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News story: Queen Mary alumna named as one of this year’s Women to Watch12 July 2019
Monica Chadha, Vice-Chair of Queen Mary’s Council and a Queen Mary alumna, is featured in the annual Women to Watch supplement. The 2019 edition features fifty Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic (BAME) women, showcasing inspiring professionals who come from backgrounds historically under-represented in senior leadership roles.
News story: Reflecting on the work of Iris Murdoch 100 years from her birth12 July 2019
A new book written by an academic from Queen Mary University of London has shed fresh light on the work of novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch.
News story: Queen Mary awarded three British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships12 July 2019
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen Mary University of London has been awarded three Postdoctoral Fellowships by the British Academy. The scheme is the Academy’s flagship programme for early career academics, based at universities around the UK.
News story: Talk about saving babies' lives inspires young people to become bioengineers 12 July 2019
Queen Mary researcher Dr Tina Chowdhury gave an inspiring talk to young people about saving babies’ lives at the eighth St Paul’s Way Trust Science Summer School chaired by Professor Brian Cox (OBE) and Lord Andrew Mason (OBE).
News story: Introducing Queen Mary’s new Humanities and Social Science lecturers (part two)12 July 2019
Queen Mary’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has invested in several new strategic lectureships. Over the next few weeks we will be featuring each of our new recruits and showcasing their research.
News story: Salt intake in China among highest in the world for the past four decades12 July 2019
Salt intake in China is confirmed to be among the highest in the world, with adults over the past four decades consistently consuming on average above 10g of salt a day, which is more than twice the recommended limit, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London.
News story: London set to host world-leading robotics conference11 July 2019
One of the world’s most prestigious robotics conferences is set to come to London after a successful bid led by Queen Mary University of London.
News story: Queen Mary and Paragraf awarded £500,000 to explore using Graphene to replace rare metal Indium10 July 2019
Queen Mary University of London and the graphene-device company Paragraf have been awarded £500,000 by Innovate UK to explore using graphene to replace the rare metal Indium.
News story: Goats can distinguish emotions from the calls of other goats10 July 2019
Goats can probably distinguish subtle emotional changes in the calls of other goats, according to a new study led by Queen Mary University of London.
News story: International Conference of the China-UK Forum takes place at Queen Mary9 July 2019
Queen Mary University of London has hosted a major conference, the China-UK Forum on Science and Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Policy, which has brought together international experts from around the world.
News story: In conversation with Chris Skidmore MP8 July 2019
Chris Skidmore, the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation took part in a special In Conversation event at Queen Mary’s Mile End Institute where he discussed the value of education, university funding and the implications of Brexit for higher education.
News story: Introducing Queen Mary’s new Humanities and Social Science lecturers 5 July 2019
Queen Mary’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has invested in several new strategic lectureships. Over the next few weeks we will be featuring each of our new recruits and showcasing their research.
News story: Cancer scientist represents European researchers at World Economic Forum in China5 July 2019
Professor Fran Balkwill from Queen Mary University of London was selected as a high-level delegation to the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China, this week to discuss her work in cancer research.
News story: Times Higher Education ranks Queen Mary in top 20 of universities in Europe4 July 2019
The Times Higher Education Europe Teaching Rankings 2019, published today, places Queen Mary University of London at number 17 in Europe.
News story: Queen Mary students graduate in China3 July 2019
At the end of June, 215 Queen Mary University of London students graduated, not on campus in London’s East End, but in Nanchang, China.
News story: Art installation which explores human connections is unveiled on Queen Mary’s Mile End campus3 July 2019
The installation is one of the three initial chapters of Once Upon Us, a composite arts project by the Immuto collective in collaboration with sound artist Alessandro Baldessari, choreographer Riccardo Buscarini and Professor Vardhman Rakyan from Queen Mary University of London.
News story: Resilient Futures India Initiative comes to East London3 July 2019
Workshops that will take place at Queen Mary University of London on 3 and 4 July 2019 will continue to drive interdisciplinary research across a wide range of subjects designed to build research capacity and deliver meaningful policy focused impact in India.
News story: Queen Mary Professor co-curates new exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries3 July 2019
Jerry Brotton, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London, has co-curated an exhibition, Talking Maps, which celebrates maps and the stories they tell about the places they show and the people that make and use them.
News story: New stillbirth risk figures help women’s decisions on timing delivery2 July 2019
With every week that a pregnancy continues past term (37 weeks), the risk of stillbirth increases, according to an analysis of more than 15 million pregnancies led by Queen Mary University of London.
News story: Celebrating the cinematic and cultural heritage of London’s South Asian communities2 July 2019
A new film by an academic from Queen Mary University of London is to be screened as part of Wembley Park’s ‘Summer on Screen’ programme on Wednesday 3 July.
News story: A no-deal Brexit would mean that the UK would have the same relationship with the EU as Belarus, according to new book28 June 2019
A new book written by a leading academic at Queen Mary University of London sheds new light on the UK’s options for a future trading relationship with the EU post-Brexit.
News story: Understanding displacement and refugee protection in Latin America28 June 2019
The international response to refugees and displaced people is once again making the news, particularly in relation to the Venezuelan displacement and the immigration policy of the United States of America.
News story: Queen Mary strengthens global connections at Staff Training Week 201928 June 2019
For the second year running, Queen Mary University of London hosted a Staff Training Week at the Mile End Campus from 17 – 21 June.
News story: New study aims to prevent anaemia in Peruvian children28 June 2019
The causes of persistent high levels of anaemia among Peruvian children will be investigated by a new study led by Queen Mary University of London and the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (INSN), in collaboration with Universidad Nacional Intercultural de la Amazonia (UNIA) and Universidad Nacional San Christobal de Huamanga in Peru.
News story: British Science Association awards Queen Mary academic for her work on portrayals of children in film27 June 2019
Dr Laura Tisdall from Queen Mary’s School of History has been announced as one of the winners of the British Science Association Award Lectures for 2019.
News story: Queen Mary Fellow comes out of retirement to help schools in disadvantaged area27 June 2019
Queen Mary Alumna, Fellow and Council Member, Bushra Nasir, has come out of retirement to lead Drapers’ Multi-Academy Trust in Tower Hamlets. Previously Bushra was the UK’s first ever Muslim female secondary school head teacher at another East London school, but that was more than 25 years ago.
News story: Queen Mary continues to support China's internationalisation with new contract27 June 2019
Queen Mary University of London has been a long standing partner of the China Scholarship Council and this collaboration is set to continue for at least the next five years.
News story: Next generation of scientists attend Barts and Queen Mary Science Festival 26 June 2019
Budding young scientists from schools across London attended the Barts and Queen Mary Science Festival held at Queen Mary University of London.
News story: Democracy is changing before our eyes, according to new book26 June 2019
A new book, written by Dr Simon Reid-Henry, a Political and Historical Geographer at Queen Mary University of London, sheds new light on the state of western democracies since the Cold War.
News story: Study finds increase in step-count leads to long term health benefits 25 June 2019
A new study involving researchers from Queen Mary University of London found that short-term pedometer interventions produce significant health benefits several years later.