In Northern Ireland some employers, who need key science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills are facing difficulties recruiting and retaining enough staff who have the necessary levels of qualifications and skills. And this isn’t just a problem for Northern Ireland. The Social Market foundation recently estimated that there is a 40,000 shortfall each year in the number [...]
MATRIX welcomes the news that Almac Pharma Services is to create 229 new jobs in Craigavon as part of a £13.7million investment. Almac takes its customers initial drug formulations and manufactures them on a large volume scale for global markets. Central to the service that Almac offers are drug testing [...]
Oakgrove Integrated College, Londonderry was the proud recipient of the Best NI School Overall Special Award at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2013. Announced during the exhibition at the RHS, the MATRIX sponsored award was given to Oakgrove pupils for their examination of how to develop methods to [...]