Ireland NW 2019 Investment Brochure
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TALENT & KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY<br />
With a strong civic, education and commercial cross border partnership we can secure your<br />
talent. Collaboration between institutions ensures potential employees are equipped with the<br />
right skills and are employment ready.<br />
“The availability of highly<br />
skilled and educated people,<br />
the favourable business<br />
environment and strong<br />
national support had played<br />
a large factor in the decision<br />
to locate the new operation<br />
in Letterkenny."<br />
TALENTED REGION<br />
• Top performing schools and the best performing educations system for<br />
primary maths in Europe and 6th best in the world<br />
• An increasing amount (20%) of our population are educated to degree level.<br />
• UNESCO Learning City Region<br />
• Access to 7 x 3rd Level Institutions across the wider <strong>NW</strong> Region:<br />
Ulster University Magee Campus, Ulster University Coleraine Campus,<br />
<strong>NW</strong> Regional College, Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT),<br />
Northern Regional College (Coleraine), South West College (Omagh),<br />
Sligo Institute of Technology (Sligo IT)<br />
Zeus Industrial Projects<br />
LABOUR<br />
POOL<br />
• Smart Cities and Industry 4.0<br />
need “smart” People and our<br />
youthful population (35%<br />
under 25 years old) are among<br />
the most educated in Europe<br />
• High levels of staff retention<br />
TALENT<br />
PIPELINE<br />
• Access to 40,000 Students<br />
enrolled across the third level<br />
FE/HE colleges of the wider<br />
<strong>NW</strong> Region.<br />
• 31% school leavers educated<br />
to degree level<br />
• 7,000 Graduates annually<br />
ready for employment across<br />
the wider <strong>NW</strong> Region.<br />
6<br />
IRELAND NORTHWEST<br />
YOUR GATEWAY TO GROWTH
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