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Celebrating the 21st Season of Bangla Drama with Insights from QM's Assistant Producer Alumni

The Centre for Creative Collaboration continues its long-standing partnership with A Season of Bangla Drama, Europe’s largest Bengali diaspora performance festival, now in its 21st year.

Date added: Monday, November 4, 2024

The Wasafiri Archive Exhibition Launches at Queen Mary’s Mile End Library

Wasafiri marks its 40th anniversary with a special archive exhibition at Queen Mary’s Mile End Library, highlighting its role in championing diverse literary voices.

Date added: Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Tower Hamlets Civic Awards 2025

The Tower Hamlets Civic Awards honour individuals who improve community life through unpaid contributions in areas like sports, arts, business and social services

Date added: Monday, July 7, 2025

Launch of new Queen Mary East London Civic Action Network

Strengthening the collaborations and partnerships required across sectors to address health and social inequalities and improve quality of life for everyone living and working in East London.

Date added: Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Queen Mary University set to develop significant life sciences capacity in Whitechapel campus

Queen Mary has officially acquired land adjacent to the Whitechapel campus for the development of a new Life Sciences campus

Date added: Thursday, July 10, 2025

Celebrating Resilience and Entrepreneurship: Project ReMAKE Graduation 2025

On 9th April 2025, Queen Mary hosted a powerful celebration marking the graduation of the latest Project ReMAKE cohort. This inspiring evening brought together graduates, mentors, and supporters to honour the resilience and entrepreneurial spirit of formerly incarcerated individuals who completed the transformative training programme.

Date added: Tuesday, April 22, 2025

The QM Student Social Venture Fund competition

The QMSVF Pitch Competition 2025 is the place where ambition aligns with opportunity. Annually, QMSVF student investors seek out impact-driven ventures and allocate £15,000 to these promising startups. From a pool of over 150 applicants, 8 finalist will compete for the chance to secure up to £15,000 in funding.

Date added: Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Barts Health Futures at Waltham Forest College.

A partnership between Barts Health NHS Trust, Queen Mary University of London and Waltham Forest College has launched a healthcare and life sciences training hub, which will serve as a centre for new training and career opportunities for its local communities.

Date added: Thursday, November 14, 2024

Volunteering Award Winners 2024/25

The Volunteering Awards recognise the hard work and achievements of volunteers, student volunteer groups and community partner organisations.

Date added: Friday, April 11, 2025

Research Impact: Culture, Civic, Community and Policy 2025 Winners

This award recognises teams who have developed or achieved outstanding impact from Queen Mary research in cultural, civic, community or policy contexts.

Date added: Thursday, June 12, 2025

Queen Mary wins Tower Hamlets in Bloom award

Tower Hamlets Council has awarded QM the Best Newcomer award for our efforts in making the borough a greener, brighter and nicer place to live, work and visit.

Date added: Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Double success for Queen Mary at LexisNexis Legal Awards

Both the Legal Advice Centre and qLegal walked away with awards from the 2025 LexisNexis Legal Awards.

Date added: Friday, March 14, 2025

Young Innovators Shine at Queen Mary University’s Dragon’s Den Competition

The School of Business and Management hosted its much-anticipated Future Business Leaders: Dragon’s Den Competition and Workshop at the Mile End Campus.

Date added: Thursday, June 19, 2025

Teachers and Advisers' Conference 2025

Queen Mary hosts its biggest Teachers and Advisors' Conference so far

Date added: Friday, June 20, 2025

Social Ventures and the Civic University: A Delivery Model for Place-based Impact

Date added: Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Swadhinata Trust 25th Anniversary Mela: Co-Curated Heritage Celebration

QM hosted the Swadhinata Trust’s 25th Anniversary Mela at BLOC, Arts One—a vibrant celebration of Bengali heritage and community partnership.

Date added: Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Queen Mary wins two London Higher awards for student employability and research collaboration

The awards, introduced for the 25th anniversary of London Higher, are for Higher Education Institutions in London.

