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 [...]
On Friday 12 April, MATRIX and NISP Connect are jointly hosting an Enterprise Forum at W5 to discuss the development of Intelligent Energy System solutions, which will integrate distributed renewable energy and storage capability to the existing grid, using technologies which measure, analyse and control the flow of energy. The [...]
As the year begins we often look forward to the technological advances that might change the fortunes of clinical practice, the economy and society. The media provides comment on the accuracy of predictions of writers and scientists in years past, and invariably there will be a comparison with the world [...]
At W5 on 29 January, a number of schools who participated in the 2013 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition displayed their science and technology based projects and explained to other schools - pupils and teachers, and industry leaders their experiences of entering the national competition. Organised by MATRIX, the [...]
Oakgrove Integrated College, Londonderry was the proud recipient of the Best NI School Overall Special Award at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2013. Announced during the exhibition at the RHS, the MATRIX sponsored award was given to Oakgrove pupils for their examination of how to develop methods to [...]