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MORE THAN 200 jobs will be created in the new DCU Innovation Campus, a national centre for innovation for start-ups, SMEs and larger companies in the Cleantech sector.
The sector is one of the fastest growing areas of economic activity and is worth more than €3 billion globally.
Commenting at the opening of the new campus today, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton said the green economy is a sector targeting as part of the government’s plan for jobs and growth and the new campus will play a “key role”.
“Today’s initiative is a great example of using scarce state resources in smart ways to drive job creation, and provides a model of what we must do across government if we are to create the jobs we need,” he said.
The Innovation Campus will now be part of DCU’s contribution to the development of the Green Way, a collaborative venture established by industry, academic institutions and public/semi state players in the north Dublin region to create jobs and trade opportunities through its internationally recognised Cleantech cluster.
Today Minister Bruton also launched UStart, a new accelerator programme to stimulate entrepreneurial talent among third-level students. This start-up programme will invite multidisciplinary teams of university students to develop and present a business idea. The successful teams receiving up to €10,000 seed funding, office space in DCU Innovation Campus and mentoring from experienced professionals during the accelerator programme in summer 2013.
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Delighted to see this – great news for the area, and DCU continues to perform brilliantly!
Great news, whether it’s 200 or 300 jobs each job is welcome especially in a growth industry. A pat on the back from me to all involved.
I’m confused. Is DCU creating 300 jobs to support local industry, or are they expecting 300 jobs to be created by local industry that will have access to DCU?
I’m not being negative, any news about new jobs is very very welcome, but there is a big difference between creating 300 jobs or expecting 300 jobs to be created.
@ Carcu Sidbu
This is a photo opportunity for Mr Bruton and a positive press release for the department of enterprise. Richard will be on every radio station today and RTE news tonight with his grinning deatshead smile. That’s all. Don’t worry about the number of jobs. After today’s PR frenzy we’ll never hear about it again except when he’s explaining about all the great work he and his government have done to help us get our financial soverignty back and alleviate the serious problems inherited from the previous government. Meanwhile Rome burns
I worked in DCU and both it’s social and economic contribution to the locality is underestimated.
Based in international recognition terms DCU is the right place for a programme such as this.
I would like to see social entrepreneurship added to the programme as DCU is located near
areas of high disadvantage.
DCU doesn’t create jobs. It gives job creators (the risk takers) a support structure. A lily is a lily, no need to guild it.
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