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 [...]
A lot has been said and written about the growth and existence of a remarkable cluster of materials handling companies in deepest County Tyrone. But, like a lot of his industry counterparts, Kieran Hegarty reckons there is a pragmatic explanation. “Yes, there’s an engineering tradition around here,” he says from his office at Terex Corporation’s plant on the [...]
The Life Sciences are central in helping drive the future growth of Northern Ireland's economy was the message Enterprise Minister Jonathan Bell brought to Carrickfergus today. The Minister was speaking as he visited Pollock Lifts who manufacture specialty mobility lifts for wheelchair and disabled access. Minister Bell said: “The Life [...]
The goals outlined in Ireland’s ambitious science strategy are eminently achievable provided that both the state and industry continue funding research, the government’s chief scientific adviser Mark Ferguson has told Dick Ahlstrom. Ferguson advises the Irish government on science strategy and he is also the director-general of the national funding [...]
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 [...]
Ulster University scientists have secured $3 million in research funding to transform Internet connectivity and computer storage capacity for the global telecommunications industry. The major three-year project is the first of its kind funded by US-Ireland R&D Programme and will begin in January 2016. Ulster University's research will develop innovative [...]
Queen’s University Belfast is being honoured by Her Majesty the Queen for its work in strengthening global cyber security and protecting the online activity of billions of internet users around the world. The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen’s – a major hub for research and innovation in [...]
Companies from Northern Ireland are being particularly encouraged to apply for the 2016 US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards. The Royal Irish Academy and the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland, who jointly run the competition, are now seeking expressions of interest from companies across the island of Ireland who can demonstrate exemplary research innovation characterised [...]
When Gerry McNally says that the statistics around the polymers industry in Northern Ireland are impressive, he’s guilty of some understatement. And that’s not typical of the man. When it comes to enthusiasm for a chosen sector, McNally (Director of the NI Polymers Association) is a man with a passion for the business he’s [...]
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 Precision Medicine Catapult, the UK's innovation centre for precision medicine, announced today that Belfast, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester and Oxford will be the initial locations for its regional centres of excellence network. Each centre will act as a hub for regional precision medicine activities within the UK-wide network, co-ordinated [...]
Gavin Campbell is quick to brush away any interviewer concerns about the complexity of his subject matter. “It's true. People can be very wary of R&D and subjects like advanced manufacturing materials,” he says. “But, at the end of the day, it's about making products that are attractive and products [...]