Advanced Wireless networks: Active Demand Stakeholder Study
Matrix are pleased to present the Advanced Wireless Networks: Active Demand Stakeholder Study. This comprehensive report explores the potential of [...]
Research and development (R&D) and innovation support in Northern Ireland
DfE has commissioned a report looking at the gaps and duplications of innovation support available to businesses in Northern Ireland. [...]
R&D and innovation pathways to business productivity and growth: What does the evidence suggest?
Recent studies provide some strong evidence on the pathways through which public R&D support – for both business and university [...]
The UK Hydrogen Innovation Opportunity
The report considers the full end-to-end nature of the hydrogen economy to ensure there is a common understanding of the [...]
The role of intermediate Research, Development and Innovation institutes in building regional and sectoral innovation capabilities
Executive Summary The UK has an internationally competitive science base, but its success in measures such as the world share [...]
How the City and Growth Deals can provide opportunities for NI’s Life and Health Sciences Sector
Foresight study to assess how the City and Growth Deals can provide opportunities for Northern Ireland’s Life and Health Sciences [...]
Future Skills: Scenarios for the Northern Ireland Economy
Matrix have published a study on the Technology and High Technology Skills and Workforce needs Northern Ireland might face in the decade to 2035.
Northern Ireland Deeptech Index
This report provides a snapshot of Northern Ireland’s digital and deeptech innovation-driven enterprises (IDEs) established since 2017. It delves into [...]
Advanced Wireless Networks
Matrix's Advanced Wireless Networks report shows that Northern Ireland is well-positioned to reap the rewards of Advanced Wireless Networks, if they are effectively deployed.
UK Wireless Infrastructure Strategy
The Wireless Infrastructure Strategy sets out a policy framework to affirm our unwavering commitment to extending 4G coverage to 95% of the population, deliver high quality 5G to all populated areas in the UK by 2030, and investing £40 million to drive take up of innovative 5G-enabled services for businesses and the public sector. It also sets out a comprehensive 6G strategy to harness and develop the UK’s strengths in future telecoms, and to ensure that the UK can influence and benefit from the development of 6G in a way that meets the UK’s future connectivity needs.
UK Science and Technology Framework
UK Science and Technology Framework The motivation behind the science and technology superpower agenda is simple: science and technology will [...]
The role of universities in driving overseas investment into UK Research and Development
This HEPI Report intends to begin a conversation – within universities and across local economic organisations and national government – about what this role currently looks like, how it can be co-developed for mutual gain and what benefits this could create for local innovation-led growth and the UK’s global competitiveness.
Engineering Economy and Place
This report looks at the engineering economy in places across the UK and shares a new framework for thinking about the role of engineering in local economies.
McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2023
Which technology trends matter most for companies in 2023? New analysis by the McKinsey Technology Council highlights the development, possible uses, and industry effects of advanced technologies.
Regional STEM Skills Inequity
The APPG and the British Science Association (BSA) have published the Regional STEM Skills Inequity report.
Innovation and Risk Management -Good Practice Guide
The Northern Ireland Audit Office has published a new report developing a good practice guide for Innovation and Risk management.
The Role of Hydrogen and Batteries in Delivering Net Zero in the UK by 2050
A new report, commissioned by the Faraday Institution and authored by DNV, analyses how hydrogen and battery technologies are likely to be used in different sectors within the UK
Support for innovation to deliver net zero
The NAO’s latest study scrutinises whether the government is set up to deliver value for money from its approach to investment in research and innovation to deliver net zero.
Net Zero Society: scenarios and pathways
This report is designed to help policy makers test the UK’s net zero strategy against scenarios for how society could look in future.
Wireless 2030
Wireless 2030 Wireless connectivity has become increasingly critical for different aspects of our lives, from keeping in touch, to getting [...]
Energy Strategy – Path to Net Zero
This report outlines the priority areas of action and the associated tasks for delivery in 2023, which is year 2 of the delivery of the Energy Strategy programme.
Green jobs: rapid evidence review
What do we know about green jobs in the UK? And what are the barriers to getting more people into green jobs?
UK Science and Technology Framework
The Science and Technology Framework is the strategic anchor that government policy will deliver against, and which the government will hold itself accountable to.
Digital technology in freight
This POSTnote reviews the digital technologies that support freight transport, considering the benefits and challenges associated with their use.