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Nominations open for QMU teaching awards »

Queen Margaret University is running its first ever teaching awards program in association with the Higher Education Academy and the National Union of Students. The set of student-led awards will aim at recognising excellent teaching provided by lectu...

Tue 07 Feb 2012 by Caroline Nguyen | Read more »

State of the Union - QMUSU »

Although it is Edinburgh’s smallest higher education institution, goings-on at Queen Margaret University should not be overlooked: these are interesting times for the Musselburgh-based university - and for its students' union, which earlier this ...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Paul Foy | Read more »

Degree costs continue to soar as Napier and QMU announce RUK fees »

Edinburgh Napier RUK fees are set to rise to £26,000

Two Edinburgh universities this week became the latest Scottish universities in announcing drastically increased tuition fee costs for rest-of-UK students from 2012. Edinburgh Napier University announced on 29 September that RUK fees would be raised t...

Tue 04 Oct 2011 by Amanda Svensson Falk | Read more »

QMU announce £27,000 RUK fees »

Queen Margaret University

Queen Margaret University (QMU) in Edinburgh will set tuition fees for rest of UK (RUK) students at £27,000, it announced today. The cost of studying at the University for students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland starting the 2012/2013 ...

Fri 30 Sep 2011 by Amanda Svensson Falk | Read more »

Fringe award for QMU lecturer »

Pauline Goldsmith and Nicola Jo Cully in The Allotment

Kate Nelson, a lecturer at Queen Margaret University (QMU), has won a Scotsman Fringe First Award for a play staged on her own allotment. The production, entitled Allotment, was written by Jules Horne and describes the complicated and sometimes bitter...

Wed 14 Sep 2011 by Kirsten Waller | Read more »

Homecoming Scotland archives made public »

Queen Margaret University (QMU) has announced the opening of the official Homecoming Scotland 2009 Archive. The Archive contains a number of relics exclusive to Scotland including a Robert Burns memory box, a limited edition Famous Grouse label and a...

Wed 14 Sep 2011 by Greg Bianchi | Read more »

QMU degree in Nepal »

Queen Margaret University (QMU) is to be the first university in the UK to offer a British degree to students studying in Nepal. The degree in International Hospitality and Tourism will be made available through the Silver Mountain School of Hotel Man...

Wed 14 Sep 2011 by Eilidh Dobson | Read more »

QMU denies monitoring students' Facebook activities »

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Following the dismissal of Queen Margaret University Students' Union president Blain Murphy, students have expressed concerns regarding whether what they post online is logged by the university. A confidential email, sent by accident to the entire QMU...

Wed 04 May 2011 by James Johnstone | Read more »

Behind closed doors »

Our attention turns once again to the ongoing drama at the top of Queen Margaret University Students' Union. We have previously called from these pages for more transparency from the union on the circumstances surrounding the sacking in February of pre...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 | Read more »

Exclusive: 'Joke job' president Blain Murphy takes final bow »

“I've had enough of QMU for three life times,” former Queen Margaret University Students' Union president Blain Murphy told The Journal last week, speaking publicly for the first time since his dismissal. In March, The Journal reported tha...

Sat 16 Apr 2011 by Hannah Raine | Read more »

QMU VP sought presidential no-confidence vote »

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Recently-released minutes from an extraordinary meeting of Queen Margaret University's Student Parliament show that the disciplinary action which ended with the sacking of union president Blain Murphy were initiated by vice-president and former running...

Wed 09 Mar 2011 by Hannah Raine | Read more »

QMU president ousted by union »

The president of Queen Margaret University Students’ Union (QMUSU), Blain Murphy, has been unexpectedly dismissed by that union’s Student Parliament, following a successful vote of no-confidence for “non-fulfilment of responsibilities...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 by Al Innes, Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

QMU wins e-Government National Award  »

Fraser Muir receives the e-Government award on behalf of Queen Margaret University

Queen Margaret University (QMU) has won an e-Government National Award 2010 in the category for sustainable ‘green IT’ or ‘carbon-efficient’ services. The ceremony, which took place 26 January at London’s Guildhall, was s...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 by Ashley Buchan | Read more »

QMU graduate lands leading film role »

Queen Margaret University (QMU) drama graduate Hanna Stanbridge has earned rave reviews for her performance in British horror film Outcast, starring James Nesbitt. In the film, due to be released next month, Ms Stanbridge plays a punchy teenage girl w...

Wed 24 Nov 2010 by Jamie Timsom | Read more »

Edinburgh's universities respond to Browne report »

The University of Edinburgh is set to support a graduate contribution but not variable fees, The Journal has learned. Edinburgh’s universities have been reluctant to respond to The Journal's requests for them to clarify their official positions ...

Wed 27 Oct 2010 by Polly Dallyn | Read more »

QMU win gold at Green Awards »

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Queen Margaret University (QMU) has been awarded a gold medal at the Scottish Green Awards, cementing its reputation as a leading name in sustainability. The prize was awarded in the Public Service category, one of the largest categories in the compet...

Wed 27 Oct 2010 by Eleanor Bailey | Read more »

British universities set to struggle »

cambridge sunset

According to the Guardian's list of the world's best universities, UK institutions are trailing behind those in the US in terms of offering a world class education. The list, which was released last week, gives the UK 18 universities in the top 100, 4...

Wed 15 Sep 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

QMU re-elect their current sabbatical team while Napier heads to the ballot box »

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Last week also saw the student elections at Queen Margaret University. But in an interesting twist, each of the three presidential candidates had nominated a vice presidential candidate would to take office should they be elected. In short, Queen Marg...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Megan Taylor, Nick Gholkar | Read more »

Scottish Disney executive awarded honourary degree from QMU »

Walt Disney

When Andrew Mooney grew up in Whitburn, a mining village in West Lothian, he couldn’t see the point in college. He wanted to go to work and get a head start over his colleagues. 30 years later, the influential Scot has returned to the Lothians a...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Philip Close | Read more »

'Dramatherapy' opens at QMU to mixed reviews »

As of January next year, Queen Margaret University (QMU) will be offering a course in 'dramatherapy', the first of its kind in Scotland. The dramatherapy foundation certificate is designed for both drama students and healthcare professionals, and adds...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Tom Evans | Read more »

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