College to drive partnerships with newly-rebranded UCC Innovation

Expect more spinouts from UCC, more investment in innovative new start-ups, and more long-term partnerships between UCC researchers and industry — with the arrival of Dr Rich Ferrie as the new director of UCC Innovation.

Dr Ferrie brings significant prior experience from the University of Manchester, where he was director of operations and head of its technology transfer office UMIP for the last seven years.