News

8 September 2023
Queen Mary University of London is delighted to announce that Kate Thornton and Professor Julia Hörnle have been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2023.

7 September 2023
Professor Andrew Livingston, Vice-Principal (Research and Innovation) at Queen Mary University of London, comments on the UK government confirming the UK's participation in the world’s largest research collaboration programme, Horizon Europe.

7 September 2023
Maggie Inchley, Reader in Contemporary Theatre and Performance, has been honoured with a prestigious accolade from the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA).

7 September 2023
Professor Emma Griffin has been appointed head of the School of History at Queen Mary University of London.

5 September 2023
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is celebrating two major research wins, with two academics awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants for their groundbreaking, ambitious research. Overall, ERC awarded 400 grants to early-career researchers across Europe, including 32 in the UK.

5 September 2023
A new international study led by Queen Mary University of London has shown mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) infections to be less severe among those who are vaccinated or had a previous infection in 2022, underlining the importance and effectiveness of vaccination.

4 September 2023
A recent collaborative study conducted by accounting and finance scholars highlights the pivotal role played by the M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) market in assessing the worth of technological assets.

4 September 2023
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have discovered two new genes that cause head and neck cancer patients to be resistant to chemotherapy, and that silencing either gene can make cancer cells previously unresponsive to chemotherapy subsequently respond to it.

1 September 2023
Queen Mary University of London is proud to announce a new Centre for Preventive Neurology (CPN), based in the Wolfson Institute of Population Health (WIPH). This will be the only Centre for Preventive Neurology in the UK.

1 September 2023
On Tuesday, August 29, Professor Sir Colin Humphreys was a guest on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Life Scientific. Hosted by Professor Jim Al-Khalili, the programme explored Humphreys' life and work as a materials scientist and engineer.

29 August 2023
A review of the international effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer prevention, led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, found that prevention services were severely affected in the early months, and in some places are still recovering.

24 August 2023
A new study led by Dr. Xuekun Lu from Queen Mary University of London in collaboration with an international team of researchers from the UK and USA has found a way to prevent lithium plating in electric vehicle batteries, which could lead to faster charging times. The paper was published in the journal Nature Communications.
23 August 2023
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have made a discovery that could change our understanding of the universe. In their study published in Science Advances, they reveal, for the first time, that there is a range in which fundamental constants can vary, allowing for the viscosity needed for life processes to occur within and between living cells. This is an important piece of the puzzle in determining where these constants come from and how they impact life as we know it.

23 August 2023
Queen Mary University of London is launching a public engagement campaign called Proud to be an Engineer and looking for engineers who would like to participate. The campaign is part of the university’s commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and is designed to raise awareness of the challenges faced by underrepresented engineers and to inspire the next generation of engineers from all backgrounds.
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22 August 2023
The price of making it to the top is still frequently motherhood, indicating that flexible working and equal opportunity initiatives continue to fail in their purpose according to a new book by Queen Mary University of London, Senior Lecturer Dr Patrizia Kokot-Blamey

17 August 2023
Morris Brown, Professor of Endocrine Hypertension at the William Harvey Heart Centre at Queen Mary University of London, will be honoured by The Endocrine Society as one of the 14 winners of its prestigious 2024 Laureate Awards.

17 August 2023
IHSS Fellow and Strategic Senior Lecturer in Queen Mary University of London’s School of Law has been awarded a highly competitive grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to support ground-breaking work on access to care for women from ethnic minority and migrant groups.

16 August 2023
Maria Bada, Lecturer in Psychology at the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, will play a key role in a new research project aimed at improving cyber security for small businesses.

16 August 2023
New research from School of Business and Management academic Dr Zahra Sharifonnasabi reveals the complexities of transnational workers lives and how the impact of the proposed UK Government visa fee hike could damage the UK economy.

15 August 2023
NEW research by Action on Sugar, based at Queen Mary University of London, has revealed that both breakfast cereals and yogurts with packaging that appeals to children, have unnecessary amounts of sugars – with some products containing the equivalent of up to four teaspoons of sugar (per suggested serving).

14 August 2023
Ahead of A-level results day, Queen Mary University of London is reminding students of the opportunities and support available that accompany studying in London.

11 August 2023
This month Queen Mary University of London welcomed more than 20 promising A level students from schools around the capital into their Barts Cancer Institute.

10 August 2023
Amid the cost of living crisis in a world getting rapidly hotter, a new report published today reveals the staggering £113bn cash earnings of BP and Shell shareholders.

9 August 2023
A new study by an international team of scientists has revealed that while European river systems have seen significant improvement in biodiversity since the 20th century, progress has slowed since 2010.
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7 August 2023
From August, as part of a new campaign by NHS North East London and Queen Mary University of London, GP practices will be asking their patients four question about their day-to day lives in order to gain a more holistic picture of their health.

7 August 2023
On September 13-14, 2023, Queen Mary University of London will host the annual iGGi Con, organised by the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence (iGGi). The conference will provide an excellent opportunity for the games industry and the wider public to connect with researchers presenting their innovative work and findings. Registration for the conference is now open, and early registration is recommended as places are limited.

4 August 2023
Dr Emmanouil Benetos, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, has been announced as a recipient of the prestigious Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship to research resource-efficient machine listening.

3 August 2023
Arunthathi (Arundi) Mahendran, Professor of Education and Director of the Institute of Health Sciences Education (IHSE) at Queen Mary University of London, has been distinguished by the award of a National Teaching Fellowship from Advance HE.

2 August 2023
A chemical process used in the browning of food to give it its distinct smell and taste is probably happening deep in the oceans, where it helped create the conditions necessary for life, according to researchers in an article published today by prestigious journal Nature.

2 August 2023
Queen Mary University of London has been awarded the Friendly WiFi certification standard, ensuring its new WiFi service for visitors filters out inappropriate content – creating a safe user experience and a comfortable and enjoyable browsing experience for all who visit the University’s campuses.