Cultural History
Queen's hosts the British Shakespeare Conference
21/06/2018 - The British Shakespeare Association Conference took place at Queen's from 14–17 June 2018.
Awards and Recognition
Queen's University Teaching Awards 2018
18/06/2018 - Ten individuals and teams from across the University have received Queen's University Teaching Awards in 2018 in recognition of their excellence in teaching and learning.
Awards and Recognition
Fulbright Scholarship awarded to research the US government's involvement in the NI Peace Process
18/06/2018 - An academic from Queen's has been awarded a UK-US Fulbright Visiting Scholarship to the US to explore the role of Irish-America and the US government in both the Northern Ireland conflict and peace process.
Awards and Recognition
Queen's academic receives first US-UK Fulbright Scholarship in Social Work since 1967
18/06/2018 - An academic from Queen's has been awarded the first UK Fulbright Scholarship award in the discipline of Social Work for over 50 years.
History
Wiles Lecture Series 2018
13/06/2018 - This year's Wiles Lecture Series, organised by the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics (HAPP), took place from Wednesday 16 – Saturday 19 May.
Awards and Recognition
Staff recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours List
12/06/2018 - Two members of Queen's staff have been honoured in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours List.
Awards and Recognition
Queen's wins at Royal College of Physicians Awards
5/06/2018 - Queen's Making Insulin Treatment Safer (MITS) Team has won The Royal College of Physicians 2018 Education Award for Excellence in Patient Care.
History
Queen's academics launch landmark book: The Cambridge History of Ireland
15/05/2018 - Academics from Queen's are part of a team of leading historians from around the world who have contributed to one of the most comprehensive and authoritative compilations of the history of Ireland.
Awards and Recognition
QUEEN’S CHEMIST WINS PRESTIGIOUS ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY AWARD
9/05/2018 - Professor Duncan Burns, currently based in the Institute for Global Food Security, has received the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Anne Bennett Memorial Award for Distinguished Service.
Awards and Recognition
Queen's Professor to receive Royal Geographical Society Award
4/05/2018 - Professor Keith Lilley, from the School of Natural and Built Environment, has been announced as the recipient of the Royal Geographical Society's (RGS) Cuthbert Peek Award.
Events
Global Health Symposium 2018
25/04/2018 - The Global Health Symposium 2018 will take place over the 26–27 April, at Riddel Hall.
Equality and Diversity
National recognition for Queen's Equality and Diversity Champions
24/04/2018 - On Friday 23 March 2018, the winners of the Northern Ireland Equality and Diversity Awards were announced at Titanic Belfast and it was a night of celebration for the University which collected two awards for its work in this field.
Awards and Recognition
MAJOR AWARD FOR IGFS ACADEMIC
19/04/2018 - Professor Bob Elwood has won a major award for his pioneering research into the question of whether crustaceans can and do feel pain, and the impact of that research.
Awards and Recognition
Queen's wins two DANI Awards for Clearing Campaign 2017
16/04/2018 - The University has won two prestigious DANI (Digital Advertising Northern Ireland) Awards for 'Best Digital Advertising Campaign' and 'Best Campaign in Education' for the Clearing Campaign 2017.
Culture and Arts
Queen's poet wins prestigious poetry award
28/03/2018 - Queen's poet Dr Leontia Flynn has been awarded the Irish Times Poetry Now Award.
Events
Queen's to host Europe's largest History Conference
28/03/2018 - Queen's will play host to the European Social Science History Conference from Wednesday 4 – Saturday 7 April 2018.
Research
Queen's researcher awarded Royal Academy of Engineering research fellowship
16/03/2018 - Dr Myra Lydon, from Queen's School of Natural and Built Environment has been awarded a prestigious Research Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Archaeology
QUEEN’S RESEARCHER AWARDED ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY CHARLEMONT GRANT
14/03/2018 - A Queen's postdoctoral researcher has been awarded a Charlemont Grant by the Royal Irish Academy (RIA).
