Scientists at Queen Mary University of London and Oxford University have shed light on the origins of some of South-East Asia’s most iconic and unique wildlife; the ‘deer-pig’, ‘warty pig’ and the ‘miniature buffalo.’
Queen Mary University of London’s role in supporting the real Living Wage has today been named as one of the UK’s best breakthroughs for its significant impact on people’s everyday lives.
A Queen Mary University of London alumna has been listed as one of LinkedIn’s 25 ‘top voices’ in the UK. This is the second year Alexandra Galviz, who graduated with a BA in French in 2013, has been featured on the list.
A dentistry postgraduate student from Queen Mary University of London has won the 2018 Life Science Image awards with a photograph titled ‘Scalpel Close-up’.
Nine academics from Queen Mary University of London presented at the Sino-UK Symposium attended by prestigious researchers and enterprises in thermoelectrics and advanced materials from China and the United Kingdom.
Professor Colin Bailey, President and Principal of Queen Mary University of London, has been awarded an Honorary Professorship by Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in China.
Legal specialists at Queen Mary University of London will lead on the establishment of Ukraine’s High Court on Intellectual Property (IP), which forms part of a radical transformation of the country’s legal system.
A feature length drama about living with HIV/AIDS in East Africa produced by an academic at Queen Mary University of London has premiered in cinemas this week.
Professor Colin Grant, Vice-Principal (International), has written an opinion piece for Times Higher Education. He argues that coalitions between universities, industry and innovative actors will drive tangible social and economic change.
Queen Mary University of London is deepening links with Latin America, after hosting a delegation of seven top Colombian universities to discuss research partnership opportunities.
West African governments should overhaul their drug laws to decriminalise personal use and prioritise treatment, according to a new “model law” involving the Co-Director of Queen Mary University of London’s Criminal Justice Centre.
JP. Morgan is collaborating with Queen Mary University of London by supporting a summer programme to further Widening Participation students’ employability.
A delegation from Queen Mary University of London led by Vice-Principal (International) Professor Colin Grant recently visited Southeast Asia to strengthen collaborations in the region.
Queen Mary University of London is helping to strengthen UK-Thai relations after hosting 35 senior Thai judges for a two-week bespoke training programme in UK employment law.
Queen Mary University of London has appointed a new Director of Research Services. Dr Sharon Ellis, currently Director of International Science and Innovation for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), will take up the post on 19 November 2018.
Modern-day international criminal tribunals have constructed women in wartime as either helpless victims, mothers or wives of soldiers, according to a new book by a Queen Mary University of London academic.
Queen Mary University of London is deepening its ties with Singapore, one of the world’s most innovative economies, through a new collaboration with its leading research agency – the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).
Future lawyers will have the chance to study law in London and Paris, thanks to a new Double Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme launched by Queen Mary University of London and the Sorbonne (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne).
In 2015, the Government awarded Dr Claire Ferraro the Ebola medal to acknowledge her work during the Ebola crisis. On Tuesday, along with twenty other Ebola volunteers, she returned her medal in opposition to the current ‘hostile environment’ in the NHS and its charging regulations that are deterring undocumented migrants from accessing healthcare in the UK. Dr Ferraro is a teaching and research fellow at Queen Mary University of London’s Public Global Health Unit.
A cancer expert from Queen Mary University of London presented his breakthrough oral cancer test at one of China’s largest education exchange conferences last month.
A student from Queen Mary University of London has run 25 miles of coastline in the British Isles to raise money for refugees.
The Shanghai Commission of Education has awarded Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal from Queen Mary University of London the honorary title of ‘Oriental Scholar’ - the highest standing title for non-Chinese academics.
Queen Mary University of London hosted its first Erasmus+ Staff Training Week at the Mile End Campus last week, which was attended by participants from 24 higher education institutions in 16 different countries.
A historian from Queen Mary University of London recently met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to discuss her book on the ‘1968 movement’ in Germany.
Over 700 students graduated from Queen Mary’s joint programmes at Nanchang University (NCU) and the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) on 26 and 28 June.
Queen Mary is cementing its position as an international leader through joining the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (GFCC), a global network of leaders and organisations committed to driving innovation, productivity and prosperity.
Queen Mary University of London will be the first UK institution to launch a Master of Laws (LLM) programme in Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law in Paris.
Diplomatic ties between Costa Rica and Queen Mary University of London were strengthened through a visit by the Ambassador of Costa Rica on Thursday 17 May, who delivered a speech on the importance of languages in diplomatic professions.
A teaching fellow at Queen Mary University of London has returned from a five-day trip to Istanbul, as part of a programme designed to support Syrian academics in exile.
Senior academics from Queen Mary University of London’s School of Law visited Chile, Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia from 20-29 April to meet with alumni, offer holders, funding partners and prospective partner institutions.
