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Queen Mary academic wins €2m prestigious European Research Council funding
23 November 2023

Professor Rainbow Murray from the School of Politics and International Relations has been awarded a €2M grant from the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator scheme to study the representation of men in politics. She is one of 308 leading researchers across Europe who have been awarded funding in the ERC (2023) competition.

Queen Mary academic wins €2m prestigious European Research Council funding
23 November 2023

Professor Rainbow Murray from the School of Politics and International Relations has been awarded a €2M grant from the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator scheme to study the representation of men in politics. She is one of 308 leading researchers across Europe who have been awarded funding in the ERC (2023) competition.

Queen Mary extends partnership with Houses of Parliament to deliver Parliamentary Studies module
17 November 2023

Future cohorts of Queen Mary politics students will continue to have the opportunity to hear directly from MPs, peers, and parliamentary staff as part of their degree programme.

Queen Mary extends partnership with Houses of Parliament to deliver Parliamentary Studies module
17 November 2023

Future cohorts of Queen Mary politics students will continue to have the opportunity to hear directly from MPs, peers, and parliamentary staff as part of their degree programme.

Queen Mary academic wins prize for article on China-Africa relations
1 November 2023

Dr Innocent Batsani-Ncube has been awarded the 2023 Terence Ranger Prize by the Journal of Southern African Studies.

Donald Trump
11 May 2023

Political fights
23 March 2023

Constitutional change
8 December 2022

In Sharm El-Sheikh
24 November 2022

America’s Choice 2022
14 November 2022

US midterm elections
10 November 2022

Aid in politics
31 October 2022

Labour and monarchy
12 September 2022

French local elections
1 July 2021

Dr Françoise Boucek, Visiting Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London was interviewed by Polish public broadcaster TVP about about the recent French elections. She said: "People can't really relate to what the regional councils are responsible for particularly since they have been local government reforms and so they can't really relate. Things like local transport, vocational training, regional development, don't really affect people's everyday lives."

This was covered by TVP (Telewizja Polska)

Lessons On A Crisis
25 March 2021

Island Earth
4 March 2021

A Century of Twinning
5 November 2020


8 June 2020

The Iowa Caucus
5 February 2020

Post-Brexit division
28 January 2020

Mind the gender gap
18 December 2019

Footsoldiers
24 November 2019

Hey big spender(s)
14 November 2019

What a mess!
10 November 2019

The floating voter
30 October 2019

The Queen’s speech
15 October 2019

Regular monarch
7 October 2019

Politics and language
25 September 2019

Brexit Extension
12 April 2019

The Bercow decision
20 March 2019

Brexit manoeuvres
25 January 2019

Renegade rewind 2018
31 December 2018

The week in Parliament
3 December 2018

Brexit agreement
19 November 2018

May's draft agreement
15 November 2018

Far-right forces
18 October 2018

Special offers at QMUL for Spring and Summer 2018
1 February 2018

With the cold dark days of winter now brightening and the excess of Christmas and the New Year over, Events & Hospitality QMUL is looking to add some further cheer as we look forward to the warmer days of spring and summer 2018 with two special offers for event organisers.

London Bride Magazine throws the Spotlight on The Octagon!
7 January 2018

We are so excited to see the Octagon thrown into the spotlight in the 2018 edition of London Bride Magazine! One of our wonderful couples share their memories of their 'London' themed wedding hosted at QMUL.

Meet TJ Stubbs, BA International Relations student, and Founder of Stubbs Coffee
29 October 2015

TJ tells how he got started, and how his love of coffee merges with being a QMUL student as well as his programme of study. Get your own Stubbs Coffee at QMUL Makers Market, today at QM Students' Union.

QMUL Student Zoe Ballantyne awarded internship at the World Health Organization
1 October 2015

 

Zoe Ballantyne is a student on the MSc Global Health, Law and Governance programme. As part of her studies, she took the module ‘Global Politics of Health’ offered at the School of Politics and International Relations. She is currently an Intern at the World Health Organization:WHO.  Here she explains more about her experience.

Dr Judith Bara wins Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship for Research on Parliamentary Expenses
2 July 2014

Dr Judith Bara, currently Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics & IR, has received an Emeritus Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust to carry out research on parliamentary expenses.

2014 news test
6 January 2014

The School has an Improved Position in the Guardian’s University Guide 2014
4 June 2013

The School is delighted to announce its improved position within the league table for politics, as part of the Guardian’s University Guide 2014. We are now in position 13, compared with position 29 last year.

View the Guardian’s University Guide 2014 here.

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