Children's Rights
Queen's research team produce first-of-its-kind, child-friendly report for the UN
7/03/2018 - A team of researchers from Queen's Centre for Children's Rights have produced a child-friendly version of a report entitled 'Children's Rights and the Environment' for the United Nations (UN).
Health
QUEEN’S COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WINS ASTHMA / COPD PROJECT OF THE YEAR
28/02/2018 - A collaborative research partnership involving Queen's has won the Asthma / COPD Project of the Year at the 19th Northern Ireland Healthcare Awards.
Culture and Arts
Second award in six months for Queen's composer
26/02/2018 - Professor Piers Hellawell, from the School or Arts, English and Languages, is one of eleven UK composers to win the 2018 Composers' Fund awards made by the PRS Foundation for Music in London.
History
Two Queen’s academics win prestigious wireless industry awards
7/02/2018 - Videos on the work of two Queen’s researchers have been selected as Gold and Silver Prize winners of the 2018 Mobile World Scholar Challenge.
History
Queen's staff and alumni mark the suffragettes centenary
7/02/2018 - Queen's staff and alumni were involved in a number of events to mark the centenary of the enfranchisement of women in Britain and Ireland in 1918.
Diversity and Inclusion
Queen's University shortlisted for national diversity awards
10/01/2018 - The new year brought good news for the University, which has been shortlisted for a number of national diversity awards.
Research and Engagement
New Centre for Public History launched at Queen’s
20/12/2017 - Queen's has launched a new Centre for Public History at an international conference entitled 'Why Public History?', held at the University from 7–8 December 2017.
Technology
Queen's Researchers win prestigious International Communications Award
15/12/2017 - Drs Hien Quoc Ngo and Michalis Matthaiou (Centre for Wireless Innovation, ECIT, Queen's University Belfast) have received the 2017 IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Leonard G Abraham Prize.
Impact
Major Award and a UK first for Queen's Biological Sciences Lecturer
7/12/2017 - An academic from the Institute for Global Food Security has won a major award – and made a little history – for his contributions to peer-reviewing.
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Queen’s historian launches a new book on the history of the future
13/11/2017 - An historian from Queen’s has released a new book which surveys early twentieth-century predictions about future developments in technology and their potential impacts on the way we live.
SOLAR ECLIPSE
QUEEN'S ASTRONOMERS ENGAGE IN ECLIPSE EXPERIMENTATION AND SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH
25/10/2017 - Two astronomers from the Astrophysics Research Centre at Queen’s observed the recent solar eclipse from a research base in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains.
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Queen’s academic's book still a seminal text
18/09/2017 - A book written 25 years ago by a Queen’s University Professor is still making its way around the world, influencing the future of Geography as a discipline.
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Queen's tree needs your vote!
13/09/2017 - A tree with strong links to Medicine at Queen’s has made it to the final of the Woodland Trust’s NI ‘Tree of the Year’ competition - please vote today!
Technology Award
Child development apps recognised with award
3/08/2017 - Congratulations to Dr Anne Campbell, first prizewinner in the husITa Best Human Services App Award 2017.
New appointment
Key appointment for Institute for Global Food Security
1/08/2017 - A big welcome to Mr Ian Marshall, who has been appointed Business Development Manager at the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS).
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Queen's academics honoured at Buckingham Palace investiture
10/07/2017 - Queen’s was well represented at Buckingham Palace last month when two of the University’s leading academics formally received their Honours medals.
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Queen's academics receive top honours
19/06/2017 - Congratulations to three Queen's academics who were acknowledged in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
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University excels at major awards ceremony
20/06/2017 - Queen's has won not one, but two key awards at the Responsible Business Awards in Belfast earlier this month.
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Queen's up for two major awards
16/05/2017 - The University has been shortlisted for two gongs at the Responsible Business Awards, held by Business in the Community, Northern Ireland.
