Ireland becoming a global expert in localisation

25 January 2012: Report outlines importance of localisation to businesses

Start-up companies expected to create hundreds of jobs

21 December 2011: High potential start-ups to generate more than 500 jobs

HAXLR8R offers support to the world’s best start-ups

13 December 2011: Programme provides funding and mentorship for start-up companies

DCU spin-out companies to hire new staff

1 December 2011: University’s start-up firms will take on 24 employees in 2012

Microelectronics industry could create 2,000 jobs

22 November 2011: Report predicts growth in Ireland’s microelectronic sector

Software start-ups get funding up to €50k

17 October 2011: Fund provides the start-up companies with up to €50,000 of investment.

New course prepares science students for work

14 October 2011: PhD programme designed to give science students industry-focused skills.

Government report on gaming industry

11 October 2011: Study outlines global value of gaming industry and its potential for growth in Ireland.

Fulbright funds environmental research in US

10 October 2011: The Fulbright Commission and Environmental Protection Agency have come together to offer the “Fulbright – Environmental Protection Agency Award in Water, Climate Change and Sustainable Environment”.

The “IT’s happening here” campaign promotes IT jobs

27 September 2011: Enterprise Ireland has launched the “IT’s happening here” movement, which highlights the growing strength of the IT sector in Ireland.

Recruiter reports on Ireland’s shortage of IT professionals

27 September 2011: Ireland’s IT sector is short graduates according to a new report from Morgan McKinley

Analytical maths skills in high demand in business

13 September 2011: Companies must realise that analytical maths skills are a “scarce and valuable resource” says business consultancy

Masters in Applied Software Technology at DIT

11 August 2011: Find out about the new fully-funded one-year programme leading to employment with  LM Ericsson.

Start-ups look to science graduates

9 August 2011: Read about plans to create 445 jobs in new start-ups across Ireland, many of them for science, technology, engineering and mathematics graduates.

Report finds physics qualification is ‘passport to a top career’

8 August 2011: Read the results of a major new survey of physics graduates in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

Thriving sectors need skilled graduates

1 July 2010: Read about what the current and likely future demand in  Ireland will be for science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills, from the medical devices industry to the renewable energy sector

Why science and technology graduates are in big demand

1 July 2010: An expert group says more third and fourth level science graduates are essential in Ireland more than ever before, as foreign direct investment shifts towards research, development and innovation. Find out about major projects already in the pipeline

new PhD programme designed to help science students translate their academic expertise into practical employer-focused skills