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News story: Queen Mary Principal awarded prestigious Honorary Professorship in China

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. 

News story: School students identify sounds caused by solar storm

School students have successfully identified sounds caused by a solar storm in the Earth’s magnetic shield, as part of a Queen Mary University of London research project.

News story: Queen Mary academic awarded prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize

The annual prize is awarded by the Leverhulme Trust to recognise the achievement of outstanding researchers.

News story: Anthology film made from the sounds of space now free to watch online

Alien may have told you “In space no one can hear you scream”, but it was wrong!

News story: Academics call for a new discourse on migration

Queen Mary University of London is leading a research group in support of human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants.

News story: New immunotherapy offers potential cure for advanced pancreatic cancer

A new approach to treating pancreatic cancer using 'educated killer cells' has shown promise, according to early research by Queen Mary University of London.

News story: Trauma surgeon named as one of London’s most influential people

Professor Karim Brohi, Head of Trauma Sciences at Queen Mary University of London and Consultant Trauma and Vascular Surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust, has been named in the Evening Standard's Progress 1000 list, recognising the most influential people in the capital.

News story: Queen Mary contributes to judicial reform in Ukraine

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. 

News story: Reduce traffic noise to prevent heart disease

Noise pollution from road, rail and aircraft traffic needs to be reduced to help prevent heart disease, sleep disturbance and public annoyance, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report led by Queen Mary University of London academics.

News story: Film produced by Queen Mary academic premieres in UK cinemas

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.

News story: Queen Mary International scholar elected to the prestigious Academia Europaea

An academic from Queen Mary University of London has been elected to the only Europe-wide learned society, Academia Europaea.

News story: Delays to HPV screening cost £3 million and miss 48 cervical cancer cases every month

A one-year delay in introducing human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as the main test in cervical screening would miss the opportunity to prevent 581 cases of cervical cancer in England at an estimated value of £32 million in lost quality of life, according to a study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and King’s College London.

News story: Next generation of antenna research secured with £1.2m grant

Queen Mary University of London has secured funding of £1.2m to research the next generation of antennas required for mobile communications.

News story: Queen Mary academics attend UN General Assembly to help end TB

Academics from Queen Mary University of London helped raise the profile of tuberculosis (TB) and the need for increased funding at the UN General Assembly in New York, which was attended by global Heads of State and government ministers.

News story: Queen Mary welcomes top Colombian universities

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.

News story: Queen Mary researchers nominated for £200K science prize

Two researchers from Queen Mary University of London are part of a team that is shortlisted to win a £200,000 science prize for their work in creating sustainable energy storage technologies from palm tree residue in Colombia. 

News story: Being Human is London Bound in 2018

Queen Mary University of London has been announced as one of six hubs of Being Human, the festival which promotes public engagement with humanities research. The 2018 edition kicks off on 15 November.

News story: Investigating representations of gender-based violence

A researcher from Queen Mary University of London who uses street art and comics to understand social movements has been awarded funding by the British Academy to carry out research on gender-based violence in Nepal.

News story: STEAM Ahead with Arts and Culture this autumn

Queen Mary University of London is gearing up for a new programme of Arts and Culture activities focusing on the arts in science and technology.

News story: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences celebrates doctoral funding success

Queen Mary University of London has secured record levels of funding for research and doctoral studentships with its Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

News story: Landmark TB research announced at the UN General Assembly

A landmark international research project, involving researchers from Queen Mary University of London, has shown that we can now use our knowledge of the tuberculosis (TB) genetic code to predict which drugs are best for treating a patient’s infection.

News story: Queen Mary University of London appoints Philippa Lloyd as new Vice-Principal (Policy and Strategic Partnerships)

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.

News story: Queen Mary researcher recognised for work in a UN award-winning leadership programme

A researcher from Queen Mary University of London has won an award for his support of students who are on the ParliaMentors scheme, a UN award-winning leadership programme.

News story: Barts Charity launches appeal to raise £1 million for Queen Mary’s life-saving trauma research

The Barts Charity Trauma Appeal, which was launched today, aims to raise £1 million to support vital research at The Royal London Hospital, in conjunction with Queen Mary University of London’s Centre for Trauma Sciences.

News story: Researchers awarded for lifetime achievements in blood pressure research

Two academics from Queen Mary University of London have received prestigious awards from the International Society of Hypertension (ISH) in recognition of their achievements in blood pressure research.

News story: Nursing during history’s deadliest pandemic

A PhD student from Queen Mary University of London has co-curated an exhibition on Spanish flu at the Florence Nightingale Museum in London.

News story: Award-winning graduate employability programme gains further support of J.P. Morgan

JP. Morgan is collaborating with Queen Mary University of London by supporting a summer programme to further Widening Participation students’ employability.

News story: How the General Election unfolded in 2017

A new book co-authored by a Professor at Queen Mary University of London has shed new light on what went on behind the scenes during the 2017 general election.

News story: Queen Mary academic feeds into international drug policy

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.  

News story: Brexit will lead to more EU law for UK’s criminal justice systems, according to new report

Future EU-UK cooperation on security and criminal justice is dependant on the extent to which the UK complies with key EU law standards according to a new report by a taskforce from Queen Mary’s School of Law and the Centre for European Policy Studies.