Saturday 11 February 2012

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Queen Margaret University

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Student pol news shorts »

QMU Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University is celebrating this week after picking up a Gold Accreditation at the recent National Union of Students Best Bar None Awards Dinner in Manchester. During the five-month assessment process, employees of Q...

Wed 04 May 2011 by Hannah Raine | Read more »

News Shorts »

QMU backs out of Libya deal Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University is one of five British universities who have pulled out of a £4 million pound deal financed by Gaddafi’s regime. The University was part of a deal to train 300 Libyan...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 by Jessica Abrahams | Read more »

QMUSU candidate pulled out of election »

A candidate in the Queen Margaret University’s Student Union (QMUSU) election withdrew from the presidential race twenty four hours before the polls opened. Ektor Tsatsoulis expressed concerns in his resignation letter regarding the maturity of...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 by Hannah Raine | Read more »

QMU VP sought presidential no-confidence vote »

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 »

Major shift in applications to Edinburgh's universities »

The latest figures have revealed a major shift in the number of applications received by Edinburgh’s universities this year, with the University of Edinburgh being the only university in the city to experience a drop in interest. Applications to...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 by Sarah Purvis | 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's cloaked daggers »

On Friday night, an email was passed to The Journal by a student at Queen Margaret University. The missive, sent to all students and staff by the QMU Students’ Union's general manager, baldly stated that the the Student Parliament had remove...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 | Read more »

QMU receives research grant »

Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University (QMU) has become the first Scottish university to receive a £1 million grant to help develop new health systems in post-conflict countries. The programme, funded by the UK government, is part of a £6 m...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 by Hannah Raine | Read more »

QMU wins e-Government National Award »

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 »

Hacker: Scotland's BUCS prospects »

The British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Home Nations, formerly the British University Games, return to Edinburgh this year, with hosting duties shared between Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Universities at their excellent sporting facilities. Des...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Liam McCabe | Read more »

Gary Cardle: a study in success »

After his triumphs with Herriot-Watt and Napier’s University football teams, Gary Cardle has become a great success managing Queen Margaret’s men’s side. It was a huge challenge for Cardle, as he revealed some of the changes he has b...

Sun 17 Jan 2010 by Anthony Joseph | Read more »

Universities braced for freshers' week swine flu outbreak »

Edinburgh, Herriot-Watt, Napier and Queen Margaret universities have all drawn up contingency plans ready to deal with a potential outbreak of the influenza amongst their students and staff during freshers' week. An Edinburgh Napier spokesperson said:...

Fri 11 Sep 2009 by Constantine Innemée | Read more »

Scottish accent turning English according to academic »

A professor of speech science at Queen Margaret University has presented his use of pioneering ultrasound technology to analyse the evolution of the Scottish accent. In a public lecture held earlier this week, Professor Jim Scobbie introduced the tech...

Mon 27 Apr 2009 by Constantine Innemée | Read more »

Cardle's Napier departure brings hope to QMU »

After three years at the helm of Edinburgh Napier’s top footballing side, Gary Cardle has decided to call time on his career at Saughton and step up to the monumental challenge of taking the reigns at Queen Margaret University, currently lingeri...

Mon 27 Apr 2009 by Graham Mackay | Read more »

Edinburgh institutions sign up to become Universities That Count »

At a time when green issues look to be increasingly at the periphery of the agenda, Edinburgh, Napier and Queen Margaret Universities have signed up to a newly-launched scheme designed to encourage more environmental and corporate responsibility. Univ...

Wed 28 Jan 2009 by Matthew Moore | Read more »

Success for Edinburgh universities in research rankings »

Results of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008 have placed the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University at 10th and 42nd respectively among Britain's research intensive universities. The RAE, which rates the quality of research produ...

Sun 11 Jan 2009 by Chris Williams | Read more »

Scottish Disney executive awarded honourary degree from QMU »

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 »

Sports Results »

FOOTBALLScottish Conference Men’s 1AHeriot-Watt 1st 2 - 1 Glasgow 1stScottish Conference Men’s 3AStrathclyde 1st 1 – 0 Napier 1stScottish Conference Men’s Conference CupPool 1:Edinburgh 4th 1– 2 Robert Gordon 2ndPool 2:G...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Graham Mackay | Read more »

The Year Ahead: Rio Floreza »

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 »