Terri Scott

Terri Scott is the former Principal of Northern Regional College, Northern Ireland, a position she held from 2014 to 2021.

Prior to this post, she was the first female President of

institutes of technology in Ireland.^[1] Her academic career consists of more than two decades of work on multiple continents.^[1]^[2]

Scott is originally from

informatics.^[1]

At the University of Ulster she progressed to become dean and head of the university's School of Computing and Mathematics.^[2] She has been a visiting faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and been involved with other universities around Europe and in Asia.^[1]^[2]

In 2000, the

British Computer Society awarded her with "IT Professional of the Year", the first time a woman had achieved this accolade.^[1]

Scott established the Northern Ireland Centre for Entrepreneurship, also directing it.[1] She was Managing Director of Invest Northern Ireland from 2002 to 2006.^[1] She then moved on to become the founding CEO of the Ryan Academy of Entrepreneurship.^[1] Currently, she is a director and boardmember of IDA Ireland.^[3]

In November 2008 she became President of Institute of Technology, Sligo. ^[1]^[2]

At the ninth annual Careers' Fair on 21 January 2009, she said:

Having a degree is no longer enough. Companies will be looking for the brightest and the best. The responsibility is on the individual to have a flexible attitude and work much harder at marketing and promoting yourself.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Lorna Siggins (24 March 2009). "Arrival of the fittest". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e John Walshe, Education Editor (26 August 2008). "Students with part-time jobs struggling to make ends meet as cost of college soars". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2010. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ President IT Sligo Archived 2010-10-31 at the Wayback Machine, Institute of Technology Sligo website. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
^ Anita Guidera (22 January 2009). "Job seekers told self-promotion is key". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

[Arrival_of_the_fittest-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Lorna Siggins (24 March 2009). "Arrival of the fittest". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

[Students_with_part-time_jobs_struggling_to_make_ends_meet_as_cost_of_college_soars-2] John Walshe, Education Editor (26 August 2008). "Students with part-time jobs struggling to make ends meet as cost of college soars". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2010. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[3] President IT Sligo Archived 2010-10-31 at the Wayback Machine, Institute of Technology Sligo website. Retrieved 6 March 2010.

[4] Anita Guidera (22 January 2009). "Job seekers told self-promotion is key". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

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