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 [...]
We have launched the first MATRIX Poetry Competition to highlight the links between science and the arts. Open to scientists, technicians, engineers and mathematician, the competition is to write a poem of 14 lines or less, excluding the title. It can be profound or humorous, about the big issues or the [...]
MATRIX welcomes the news that Almac Pharma Services is to create 229 new jobs in Craigavon as part of a £13.7million investment. Almac takes its customers initial drug formulations and manufactures them on a large volume scale for global markets. Central to the service that Almac offers are drug testing [...]
Enterprise and Energy Minister Arlene Foster today launched the MATRIX Horizon Panel report into Sustainable Energy. MATRIX Sustainability Report February 2013 The report sets out the current capability of the Sustainable Energy technology sector in Northern Ireland and outlines future global market opportunities for local companies to exploit. It identifies [...]