Ms Maureen Conway:

There is always tension between industry and the academic world. We do great work with the students when they are in the college as they are naturally talented. We just support and mentor them along the way. We produce generalists. It is very difficult for a college to produce specialists, which is often what industry wants. There will always be this tension and it is ongoing. It is very important that the college works with industry, which we do. We link very well with industry. Our graduates tell us what we do wrong. We appreciate what they say to us and we do our best to amend it and listen to what industry has to say. There will always be tension between education and industry.