Tag: Queen Margaret University
Queen Margaret’s Academies programme is a big success
Scotland’s leading youth employment initiatives have been highlighted as examples of excellence, as part of a major €2.3m European study.
Led by Queen Margaret University (QMU), the ‘Academies’ programme for 14–18 year olds, and the...
Queen Margaret University as you have never seen it before…..
Take a look at this stunning new 2 minute film of Queen Margaret University from the air.
QMU’s award winning filmmaker Walid Salhab, worked with Michael Grant to create a new video of the Musselburgh campus.
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Slow Food movement racing across the globe
I went along to the Slow Food Event organised by Queen Margaret University knowing very little really about what it stands for and what it means. I had some idea that it was local food served...
Big Student Elections coming up
Over the next few weeks there will be elections in the city to find a new batch of student leaders in the Big Student Elections.
Student leaders and MSPs came together to launch the biggest-ever...
QMU looking after the homeless on Christmas Day
What are you doing on Christmas Day? Well a team of kind-hearted podiatrists from Queen Margaret University, will be spending their time on Christmas Day and Boxing Day this year to run a foot care clinic...
New film based on Waverley anniversary
New film marks 200th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel - ‘Waverley’
Queen Margaret University media students, Phillip Ellarby & Fausta Avizienyte, have created a new Vox Pops film to help celebrate the 200th...
Saturday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Fresh Start Sale: cake stands, china, glass, bric a brac, coffees, teas and home baking. Fresh Start is an Edinburgh-based charity helping those who have been homeless to get established in their new homes: it...
Queen Margaret student helped by Saltire foundation
A psychology and sociology student for Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh, has begun a world-class communications internship with global healthcare company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), thanks to the Saltire Foundation.
The prestigious Saltire Foundation programme, ‘Saltire Scholars’,...
Journey: a new exhibition at The Gallery on the Corner
The Journey of Recovery by Su-Jou Yang, a mixed media collage showing a bright yellow sky above a deep dark underworld, is one of the many striking pieces in a new exhibition, Journey, at...
Queen Margaret University confers honorary degrees at Usher Hall ceremony
Former BBC international affairs journalist, Kate Adie, joined influential theatre director, Eugenio Barba at the ceremony where they both received an honorary degree from Queen Margaret University, yesterday at the Usher Hall.
Katie Adie was...
Queen Margaret University shortlisted for Times award
Queen Margaret University (QMU) has become the only university in Scotland to have been shortlisted for the 2014 Times Higher Education Leadership & Management award in the Outstanding Finance Team category.
A total of six...
Watch the Kelpies here!
The Kelpies are almost ready for their public, and now there is a film to show off the building process.
Created by the award-winning Edinburgh filmmaker, Walid Salhab, the striking time-lapse/stop-motion film captures the four-month...
Tonight: Hide and Seek Cinema
An event shrouded in mystique will be held tonight in Edinburgh. The catch? We can't tell you where and we can't tell you exactly what will happen.
Hide and Seek Cinema is an 'interactive cinema...
Female Genital Mutilation seminar in Edinburgh tomorrow
Fatou will be joined by fellow graduate Katie Moore in presenting to health professionals at the event which aims to create understanding about the issue. The seminar has been organised by Dignity Alert &...
Professorial lecture will examine changing landscape in higher education
An expert in change management will discuss a variety of topical education issues at a public lecture to be held at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh on Tuesday 19 November 2013
The lecture, which will focus...
‘Researcher in Residence’ scheme piloted at Queen Margaret University
A new scheme focused on raising children’s awareness of science is being piloted at Queen Margaret University.
The ‘Researcher in Residence’ scheme is part of the University’s community outreach work and involves children aged 10...
Queen Margaret University researching public relations
Academics at a Scottish university are the first to explore how public relations professionals in Scotland got into their profession and how they conduct their daily work.
A pilot study, led by a research team...
Queen Margaret University lecturer releases new film
Filmmaker releases stunning time lapse in celebration of Scotland’s incredible summer
An award-winning filmmaker has just released a captivating time lapse/stop motion film which celebrates the beauty of south east Scotland.
Walid Salhab, media practice lecturer...
Meet Jack Vettriano at Queen Margaret University
QMU gets creative with Jack Vettriano
The celebrated Scottish artist, Jack Vettriano, is to hold an open discussion at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
The event, which will take place on Wednesday 2 October 2013, offers a...
College and University Information day for Edinburgh pupils
Young people in Edinburgh and the Lothians who want to find out about life at college and university can come along to Skills Development Scotland’s (SDS) Higher Education Convention.
The Convention, at Queen Margaret University’s...
Feeding The 5 Million: Nourish Scotland 2013 Conference
Nourish Scotland Conference 2013 , Queen Margaret University, 3-4 September 2013
“Feeding the Five Million: What would it take for everyone in Scotland to eat well and sustainably? ”
This conference will be an active enquiry rather...
Queen Margaret lecturer in training for his own Tour de France
A Queen Margaret University academic is gearing up for the biggest challenge of his life.
Trevor Laffin, Head of the University's Division of Business, Enterprise and Management, is undertaking a gruelling training regime in preparation...
Queen Margaret University off to forge links with Malawi
Scottish academics will travel to Malawi to celebrate an important milestone with Malawian graduates who have influenced international health.
Experts from the Institute of International Health and Development (IIHD), based at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh,...
Battle of Pinkie Cleugh commemorated
Scotland’s forgotten bloodiest battle is brought back to life
A university has joined forces with local dramas groups to commemorate Scotland’s near forgotten ‘Battle of Pinkie Cleugh’.
The battle between the Scots and English at Pinkie...
Events space at Queen Margaret
Where’s Edinburgh’s newest meeting venue?
Take an educated guess.
If you are looking for a new and alternative setting for your next meeting, the answer might lie within an Edinburgh university. Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh now has...
Queen Margaret University professorial lecture on physiotherapy research
Research shines light on improved athletic performance and patient rehabilitation
New techniques to improve muscular performance in athletes and patients are just some of the topics which will be discussed at a public lecture.
Nigel Gleeson,...
Queen Margaret University research helps children with Down’s Syndrome
Pioneering research helps Down’s syndrome children improve speech
University researchers in speech and language sciences are taking their expertise out to schools to help children with Down’s syndrome improve their communication skills.
The project involves the...
Princess Anne visits Queen Margaret University
The Princess Royal’s visit marks 75 years of Occupational Therapy education in Scotland
Today, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh for an official visit which marked 75 years of...
Edinburgh film-maker releases trailer for new film
After achieving over one and a half million hits with his stunning time lapse video, Edinburgh’s award-winning filmmaker has released his long awaited film trailer.
Walid Salhab, lecturer in media practice at Queen Margaret University,...
Talk by US Super Bowl producer today at Queen Margaret University open to the...
US Super Bowl producer to talk to students in the capital
Dr Frank Supovitz, producer of the US Super Bowl, the largest annual sports event in the USA, is coming to Queen Margaret University today...
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