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Innovation thrives at UCC's IGNITE programme despite pandemic

James Northridge founded the company UrAbility, which uses algorithms to auto assign online courses and advise on assistive technologies based on users’ technical abilities, spoken language, and location.

Innovation thrives at UCC's IGNITE programme despite pandemic

Fri, 24 Apr, 2020 - 15:24

Pádraig Hoare

Ali-Rose Sisk of Safecare and a nurse working on the frontline and James Northridge, UrAbility pictured ahead of the IGNITE Spring Awards which took place for the first time online on Thursday evening. Picture: Darragh Kane

An entrepreneur diagnosed with dyslexia as a youngster has won Best Business at UCC’s IGNITE Awards for his online educational platform for children with disabilities.James Northridge founded the company UrAbility, which uses algorithms to auto assign online courses and advise on assistive technologies based on users’ technical abilities, spoken language, and location.

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