The Learnovate Centre – one of Europe’s leading research centres in learning technologies – has announced EdTech expert Nessa McEniff (pictured) as its new Centre Director. Based at Trinity College
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BIA Innovator Campus, the multi-million euro food innovation hub in Athenry, has announced Elaine Donohue as its General Manager. BIA Innovator Campus will transform the food entrepreneurship landscape in the West
The University of Limerick Governing Authority has approved the appointment of Professor Norelee Kennedy (pictured) as Vice President for Research (VPR). Prof Kennedy is an Associate Professor of Physiotherapy and Head of
Professor Dermot Diamond (pictured), a Principal Investigator in the SFI Insight Centre for Data Analytics, has been appointed to the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot Advisory Board. The initiative, which
Dr Francis Kearney has been appointed as the centre manager of the Vistamilk SFI Research Centre. Vistamilk is a €40 million centre, involving a consortium of Teagasc; Tyndall National Institute,
Former EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Ms Maire Geoghegan-Quinn has been appointed to the Board of Science Foundation Ireland. On announcing the appointment, Minister of State for Training, Skills,
University College Cork has announced the appointment of Jim Corbett (pictured) as Director of the Food Institute UCC, which will be officially launched in 2018. The Food Institute UCC is
Minister of State for Community Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development, Seán Kyne TD, has announced the appointment of Professor Murray Hitzman, a world leading economic geologist, as a Science
Professor Michael Peter Kennedy, a world expert in wireless communications, has been elected as the 56th President of the Royal Irish Academy. Professor of Microelectronic Engineering at UCC, he succeeds
Today, the Irish aviation and aerospace sector will be promoted by Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. It will happen at the Farnborough International Airshow in
Coltraco Ultrasonics CEO, Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter, has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from Durham University. Carl is a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineers and a
AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland funded materials science centre based at Trinity College Dublin, has today announced the appointment of Professor Michael Morris as Director of the organisation. Professor Morris,
Professor Luiz DaSilva, Professor of Telecommunications in the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, and principal investigator at “CONNECT”, the world-leading Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) research centre at Trinity, has
Yesterday, Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD, has invited people from business, science and research communities to register for the second annual Innovation Showcase event, which will
Irish Design 2015’s Global Irish Design Challenge is now open for submissions until the 30th of November. This is an opportunity for design professionals, students and graduates to be featured
This week’s Dublin-based Web Summit (3th-5th of November) will have something of a Latin flavour, with a large number of start-ups coming from South America. At least 16 young companies
Lero director Professor Mike Hinchey has been selected as president-elect of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), which has more than 500,000 members worldwide. Limerick native Hinchey’s election as
Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan, launched the 2015 season of the All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) in the search for Ireland’s best young problem solvers. The prize for
Sunday 16th November 2014 – An estimated 250,000 people took part in 800 science festivals, demonstrations, seminars and tours across the country this week during the 19th annual national science week. Coincidently the
Three Irish students from Cork have made it onto Time magazine’s annual list of most influential teenagers, alongside Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and New Zealand singer Lorde. Ciara
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) is recruiting 17 PhD scholars across a range of disciplines as part of its prioritisation of research growth at the institute. The 36-month scholarships, in
The CoderDojo Foundation is to be headed up by new a CEO, Mary Maloney, and is changing its structure to a membership model. CoderDojo founder James Whelton will remain a
Almost 400 new jobs are to be created across three counties by two multinational technology companies. SAP is increasing the numbers it employs in Galway and Dublin by 260, while
BioMarin Manufacturing Ireland, a subsidiary of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., is to add the positions at its Dublin Global Commercial Operations
More than 60 high-end science and technology research jobs, as well as 55 construction jobs, will be created at the
The Innovation Academy, UCD has announced that it has appointed Dr Johnny Ryan as executive director. In his new role
Prof Orla Feely will take up her new role as vice-president for Research, Innovation and Impact at UCD on 1
President of Letterkenny Institute of Technology Paul Hannigan is the new chairperson of Institutes of Technology Ireland for 2014. A
Ministers Bruton and Sherlock confirm three new board appointments Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, and Minister
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