March 23rd, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
Belfast, United Kingdom
March 23rd, 2011
With speakers from Northern Ireland – including some coming home especially for the event – we will be hearing about, and discussing, innovation and creativity in children’s television, architecture, communications technology, social media, the workplace and creative arts.
There are six speakers confirmed. The audience is restricted to 100. Venue is the historic Belfast Harbour Commissioners.
August 18th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink
The School has won two of the awards in this year’s competition. The awards are: to John McKinley in the “Sustained Excellence” category, for eLearning in Geotechnics 2; and to the Ruth Morrow, Sarah Lappin and the Architecture first year teaching team in the “Excellence in Teaching First Year Students” category, for changes across the first year.
Congratulations.
October 28th, 2009 § 0 comments § permalink
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Top prize: Trish Belford and Ruth Morrow from Tactility Factory with Michael Kidd, head of Business Banking at Bank of Ireland
By Symon Ross
Monday, 28 September 2009
Two female entrepreneurs have cemented their place among the leading innovative businesses in Northern Ireland by taking home the top prize in the Northern Ireland Science Park’s competition to find the province’s “next big thing”.
Tactility Factory, founded by Ruth Morrow and Trish Belford, edged out nine rival competitors to win the NISP CONNECT £25k Award.
They took home a £10,000 cheque for their patented technology designed to combine textile design with hard building materials such as concrete.
The concept is expected to have implications for building construction and received credit from the judges for combining Northern Ireland’s textiles heritage with building product design.
Trish Belford said: “Competing for this award benefited our business thinking and has given us great insight into the potential of our business on a global scale.
“This award has greatly boosted our prospects to commercialise our product and go to market. In addition to this, the icing on the cake is receiving a significant financial prize which will provide vital capital at this time enabling us to take advantage of the opportunities that are now presenting themselves.”
Steve Orr, director of NISP Connect, said the awards had uncovered local talent with innovative ideas and inspiring ambitions.
May 12th, 2009 § 0 comments § permalink
Queen’s University Belfast has appointed two new professors to enhance the education and training of Architecture students. Professor Ruth Morrow and Professor Michael McGarry are renowned for their work in architecture education and practice. Their appointment will lead to a fresh approach to teaching and will set new standards in both the theory and application of Architecture. Both will contribute to the undergraduate BSc and the postgraduate MA architecture degree programmes at Queen’s. David Cleland, Head of the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, said: “This is an exciting time for Architecture at Queen’s. The discipline is stronger and better equipped than at anytime in its history, with many new staff from a broad range of international backgrounds. “I am delighted that Professors Morrow and McGarry have joined the team and look forward to the leadership which they will provide. They have excellent experience from which current and future students will benefit greatly.” Professor Michael McGarry is a working architect and is partner of McGarry Ni Eanaigh Architects, which is an award-winning design-based practice. Working with the practice, Professor McGarry has worked on a wide range of projects from housing, schools and civic buildings to boardwalks, public places and urban design. In addition to work with his own practice, Michael has also worked collaboratively with colleagues as a constituent of Group 91 Architects Ltd, Urban Projects Ltd and Dublin Central Architects Ltd. His work has been widely commended and he has won over 40 awards both locally and internationally with the joint CCCB European Prize for Urban Public Space and the RIAI Silver Medal for Housing awards. Professor Morrow is well-known for her innovative approaches within Architectural Education in the UK. She has won numerous awards and contributes to discussions about the nature of architectural education within the Royal Institute of British Architects and individual Schools of Architecture across the UK. Despite a strong commitment to theoretical and revisionist thinking, Professor Morrow has said she finds she can only make sense of and resolve concepts with the realisation of the idea. Professor Morrow’s research interests are interconnections and potentials between people, place, pedagogy and creativity. Her research is invariably project-based with multiple outputs, across product, exhibition, printed text and e-media. |
