Officers of the UCU at QUB branch proudly displaying bright pink flags emblazoned with the slogan “We are the university”
What a beautiful day on campus for a trial run of our new flags! 😍🌸🌞 #WeAreTheUniversity
Our latest branch newsletter has just been published (you’ll have to sign into your QUB account to access): sway.cloud.microsoft/InbEyCsvRbWA...
Just 2 days left to apply to be part of #BeingHuman2025
The deadline to submit your applications for our Festival Event (unfunded) programme is 5pm on 4 July. Find out more here: buff.ly/KSvrEVE
I will be running the Moy Park Women's 10k on June 22nd - and I'm hoping to raise some money for Cancer Focus NI as part of this. I would really appreciate your support for a worthwhile charity - please read more about it at my fundraising page!
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Two members of UCU at Queen’s University Belfast sat at a recruitment desk in the Great Hall on campus.
Now, more than ever, it is important to: JOIN A UNION!
🚀 Calling Early-Stage Creatives!
Come take part in DesignLink – a high-impact, fully funded design sprint where you will collaborate with real businesses to solve complex challenges.
All backgrounds/disciplines welcome! £750 stipend.
Deadline: 28 April.
Spaces limited–apply now: bit.ly/4iBCqWy
My starter pack for Education in NI has had some big additions lately - a warm welcome to:
@drgraciere.bsky.social
@iesjournal.bsky.social
@education-ni.gov.uk
@nus-usi.bsky.social
@nihrc.bsky.social
@qubvchancellor.bsky.social
@emmamckenna.bsky.social
@ucuatqub.bsky.social
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Interested in education for soil health? Join a LOESS Community of Practice loess-project.eu/communities-...
So much good and impactful research over the last 25 years. Congratulations @ark-ni.bsky.social and here’s to the next 25!
MEPs push for Widening to become mainstream in FP10, reports Science|Business.
EUA's #FP10 Vision has some ideas:
✔️ More opportunities for collaborative research in widening
✔️ A push for national R&I reforms
✔️ A thorough evaluation of the impact of current widening instruments
I’d understand that already existing data has been brought together and summarised/made sense of in a new way. Social scientist.
Give a big Bluesky welcome to @ref2029.bsky.social.
The 2029 process is really starting to gain steam (as terrifying that is for UK academics)
#FridayFeeling
May your in tray be light and your tea/coffee be just how you like it!
We have survived the literal storms and all the Januaryness of January. Spring is on her way and the shortest days are behind us 🌱
Wishing you everything you would wish for yourself in February
That’s amazing, well done!
Image is a black and white photograph of people playing tennis on the front lawn at Queen's.
Image shows a black and white aerial shot of the Lanyon Building and the surrounding buildings.
Image is a black and white photograph of the old archway entrance into the Lanyon Building.
Image is a black and white photograph of the first group of graduates from Queen's on their graduation day.
Happy birthday, everyone!
On this day, in 1845, the Queen’s Colleges of Belfast, Cork and Galway were formally brought into existence.
Thank you to everyone who has helped make Queen's the special place it is.
Watch this space for more news on our celebrations as we enter our 180th year.
Merry Christmas to all
I met Angela a couple of times in the early days of her thesis and was just thinking about her work the other day, lovely to hear she completed it. Congratulations Angela!
Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme
I’m thankful that it seems there’s finally some agreement on where the bluebird landed #HappyThanksgiving2024
