic Advisory Forum on Apprenticeships is helping to shape the workforce to meet current and future economic requirements. A few years ago apprenticeships were in the [...]
The latest Northern Ireland A Level results have shown a marked rise overall in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) subjects since 2004. We wanted to see whether this was part of a longer term trend, so we asked CCEA if they could provide us with figures for the last [...]
Twenty-two international students from 15 different countries have been welcomed to Northern Ireland at a reception held at Riddel Hall, Queen’s University Belfast, yesterday. Hailing from countries as diverse as Slovenia, Brazil and the United States, they’re here as part of the global exchange scheme IAESTE, (the International Association for [...]
This year's Northern Ireland GCE results show that Mathematics is now the most popular A level in Northern Ireland, with more female students than ever taking STEM subjects. Figures released on behalf of the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQCIC), show an increase in numbers taking A levels in Northern Ireland this year, [...]
Colleges NI officially unveiled Further Education’s top innovators on the 27th May and rewarded them for coming up with a raft of exciting new projects linked to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). A range of prizes and awards were presented at the Business & Education Through Skills & Training (BEST) [...]