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President Higgins is pictured with Prof Mark Ferguson, Director General, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and students from the Beijing-Dublin International College (BDIC) at a Science and Technology event in Beijing hosted by SFI. BDIC is a joint international partnership between University College Dublin (UCD) and Beijing University of Technology (BJUT).

Science Foundation Ireland signs Cooperation Agreement with Chinese Counterpart

By on December 9, 2014 in General

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) have today announced the signing of new Cooperation Agreement on the occasion of the State Visit to China of President Michael D. Higgins. The agreement will allow for greater collaboration between both foundations in maintaining and developing co-operative activities in the fields […]

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President Higgins Quotes Spock, Calls for a Republic of Creativity

By on January 28, 2014 in Events, General

President Michael D Higgins has called for a Republic of Creativity built on invention and original thinking.  He was speaking at the opening of the Silicon Valley Global Forum organised by the Irish Technology Leadership Group in Limerick this morning. Entrepreneurs and technologists from Ireland and Silicon Valley gathered at the University Concert Hall for […]

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