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Scottish Disney executive awarded honourary degree from QMU »

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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 »

Local business to benefit from university expertise »

A new fund started by two of Scotland’s leading universities has been made available to small businesses.It is hoped that by utilising the academic expertise of Napier University and Queen Margaret University, firms will be able to overcome their...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Rob Church-Taylor | Read more »

"Father of QMU" retires »

Professor Anthony Cohen CBE, principal of Queen Margaret University (QMU) has announced he is to retire at the end of this academic year.Professor Cohen will relinquish his position in the summer of 2009. His departure follows six years at the head of...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Kevin Guyan | Read more »

Wage rise blamed for wave of university redundancies »

Cost increases and budget insufficiencies are to result in staff redundancies at Queen Margaret University according to an announcement last week. Escalating pensions and skyrocketing energy expenditure have been blamed for the estimated 35 job cuts, d...

Fri 03 Oct 2008 by Adam Bergin, Robyn Keystone | Read more »

Disgruntled QMU staff leak email amid timetable dispute »

Disgruntled staff at Queen Margaret University (QMU) have revealed that disputes over the timetable are threatening to leave the institution with “no fully workable timetables at the start of term,” with the potential to disrupt the planned...

Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

The Year Ahead: Rio Floreza »

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The QMU Students' Union this year will focus on building upon its success last year as runner-up in the national NUS Participation Awards 2007/8. The exec seeks to furthermore increase student participation with greater surveying amongst the student bo...

Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Rio Floreza | Read more »

Students on the Fringe »

Student theatre at the Fringe

It is exam time. Central area is eerily silent, as across Edinburgh thousands of students sit hunched over their files, books, laptops and kettles like worker bees in a city-wide hive. On the outside, however, strange things will soon begin to happen. ...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Lucy Jackson | Read more »

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