Helping promising start-ups succeed here and abroad Independent.ie 21/02/2021 Teri Smith
Ireland has a fine reputation for producing ambitious entrepreneurs with innovative products and solutions that are highly sought after by countries around the world. Nurturing these start-ups and ensuring they have the supports they need to prosper has been an ongoing priority for Government; as a result, Ireland now boasts a robust and highly connected system of supports for early-stage start-up companies.
At the entry level, Ireland s network of Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) is the ideal starting point for early stage entrepreneurs thinking of starting a business in Ireland.
Johnston said her priority would be to ensure NMIT could partner effectively with iwi and collaborate with the region s employers, as the transformation of a national vocational education system was rolled out. Wehner, who has served on the NMIT Board in chair and member roles for nearly 12 years, said he was stepping aside from NMIT for professional and personal reasons which had nothing to do with the transition. He said NMIT deserved a chair who “could give it some more focus” than perhaps he could, through the process. Wehner is chief financial officer at Port Nelson, and served as director on the board of a company in the Waikato.
DkIT Students have exam results withheld due to dispute
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Students at the DkIT have had their exam results withheld due to lecturers engaging in industrial action in a dispute over a range of issues at the college.
The Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) Branch at Dundalk Institute of Technology said they have taken industrial action as the college’s executive have failed to honour commitments made last November.
The union – which represents lecturers and researchers – said the institute’s executive signed an agreement to “improve the functioning of management bodies” and “commence talks to pursue Technological University status”, which the TUI said it has not done.
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Launched on April 1 last year, Te Pūkenga brings together New Zealand’s 16 Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs). In July education minister Chris Hipkins set out his intentions for it, saying the Crown’s investment would total almost $121 million. “This is a significant amount of funding and I have high expectations,” he wrote. “(The organisation) needs to be nimble and a driver of change, and leverage off the extensive expertise that already exists within NZIST and other key stakeholders.”
Stuff In August, In total the organisation will pay its seven top staff at least $2.3 million in its first year.