Following on from the successful six STEM supplements over the last 3 years both in the Belfast Telegraph in September 2013, 2014, 2015 and the Irish News & News Letter February 2014, 2015, 2016, Catalyst Inc (formerly the Northern Ireland Science Park) in partnership with Matrix, the NI Science Panel, [...]
Over 100 Further Education students were in Foyle Arena last Thursday to show off their STEM related projects at the 2016 Best Awards. The BEST Awards (Business and Education through Skills and Training) is a competition run annually by Colleges NI. Now in its 6th year, the BEST Awards were [...]
St Patrick’s High School, Keady, County Armagh has won the award for ‘Best Northern Ireland School’ as well as ‘BT Northern Ireland Best Project’. Their project, entitled ‘Power Down to Power Up’, was entered in the Social & Behavioural Sciences category at junior level and the group also received 2nd [...]
At the December Matrix panel meeting, Mark Magill from the Economic Policy Centre at UU gave a presentation on the Northern Ireland Skills Barometer, a skills forecasting tool which is being sponsored by the Department for Employment and Learning over a 3 year period. The barometer is based on a [...]
MATRIX Chair Bryan Keating has been talking to Wendy Austin about apprenticeships in Northern Ireland and how his new role as Chair of the Strategic Advisory Forum on Apprenticeships is helping to shape the workforce to meet current and future economic requirements. A few years ago apprenticeships were in the [...]
The latest Northern Ireland A Level results have shown a marked rise overall in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) subjects since 2004. We wanted to see whether this was part of a longer term trend, so we asked CCEA if they could provide us with figures for the last [...]
Twenty-two international students from 15 different countries have been welcomed to Northern Ireland at a reception held at Riddel Hall, Queen’s University Belfast, yesterday. Hailing from countries as diverse as Slovenia, Brazil and the United States, they’re here as part of the global exchange scheme IAESTE, (the International Association for [...]
This year's Northern Ireland GCE results show that Mathematics is now the most popular A level in Northern Ireland, with more female students than ever taking STEM subjects. Figures released on behalf of the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQCIC), show an increase in numbers taking A levels in Northern Ireland this year, [...]
Colleges NI officially unveiled Further Education’s top innovators on the 27th May and rewarded them for coming up with a raft of exciting new projects linked to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). A range of prizes and awards were presented at the Business & Education Through Skills & Training (BEST) [...]
The STEM Charter for Business and the North West STEM Employers’ Equality Network were launched in the City Hotel in Derry~Londonderry on 29th April. Among the attendees were representatives from the food, information technology and engineering sectors of STEM business as well as delivery partners from education and careers guidance. [...]
Over 200 FE students will showcase their creativity and innovation in STEM projects at the 5th annual BEST event in Belfast's Ramada Plaza Hotel on the 27th May. The BEST Awards are open to students from Northern Ireland's (NI) six regional FE colleges and offer an annual competition linked to their studies in the areas of [...]
ESA astronaut Tim Peake has issued an invitation to UK school pupils to contact him via amateur radio during his mission to the International Space Station. Tim Peake will be launched to the Space Station in November to spend six months working and living on the orbiting research centre. Thanks [...]