Tag: Queen Margaret University

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.[vimeo...

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...

  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...

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 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...

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...

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’,...

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...

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 (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...

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...

 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...

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 &...

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...

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...

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...

Filmmaker releases stunning time lapse in celebration of Scotland’s incredible summerAn 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

 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...

Research shines light on improved athletic performance and patient rehabilitationNew 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,...

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...

The Princess Royal’s visit marks 75 years of Occupational Therapy education in ScotlandToday, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh for an official visit which marked 75 years of...

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,...

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...

The rankings of all four of Edinburgh's universities have changed in the Guardian University League table 2013, with two rising and also two falling quite far. The data, compiled by The Guardian in conjunction with Intelligent Metrix,...