Cork's €9m hub links industry with universities to produce graduates with the right skills

UCC and MTU join forces with leading health and life sciences enterprises to form the high-level iEd Hub consortium

The iEd Hub consortium of Cork's two universities and key industries was launched earlier today. It is led by Dr Matt Cotterell, Head of School Mechanical & Process Engineering, MTU; CIT President Dr Barry O’Connor; Prof Helen Whelton, Head of College of Medicine and Health, UCC and UCC iEd Project Lead; UCC Interim President Prof John O’Halloran; and Dr Mark Tangney, Interim Head, iEd hub. Picture: Gerard McCarthy

A new €9m third-level education hub has forged links with industry to produce graduates with the right skills.

The iEd Hub, a partnership between Cork City’s two universities and key health and life science industries, will see the partners working together to design and deliver specific courses to ensure that the next generation of students have the skills that companies need now, and into the future.