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Success written in the stars for Queen's astronomers
11/05/2017 - Three members of Queen's Astrophysics Research Centre have the great honour of having asteroids named after them!
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Prestigious National Award for Pro-Vice-Chancellor
9/05/2017 - Congratulations to Professor Christopher Elliott, PVC for the Faculty of MHLS, who has been awarded a top accolade from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Royal Academy of Engineering appointment for Queen's researcher
5/04/2017 - A Queen’s University academic has been awarded a prestigious Research Chair by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) and Seagate Technology – only the second such RAEng award now held by Queen’s.
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Queen's professor appointed Chair of eminent UK ethics body
5/04/2017 - Professor David Archard, from the School of HAPP, has been announced as the new Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
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Queen's wins major equality award
4/04/2017 - Queen’s University has beat off competition from major employers across Northern Ireland to win an award for promoting best practice in equality and diversity.
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Queen's academic scoops prestigious Royal Society award
30/03/2017 - Congratulations to Dr Helen McCarthy who has been given a Royal Society Translation Award at a glitzy ceremony in London this week.
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Queen's PVC honoured by NI food and drink industry
30/03/2017 - Faculty Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, Professor Chris Elliott won 'Outstanding Contribution Award' at the 2017 Northern Ireland Food & Drinks Awards (NIFDA) last week.
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New Director for Seamus Heaney Centre
15/03/2017 - Congratulations to Glenn Patterson who has just been announced as Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry.
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European Research Council tenth anniversary
15/03/2017 - This week, the European Research Council (ERC) celebrates its tenth anniversary and here at Queen's we are celebrating some of the wonderful research that has taken place under its auspices.
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Queen's promoting inclusive employment
14/03/2017 - The Equality and Diversity Unit is marking the third year of the successful Queen's University Inclusive Employment Scheme, which launched recently.
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New training programme to enhance diversity
7/03/2017 - The Equality and Diversity Unit has launched an online training programme for students to enhance awareness of, and respect for, difference.
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Help shape our brand: Coffee mornings
3/03/2017 - A series of consultation events will take place over the coming weeks to update staff and students on the progress of the proposed Brand Review which has already been informed by over 2,000 staff and students.
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Assembly Election - Information for Staff
24/02/2017 - In the run up to the Assembly Election, the Public Engagement Unit has developed a set of infographics for staff to use when they are engaging with election candidates.
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Celebrating the Chinese New Year at Queen’s
22/02/2017 - Queen’s welcomed the Chinese Year of the Rooster with a series of cultural events and talks hosted by the Language Centre at Queen’s between 30 January and 10 February, 2017.
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Staff Excellence Awards a big winner!
7/02/2017 - Congratulations to all of the winners in the Staff Excellence Awards!
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Queen's Clinical Skills Education Centre Wins Randox Healthcare Award
18/01/2017 - The Clinical Skills Education Centre (CSEC)at Queen's has come up trumps at the Randox Healthcare Awards.
New Year's Honours
Queen’s Professor receives knighthood
9/01/2017 - Queen’s University’s Professor John McCanny has said he is ‘delighted’ to be awarded a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours List.
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Queen’s Professor Awarded OBE in New Year’s Honours
5/01/2017 - Professor Sally Wheeler, Interim Head of the School of Arts, English and Languages at Queen’s University Belfast and Head of the School of Law, has been awarded an OBE in the latest Queen’s New Year’s Honours.
Equality and Diversity
Queen’s Shortlisted for Workplace Equality and Diversity Award
13/12/2016 - Queen’s has been shortlisted for a national award to recognise Northern Ireland employers who actively promote equality and diversity within their organisations.
Investors in People
EEECS and ECIT awarded Silver Investors in People Accreditation
12/12/2016 - The School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology have achieved silver accreditation against the Investors in People Standard for the next three years.
