New Masters to Explore Effects of HP in Galway

Hewlett Packard (HP) Galway and NUI Galway recently launched a Masters Fellowship in Commerce as part of the fortieth anniversary celebrations of HP Galway. This research based Masters Fellowship in commerce will analyse the impact of HP Galway on the regional and national economy over the last forty years.

The research will examine the knock-on effects of HP Galway in terms of the economic development of Galway, the Western region and nationally. It will also focus on other impacts especially the development of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) industry in Ireland, management capabilities, the creation of start-ups, and educational support at secondary and tertiary levels. The strength of ICT industry is Ireland cannot be understated. Five of the world's leading global ICT companies, including HP, have considerable bases here. The sector in Ireland currently employs 91,000 people. This has led to the growth in reputation of Ireland's thriving ICT sector with additional ICT companies choosing Ireland on the back of this reputation.

In addition to the benefits of a developed sector and low corporation tax, Ireland has the highest proportion of science graduates of any other EU member state (Eurostat). Ireland has seven universities and numerous institutes of technology and other academic institutes, which produce consistent levels of highly educated science graduates who will seek employment in ICT and related areas. The purpose of fellowships of this nature is to encourage and support graduates of proven academic excellence to advance their scholarly research gaining industry knowledge, while contributing to the research and development of companies such as HP. Opportunities such as this do not make themselves available every day.

Details of the Masters fellowship are available at www.nuigalway.ie/cisc and the closing date for applications is the Wednesday, 18 January, 2012.

16 Jan 2012

by Marie McIntyre