The Northern Ireland R&D figures for 2013 have just been published by DETI in their Annual Statistics Bulletin. This bulletin provides information on the level of Research & Development (R&D) activity in Northern Ireland. R&D activity contributes to the development of new technologies, products and processes and is a key driver of [...]
Twenty eight leading employers in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) sector in Northern Ireland have signed up to a new STEM Charter to demonstrate their commitment to improving gender balance in their business. The STEM Charter, which is a first for Northern Ireland, was launched in June 2014 [...]
BT today announced that 128 students from 24 schools in Northern Ireland have entered 59 projects into the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2015. And letters are winging their way to students this week to inform them if they have qualified to compete in this extraordinary event which has [...]
The winners of the 2014 MATRIX Poetry Competition were announced on Thursday 16th October in the Linenhall Library, Belfast, by Professor Iggy McGovern, Professor of Physics at Trinity College Dublin and award winning poet. This year there were two main categories in the competition – one for people with a [...]
John McMullan, Chief Executive of Bryson Charitable Group and Bryan Keating, Chair of MATRIX, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel officially launched the Horizon Report Harnessing the Power of Social Innovation. Download the Social Innovation report. The report, which was developed by a panel of experts from across the sector [...]
The announcement that a Queen's University Belfast led collaboration with the University of Glasgow and industry has received £8.1m for a new centre to tackle some of the challenges created by the increasing quantities of data generated by society has been welcomed by MATRIX Chair, Dr Bryan Keating. Dr Keating [...]
Bryan Keating, Chair of MATRIX said “On behalf of MATRIX, I extend my condolences to the family of Lord Ballyedmond and to all the staff who work in his companies. He was an inspirational figure, who achieved much for the Northern Ireland economy in the field of science and technology. [...]
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, Arlene Foster, has launched the MATRIX Foresight Report Into the Exploitation of Intellectual Capital by SMEs in Northern Ireland. MATRIX Intellectual Capital Report February 2014 The Minister said: “Innovation and development is vital for Northern Ireland’s economic future and it is important that the small [...]
MATRIX is delighted that 59 students from across Northern Ireland have been selected to compete at the 50th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. This year, 31 projects from the North have qualified for the competition which takes place at the RDS in Dublin from 8 – 11 January 2014. [...]
The winner of the MATRIX Poetry Competition was announced on Saturday evening by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy. David Crozier, Technical Marketing Manager at Queen’s University Belfast’s ECIT Institute based at the Northern Ireland Science Park was revealed as the winner for his poem entitled The Dock. Runner up was [...]
Following an absence of a few years, I made a return visit to this year’s Ulster University Summer Exhibition to see the work produced by our future design leaders. I was struck by the exceptional quality of the students’ digital media exhibits and the ambition of these young people to [...]
In Northern Ireland some employers, who need key science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills are facing difficulties recruiting and retaining enough staff who have the necessary levels of qualifications and skills. And this isn’t just a problem for Northern Ireland. The Social Market foundation recently estimated that there is a 40,000 shortfall each year in the number [...]