Matrix Chair Robert Hill attended the NI Affairs Committee at Westminster, giving evidence on the theme of Economic Growth in Northern Ireland: new and emerging sectors, alongside David Quinn (Belfast Region City Deal, QUB), Prof Paul Bartholomew (Ulster University) and Stuart Anderson (NI Chamber). Simultaneously members of the Matrix panel [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is currently seeking a Chair for the new Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA). BEIS Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng recently confirmed the appointment of DARPA Deputy Director Dr Peter Highnam as the first CEO of the UK’s new advanced inventions agency and [...]
The UK Government has published its Levelling Up White Paper, setting out a plan to transform the UK by spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it. At the heart of this new way of making and implementing policy will be 12 national missions - all quantifiable and to [...]
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 [...]
The Regulatory Horizons Council is currently seeking a new Chairperson. Based within the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the role is based in London, but applications are welcome from those based outside London but with the expectation they may need to travel to London periodically with a time [...]
The Chair of the Matrix Panel, Dr Robert Grundy, has given evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee’s Inquiry on Investment Northern Ireland alongside Prof Emma Flynn, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at Queens University Belfast and Philip McBride, Belfast Managing Director at Thales UK. Dr Grundy told the Committee [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The government has launched a consultation on reforms to create an ambitious, pro-growth and innovation-friendly data protection regime that underpins the trustworthy use of data. Unlocking the power of data is one of the government’s 10 Tech Priorities. As set out in the National Data Strategy, data is a strategic asset and [...]
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 [...]