February 2023

Advanced Research and Invention Agency formally established

2023-02-02T09:08:19+00:00February 2nd, 2023|Government|

The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), a new independent research body to fund high-risk, high-reward scientific research, has formally launched, coinciding with appointment of 5 new members to the ARIA board, including Nobel Prize winning chemist Professor Sir David MacMillan who will guide the agency in its mission to [...]

May 2022

NICS seeking Chief Scientific and Technology Adviser

2022-05-16T15:46:21+01:00May 13th, 2022|Government|

The Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) is seeking a successful and engaging leader, with a track record of significant achievement and delivery at scale in a scientific or technology based organisation to appoint to the newly created role of Chief Scientific and Technology Adviser for Northern Ireland (CSTA). The CSTA [...]

February 2022

US research director appointed first chief executive of Advanced Research and Invention Agency

2022-02-01T14:01:15+00:00February 1st, 2022|Government, Innovation|

Dr Peter Highnam will head up the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) as its first CEO, from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has today (1 February 2022) appointed Dr Peter Highnam as Chief Executive of the UK’s new Advanced Research and [...]

January 2022

December 2021

Belfast Region City Deal signed

2021-12-15T14:10:52+00:00December 15th, 2021|Government, Innovation|

UK and NI Executive Ministers gathered at the ICC Belfast this morning to sign the first ever City Deal for Northern Ireland. The Belfast Region City Deal unlocks £1 billion of transformative co-investment which will deliver more than 20 highly ambitious projects and programmes, create up to 20,000 new and [...]

November 2021

New inquiry: Investment in Northern Ireland

2021-11-10T19:48:02+00:00November 10th, 2021|Government, Innovation|

The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has launched a new inquiry to examine investment in Northern Ireland. The new inquiry will investigate the impact of UK Government investment strategies in the region and ask what more can be done to encourage new jobs and economic growth in Northern Ireland. Read the [...]

September 2021

August 2021

UK Hydrogen Strategy published

2021-08-17T13:18:12+01:00August 17th, 2021|Government, Sustainable Energy|

The UK’s first-ever Hydrogen Strategy has been published. It sets out how the UK government will work with industry to meet its ambition for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030. Read the UK Hydrogen Strategy The UK hydrogen economy could be worth £900 million and create over [...]

WiAA – Department for Transport Aviation Ambassador Relaunch

2021-08-16T13:07:10+01:00August 16th, 2021|Advanced Materials & Engineering, Aviation, Government|

In support of their Aviation 2050 Strategy and Reach for the Sky programme, the UK Department for Transport (DfT) appointed a number of outstanding role models to act as Aviation Ambassadors. These individuals were tasked with inspiring the next generation to take up aviation careers, champion diversity and social mobility [...]

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