Date added: Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Queen Mary partners on Bengali heritage walk marking 25 years of the Swadhinata Trust

A new local heritage walk celebrating Bengali history in East London will be launched this summer as part of South Asian Heritage Month and to mark the 25th anniversary of the Swadhinata Trust.

Date added: Monday, July 28, 2025

Ian Parkes receives Honorary Fellowship at Queen Mary Graduation

Ian Parkes, formerly Chief Executive of the East London Business Alliance (ELBA) and Director of London Works, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship at Queen Mary’s Spring graduation ceremony.

Date added: Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Young Innovators Shine at Queen Mary University’s Dragon’s Den Competition

The School of Business and Management hosted its much-anticipated Future Business Leaders: Dragon’s Den Competition and Workshop at the Mile End Campus.

Date added: Thursday, June 19, 2025

Queen Mary wins big at the 2025 National GO Awards

Our Procurement Team and team director Bahar Shahin won both Procurement Team of the Year (Health) and Individual of the Year Award respectively at the national GO Awards 2024/25.

Date added: Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Centre of the Cell Science Fun Day

Science games, demonstrations and films were all on offer for free at the Blizard Institute

Date added: Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Peopling the Palaces - Resistance

Peopling the Palaces was back this June, reaching into the QM Arts community and beyond to deliver a multidisciplinary program curated around themes of resistance.

Date added: Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Queen Mary’s SHARE Collaborative shortlisted in the Knowledge Exchange UK Awards 2025.

Their initiative – “Advancing Health Together: The SHARE Research Collaborative's inclusive response to the mpox outbreak” – has been named as a finalist in the ‘Impact-led Initiative’ category.

Date added: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Queen Mary resource to support equitable partnerships in civic engagement work

Queen Mary University of London has launched a new toolkit to support universities and others to develop equitable partnerships in their civic engagement activities

Date added: Wednesday, October 15, 2025

News story: Queen Mary to play key role in national campaign for Civic University agenda
3, December , 2025

Queen Mary University of London is set to play a key role in Civic 2.0, a new national initiative which aims to strengthen the role of universities in their towns, cities, and regions.

England’s Chief Dental Officer reopens Queen Mary’s refurbished Barkantine Dental Outreach Clinic

Queen Mary University of London welcomed the Chief Dental Officer for England, Jason Wong MBE, and members of the General Dental Council to reopen one of its newly refurbished dental outreach clinics in East London.

Date added: Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Queen Mary strengthens partnership with Barking and Dagenham Council

The Institute of Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London welcomed several members of the Cabinet from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham to strengthen the collaboration between the University and Council, following the successful application to provide a dental outreach clinic in Maritime House, Barking.

Date added: Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Research with East London Communities: Place-based Guidance and Resources Launched

After over two years in development, Queen Mary University of London’s Civic team have launched new, place-based guidance on delivering collaborative, equitable research in East London.

Date added: Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Queen Mary's SHARE Collaborative wins award at the 2025 Knowledge Exchange Awards

"Advancing Health Together: The SHARE Research Collaborative's inclusive response to the mpox outbreak" has won the 'Impact-led Initiative' award

Date added: Friday, November 28, 2025

Queen Mary to play key role in national campaign for Civic University agenda

Queen Mary University of London is set to play a key role in Civic 2.0, a new national initiative which aims to strengthen the role of universities in their towns, cities, and regions.

Date added: Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Queen Mary and New City College enter new partnership

Last week, Queen Mary University of London signed a Memorandum of Understanding with New City College (NCC), the largest further education provider in the country that is rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.

Date added: Monday, March 2, 2026

Threads of Liberation: Women's Liberation in East London past, present, and future

Celebrate Women's History Month by exploring women's liberation in East London

Date added: Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Queen Mary convenes partners to improve growth, skills and innovation across East London

Yesterday, 18 March, Queen Mary University of London’s East London Civic Action Network (ELCAN) brought leaders from higher education, industry, non-profits, local authority and the City together to define an ambitious, collaborative, and deliverable shared vision for growth, skills and innovation in East London. 