The annual Tower Hamlets Festival of Communities returns for 2018 exploring living and learning across our borough.
Queen Mary University of London has extended its existing agreement with COLFUTURO, one of the largest scholarships providers in Colombia, which will allow Colombian postgraduate students to study any subject at Queen Mary.
Queen Mary University of London will host two Marshall Scholars for the first time this September. Marshall Scholarships are among the most prestigious scholarships awarded to US students, with only 43 places available across the country.
Queen Mary University of London and The Good Schools Guide have today launched an Apprenticeships Anthology to mark a year since the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, the largest reform to apprenticeships that the Government has ever made.
This April, 80 students from Queen Mary University of London travelled to either Kuala Lumpur or Stockholm for a four-day programme that explored the global challenge: ‘How do smart cities ensure they are inclusive?’
Multiple members of staff and students from Queen Mary University of London will run in the 2018 London Marathon on April 22 to raise money for their nominated charities.
A translation of 120 Days of Sodom from the original French text to English by a Queen Mary University of London academic has been recognised by the UK’s Society of Authors.
A learned organisation, the Political Studies Association (PSA), has awarded Dr Sophie Harman, Reader in International Politics at Queen Mary University of London a prize to recognise achievement by a mid-career scholar.
Four in every five Brazilian women living in London have experienced Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in their lifetime, with half of them experiencing some form of gender-based violence in London, reveals new research from the People’s Palace Projects, based at Queen Mary University of London, and King’s College London.
Three subjects from Queen Mary University of London’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences have been ranked in the top 35 in the world, according to the 2018 QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) Top Universities Study.
A multimedia art installation produced by People’s Palace Projects, based at Queen Mary University of London, will be on public display at the Southbank Centre’s Women of the World Festival from 9-11 March.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Widening Participation team invited a group of female students and graduates to visit the Votes for Women exhibition at the Museum of London, and discuss what it is like to be women in higher education today. Michelle McAvoy reflects on the visit.
Michelle McAvoy is a Coordinator for the Widening Participation team based in Marketing and Communications, Queen Mary University of London. To celebrate World Book Day 2018, she reflects on her experiences of running the Boys, Books and Blogging programme.
A Drama Professor from Queen Mary University of London has won the ‘Fighting the Good Fight’ award at WOW Women in Creative Industries Awards at the Southbank Centre. The winners were announced on Wednesday 7 March 2018.
Queen Mary University of London has two teams of students that have made it through to the regional finals of the Hult Prize, a globally recognized student entrepreneurship competition. The students from the School of Business and Management, will compete on the 9 and 10March 2018 in London and San Francisco.
Queen Mary’s Confucius Institute and Music Department hosted the first UK-China International Music Festival on 3-5 February to celebrate Chinese New Year 2018.
A photographic timeline that showcases the history of Indians living in Britain over the past two centuries is now available to view online.
Teams of students from Queen Mary University of London and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) took part in a challenge to hack robots and teach them a range of football skills.
Dr Sakher AlQahtani, who graduated from Queen Mary University of London with an MClinDent in Paediatric Dentistry in 2008 and a PhD in 2012, was an Entrepreneurial Award Finalist in the British Council’s Alumni Awards 2018.
An economics lecturer from Queen Mary University of London who specialises in the formation of business relationships over time, known as matching theory, has been awarded the George fellowship from the Bank of England.
Pioneering alumnae and staff from Queen Mary University of London have been listed in the University of London’s ‘Leading Women’ campaign, which launched last week.
Why did the World Trade Centre 7 Collapse, how do we beat fake news, and who really is the best man for the job? All these questions will be answered by top academics in Queen Mary University of London’s free Inaugural Lecture series.
Queen Mary University of London has appointed a new Vice-Principal (International). Professor Colin Grant, currently Vice-President (International) at the University of Southampton and Chair of the Russell Group International Forum, will take up the post on 16 April 2018.
The first five students from Queen Mary’s new Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) Programme have arrived for the spring semester.
A Queen Mary alumna has been listed as one of LinkedIn’s 12 ‘top voices’ in the UK. Alexandra Galviz, who graduated with a BA in French in 2013, was praised for writing “openly and honestly about issues that many are too afraid to speak or write about publicly”.
A Queen Mary University of London spinout has secured a licence agreement with a leading Chinese toothpaste manufacturer, which should generate sales of £2m over the next five years.
Queen Mary University of London has opened an International Centre for Teaching and Learning (ICTL) with one of China’s top universities, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU).
Queen Mary University of London has appointed a new Vice-Principal for Policy and Strategic Partnerships. Dr Philippa Lloyd, currently Director General of Higher and Further Education at the Department for Education, will take up the post on Wednesday 2 January 2019.