Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 November 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Increasing Employment through Training: Innopharma Labs

1:30 pm

Dr. Ian Jones:

We are accredited at a formal level by the Institute of Technology, Tallaght, on behalf of Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, and directly with QQI through Griffith College. At a brand awareness level, we are finding that the Innopharma Labs certification or qualification is recognised more within the industry at all levels, from operator all the way through to an analyst working in a lab, as well as middle and senior management. Our team has come from the industry, so many of our team have been senior leaders internationally and domestically in pharma and medical technology companies. They know us as individuals and what our reputation stands for and also as a brand; we are lucky that five or six years later we have many alumni now hiring graduates. That is because they are alumni or they know and recognise our programmes.