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 [...]
Tom Gray, Group CTO of digital solutions company Kainos and Matrix panellist, has been appointed as Chairman of the Northern Ireland network of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). One of the main aims of the IET over the next year will be to inspire and nurture the next [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Northern Ireland Science Park has just launched a new programme designed to encourage budding entrepreneurs with a paid internship and the opportunity to win £10,000. Generation Innovation is a network for Northern Ireland’s most ambitious, innovative, creative and entrepreneurial teens. It's aimed at budding entrepreneurs, gamers, App developers, programmers, engineers, [...]
A major investment of up to £38 million is set to establish Queen’s University Belfast as a world-leading research and innovation hub for cyber security for Smart Cities and the Internet of Things. The funding, which has been awarded as part of a major expansion of the Centre for Secure [...]
MATRIX panellist and Former Chairman of the Institute of Directors NI, Dr Joanne Stuart OBE, has been appointed Director of Development at NISP CONNECT. Joanne Stuart, who has over 25 years’ experience working in the IT industry including nine years with the Oracle Corporation, will be responsible for the development [...]
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has published a guide highlighting a range of jobs which are all "Careers of the Future". Based on extensive research and the latest data from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), this guide presents a list of jobs which will offer [...]
Twenty eight leading employers in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) sector in Northern Ireland have signed up to a new STEM Charter to demonstrate their commitment to improving gender balance in their business. The STEM Charter, which is a first for Northern Ireland, was launched in June 2014 [...]
BT today announced that 128 students from 24 schools in Northern Ireland have entered 59 projects into the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2015. And letters are winging their way to students this week to inform them if they have qualified to compete in this extraordinary event which has [...]