News story: Nursing during history’s deadliest pandemicA 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 2017A 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 reportFuture 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.
News story: Queen Mary University of London appoints a new Director of Research Services 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.
News story: Vice-Principal visits Southeast Asia to strengthen research tiesA 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.
News story: Queen Mary welcomes Thai Judiciary for legal training programme 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.
News story: Study of one million people leads to world’s biggest advance in blood pressure geneticsOver 500 new gene regions that influence people’s blood pressure have been discovered in the largest global genetic study of blood pressure to date, led by Queen Mary University of London and Imperial College London.
News story: Queen Mary joins London cancer research powerhouseThe city of London will be transformed into a world leading hub for cancer biotherapeutics research and treatment, with a new £14 million investment from Cancer Research UK, announced today.
News story: Majority of Britons are proud of London as a capital cityThe majority of people in Britain have pride in London as a capital city according to the latest poll conducted for the Mile End Institute at Queen Mary University of London.
News story: First evidence that soot from polluted air may be reaching placentaEvidence of tiny particles of carbon, typically created by burning fossil fuels, has been found in placentas for the first time, in early research involving a small number of people, presented today by researchers from Queen Mary University of London.
News story: Helping to break down taboos around deathDr Steven Eastwood from Queen Mary University of London, has directed a bold new film which depicts the final moments of life.
News story: Mini-festival of new music and alternative approaches to musical creativity launchesPioneering names in electronic music will come together for a festival that celebrates new approaches to musical creation and creativity, hosted by Queen Mary University of London.
News story: Female resistance in times of war must be recaptured, new book arguesModern-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.
News story: The UK’s first MA Live Art launches at Queen Mary University of LondonThe School of English and Drama at Queen Mary University of London is set to launch a brand new MA in Live Art, the first of its kind in the UK.
News story: Mayor of London drops in popularity Increasingly fewer Londoners believe that the Mayor of London, Labour’s Sadiq Khan, is doing a good job, according to the latest poll conducted for the Mile End Institute at Queen Mary University of London.
News story: Queen Mary academic to chair leading medical education organisationProfessor Sandra Nicholson from Queen Mary University of London has been appointed as the new Chair of the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME).
News story: Study links widely-used drug azathioprine to skin cancersA drug used to treat inflammatory bowel disease and arthritis, and prevent organ rejection in transplant patients, has been identified as an important contributor to skin cancer development, in research by Queen Mary University of London, University of Dundee and the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
_150_115.jpg)
News story: Queen Mary partners with Singapore’s leading research agency 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).
News story: Improving mental health through community resourcesA new Mental Health Network involving researchers from Queen Mary University of London will help harness community resources to improve mental wellbeing in local communities.
News story: Post-Brexit trade deals should go further to improve labour conditionsA new study led by Queen Mary University of London and Warwick University has found that current EU trade policy does not sufficiently take account of the structural causes of poor working conditions.
News story: Queen Mary academic recognised for outstanding impact on studentsA leading higher education professional association, Advance HE, has awarded Dr Vicky Jolliffe from Queen Mary University of London a 2018 National Teaching Fellow award.
News story: Goats prefer happy people Goats can differentiate between human facial expressions and prefer to interact with happy people, according to a new study led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London.
News story: Blood pressure medications and statins found to provide long-term cardiovascular benefits Death rates from heart disease and stroke could be significantly lowered by prescribing statins alongside blood pressure-lowering drugs, according to the results from a clinical trial led by Queen Mary University of London and Imperial College London.
News story: New online tool for clinicians could predict risk of breast cancer returningA new, simple web-based calculator that could better predict the long-term risk of breast cancer returning in other areas of the body has today been published online by researchers at Queen Mary University of London.
News story: More work needed to make Irish abortion law fit-for-purpose according to Queen Mary academicWomen in the Republic of Ireland could still be denied abortions because doctors fear lengthy jail terms or refuse to terminate pregnancies on principle – according to new paper co-authored by Dr Ruth Fletcher from Queen Mary University of London.
News story: Law professor receives highest award for non-Chinese academicsThe 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.
News story: Epigenetic patterns determine if honeybee larvae become queens or workers Scientists at Queen Mary University of London and The Australian National University have unravelled how changes in nutrition in the early development of honeybees can result in vastly different adult characteristics.
News story: Coastal erosion at historic landfill sites: a toxic time bomb? In a brand new documentary, The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History, to be screened on BBC Four on Thursday 23 August at 9pm, Professor Kate Spencer from Queen Mary University of London's School of Geography reveals the growing problem of coastal erosion at historic landfill sites.
