Terri Scott

For the English actor and comedian, see Terry Scott.

Professor Terri Scott is the Principal of Northern Regional College, Northern Ireland, a position she has held since 2014. NRC has six campuses with a student population of over 16,500 students.

Prior to this post, she was the first female President of Institute of Technology, Sligo (ITS), from 2008 to 2014. She was the fourth woman in history to serve as President of one of the 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 Derry, Northern Ireland, where she still resides with her husband Chris. They have three children Peter (born 1986), Bronagh (born 1989) and Claire (born 1990).[1][2] She was schooled at Thornhill College before progressing to the University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast.[1] She spent time studying economics and geography. As a postgraduate she studied 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Lorna Siggins (March 24, 2009). "Arrival of the fittest". The Irish Times. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 John Walshe, Education Editor (August 26, 2008). "Students with part-time jobs struggling to make ends meet as cost of college soars". Irish Independent. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
  3. ↑ President IT Sligo, Institute of Technology Sligo website. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  4. ↑ Anita Guidera (22 January 2009). "Job seekers told self-promotion is key". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
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