Film production is taking a starring role on both sides of the border, bringing with it investment in infrastructure and a demand for skilled finance professionals. These are heady days for the Irish film industry. Brooklyn, partly filmed in Ireland and based on the novel by Colm Tóibín, was nominated [...]
The 2016 MATRIX Advanced Manufacturing, Materials & Engineering (AMME) Report says that innovative engineering and manufacturing businesses across Northern Ireland have the potential to transform the economy. AMME Executive Summary AMME Full Report Case Studies The AMME sector is export and R&D intensive and includes sectors such as aerospace, polymers [...]
Christine Boyle of solar company Senergy Innovations and Dr Rachel Gawley of healthcare apps company AppAttic were among 15 winners in Innovate UK's ‘infocus’ competition for Women in Innovation, announced at an award ceremony held at London’s Royal Society of Arts. The winners come from a variety of sectors including health, nuclear energy, transport [...]
Last month MATRIX panellist Dr. Robert Grundy attended the NHS Health and Care Innovation Expo 2016 in order to understand drivers of innovation in the English NHS and learn more about different initiatives and approaches to innovation that could be applied to the Life and Health Sciences sector in Northern Ireland. [...]
A Belfast based technology start-up, Yedup, which uses ground-breaking social media analytics to enable investors to access real-time information about market conditions and what their customers are thinking has been named ‘Company of the Year’ at Invest Northern Ireland’s Propel Programme Awards. Yedup, which was founded by mathematicians Paul McWilliams and Dr. Martin Spollen from [...]
As the Wrights Group marks its 70th anniversary year, a new centre named after one of the company’s founders has been established at Queen’s University Belfast, the William Wright Technology Centre. The new facility at Queen’s School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering has been named after Dr William Wright CBE, [...]
On 27 October 2016, the Executive agreed the publication of a draft Programme for Government for a period of consultation. This Programme for Government is different from any before. It is constructed around a framework of wellbeing outcomes, expressing the ambitions of the Executive for everyone in society. It also [...]
Digital Catapult Northern Ireland was launched at Titanic Belfast today, with business leaders and digital innovators from across Northern Ireland, and from elsewhere in the UK and Ireland, coming together to learn about the Catapult’s ambitious programme of projects and initiatives designed to support the growth of Northern Ireland’s digital [...]
Immersive Tech NI is a new initiative designed to bring together the most creative minds in Northern Ireland to explore and expand the possibilities created by immersive technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). The group’s first event - an immersive tech Hackathon – will take place [...]
First Minister, the Rt. Hon. Arlene Foster MLA and Economy Minister Simon Hamilton today welcomed Principia Mission Astronaut Tim PeakeCMG from the European Space Agency (ESA) to Northern Ireland. Major Peake officially opened the new Thales space propulsion facilities in Belfast following a £6million investment by Thales, Thales Alenia Space [...]
This year’s INVENT winner shows that invention knows no heights – the prestigious grand prize of £13,000 went to Jumpack, a foldable, wearable ramp for BMXers, skateboarders and other extreme sports enthusiasts. The INVENT awards, in partnership with Bank of Ireland UK, recognise proof-of-concept stage innovations and has long been [...]
Whether you are a student or a parent, one of your main concerns when choosing a course will be whether it will lead to good job opportunities in the future. But where do you start? There are so many sources of information and opinion out there, and it is hard [...]