Steve Flinter’s blog

In what I believe is the first move of its kind to date, the Department of Education in Ireland has published a set of school inspection reports.
Having recently become a parent myself, this is something that will become near and dear to my heart in the next few years. I feel that we need [...]

As I previously indicated I was in TCD yesterday evening to give my presentation on SFI funding (primarily for the PI programme). The attendance was absolutely great – probably somewhere around 150 I would guess.
Many thanks to all who attended, and to Anthea Leas of the Research Office for organising and advertising so well.

There’s a pretty decent article posted in the ScienceNOW magazine entlted Feeding the Celtic Tiger that covers the Irish Government spend on R&D, and in particular, the contribution to SFI.
The article also makes mention of the recent Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation (SSTI) initiative that marks the roadmap for the Irish Government’s spend on [...]