The Enterprise Academy serves to develop, support, and enhance academic enterprise partnerships, and to showcase models of collaborative best practice. Such engagement provides a platform to address real-world challenges faced by enterprise and to support organisational/sector growth by fostering a culture of problem-solving, innovation, and entrepreneurship.  

Academic enterprise partnerships also facilitate the identification of emerging sector specific priorities, and the co-development of tailor-made educational solutions to meet evolving market demands for the Food, Pharma, and MedTech sectors. Moreover, stakeholder engagement ensures that academic programmes are aligned with the current and future skills needs of the associated sectors, to serve as a pipeline to upskill/reskill interested professionals. These outputs can take many forms including short, sharp, bursts of learning (such as microcredentials, CPDs etc.), pathways to larger programmes (PgCert, PgDip etc.), or accredited recognition of current in-company training.

From the onset of a new project, Senior Talent Development Partners engage in detailed learner discovery, navigate the schools, faculties, and quality assurance systems in TU Dublin, to co-create robust and creative solutions to fulfil company/sector needs.  In fact, these joint initiatives, ensure that the workforce of the Food, Pharma, and MedTech sectors remains adept at handling the latest-cutting edge technologies, regulatory requirements, and industry demands.  Most notably, the work of the Enterprise Academy also includes the development of accredited stackable postgraduate educational programmes where there was none previously provided on the Island of Ireland. 

In summary, the Food, Pharma, and MedTech sectors are highly dynamic, with rapid advancements in technology, sustainability, and regulation; and the Enterprise Academy serves as an entry point into TU Dublin to support the continued professional development and growth of these important sectors.