Date added: Thursday, March 19, 2026

The Power of AI to Transform Women’s Careers

Find out more about the 'Engineer Your Story' project, which worked with year 10 GCSE students from City Academy Hackney to explore using AI tools in healthcare research with clinicians, scientists and creative professionals

Date added: Friday, March 13, 2026

Alumni Angles: Leading with Purpose in Civic Society and Social Change

Catch up on the recording of ‘Leading with Purpose: Civic Society and Social Change’ - Matt Hyde OBE in conversation with Dr Philippa Lloyd, Vice-Principal (Policy and Strategic Partnerships).

Date added: Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Moon Palace lands at Queen Mary: a cosmic celebration of science, art and community

This March, the Centre for Public Engagement and the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences came together to host a two-day programme blending astronomy, creativity, and community engagement.

Date added: Thursday, March 19, 2026

Industry leaders set out plan to strengthen creative workforce across the Thames Estuary

A major skills summit has set out a clear agenda to overcome unequal access to opportunity and improve how people enter, train and build careers in the creative industries across the Thames Estuary.

Date added: Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Open House Festival 2025

On 14 September we welcomed visitors to our Mile End Campus for two social history tours, as part of Open House Festival 2025

Date added: Monday, September 15, 2025

East London Research Network brings partners together to address sustainability and wellbeing as part of Climate Action Week 2026

As part of the University’s Climate Action Week 2026, the East London Research Network (ELRN) met on campus bringing together researchers, community organisations, local authorities and civic partners to explore how collaboration can drive environmental resilience and sustainability in East London.

Date added: Monday, March 2, 2026

From Chemistry to the Cosmos: A Spring of Community Engagement at Queen Mary

This spring, Queen Mary’s community engagement programme brought together researchers, local partners and residents through a vibrant series of activities that connected research with communities in creative and meaningful ways.

Date added: Monday, June 1, 2026

Social Action for Health and Queen Mary University of London – Partnering for better health in Tower Hamlets

For nearly forty years, Queen Mary University of London and Social Action for Health have worked in partnership, bringing together academics and local community members to shape health research. We spoke to the Social Action for Health team, and asked them to share some of their reflections on this lasting partnership.

Date added: Thursday, June 18, 2026

From East London to a national movement: 25 years of the Living Wage

We're marking the 25th anniversary of the Living Wage campaign, reflecting on its roots in East London and the University’s longstanding role in shaping a movement that has transformed pay standards across the UK. We spoke to community organisers Bernadette Harris and Paul Regan, and former Queen Mary academic Professor Jane Wills, as they reflect on the campaign 25 years on.

Date added: Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Building shared agendas for East London: QMUL and Citizens UK discuss engaged research topics

In June 2026, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), through the East London Research Network (ELRN), partnered with The East London Citizens Organisation (TELCO) to host their annual joint meeting and bring together researchers, students, and community organisations for a collaborative, action-focused event.

Date added: Friday, June 26, 2026

Queen Mary debuts in global sustainability ranking

Last year, for the first time, we entered the Times Higher Education’s Sustainability Rankings.

Date added: Friday, June 26, 2026

From Vision to Action: Driving Inclusive Growth in East London

In March 2026, Queen Mary University of London convened over 150 leaders from business, government, education, health and the voluntary sector for a major civic summit focused on growth, skills and innovation in East London.

Date added: Friday, June 26, 2026

Queen Mary collaboration brings history to life in Harold Hill

A community research project led by Queen Mary University of London and run in partnership with Drapers’ Academy and Eastside Community Heritage has brought the history, heritage and identity of Harold Hill to life.

Date added: Friday, July 10, 2026

Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre launches new clinic to support refugees to apply for Refugee Travel Documents

Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre (QMLAC) has launched a new clinic to support refugee travel documents

Date added: Monday, August 31, 2026

Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre students lead workshops for East London primary school parents on ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ and children’s citizenship

Queen Mary law students have recently led workshops in Ilford to help parents navigate immigration, citizenship, and legal support for their families.

Date added: Tuesday, June 30, 2026

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