Promotions
Academic Promotions Scheme for 2017 now open
12/12/2016 - The Academic Promotions Scheme for 2017 and the ECIT Engineers Promotions Scheme for 2017 are now live.
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ECIT Director awarded prestigious Regius Professorship
9/12/2016 - Northern Ireland’s first Regius Professorship has been bestowed upon Queen’s University’s Professor John McCanny FRS FREng. The prestigious award was conferred by the University’s Chancellor, Thomas J Moran.
Research
School of Law and Mitchell Institute Secure Major Grant on Reparations And Transitional Justice
7/12/2016 - An interdisciplinary team based in the School of Law and the Senator George J Mitchell Institute have secured a major AHRC grant for a comparative study of Reparations and Victimhood in Transitional Societies.
Awards
Colleague recognised for significant contribution to the field of academic Nephrology
6/12/2016 - Dr Helen Noble, a Lecturer in Health Services Research in Queen’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, has been awarded the 2016 Walls Bursary by the Renal Association.
Awards
Colleagues recognised for their positive impact on society
21/11/2016 - Four world-class researchers at Queen’s have been recognised for the positive impact of their work at the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Prizes 2016.
Estates Directorate
Estate’s Directorate’s Neill Weir placed 2nd in the world’s most prestigious outdoor footrace
15/11/2016 - Neill Weir, Assistant Estates Manager in Queen’s Estates Services, has successfully completed 250km in seven days in the prestigious Atacama Crossing, a self-supported race across the Atacama desert in Chile.
Blue Plaque
Blue Plaque at Queen’s in honour of Professor AE Muskett
14/11/2016 - The Ulster History Circle has unveiled a Blue Plaque at Queen’s in honour of the late Professor AE Muskett.
Equality and Diversity
Queen’s launches new Trans Equality Policy
14/11/2016 - As part of its commitment to equality and diversity, the University recently launched a new Trans Equality Policy.
Awards
Staff Excellence Awards launched
3/11/2016 - The University has launched the first ever institutional all staff awards to celebrate and reward the outstanding work that goes on across Queen's.
Health
Top healthcare award for Gestational Diabetes resource
26/10/2016 - An online educational resource commissioned by Queen’s and produced by integrated communications agency Morrow Communications, has been recognised at the prestigious UK Quality in Care (QiC) Diabetes Awards.
Staff recognition
Lecturer recognised for outstanding leadership
17/10/2016 - A lecturer from the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology has been recognised for her outstanding leadership.
Athena Swan Awards
Athena SWAN Success
7/10/2016 - Queen’s remains one of the leading institutions in the UK for its work on gender equality following the latest round of Athena SWAN Awards.
Human Resources
Queen’s named a family friendly employer
30/09/2016 - Queen’s has been named the most family friendly employer in the Education Sector at this year’s Employers for Childcare Awards.
Society
Hillsborough author Professor Phil Scraton receives Freedom of the City of Liverpool
23/09/2016 - The Queen’s Professor who played a central role in uncovering the truth about the Hillsborough disaster has received the Freedom of the City, alongside unprecedented posthumous awards to the 96 people who died and Kenny and Marina Dalglish.
Estates
Queen's Cleaner wins British Institute of Cleaning Science Award
15/09/2016 - Liam McLornan, a cleaner from Queen's Estates directorate, has won the Northern Ireland award for Best Cleaning Operative in Education at The British Institute of Cleaning Science Awards 2016.
Award
Queen's Languages Professor shortlisted for higher education award
6/09/2016 - Professor Isabel Torres of the School of Arts, English and Languages has been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education (THE) Award 2016 for 'Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year'.
NEW APPOINTMENT
Institute for Global Food Security Director joins Oxford Farming Conference board
6/09/2016 - Professor Nigel Scollan is one of three new directors appointed to The Oxford Farming Conference board (OFC) in January 2017.
Culture and Arts
Queen’s University and Ulster Orchestra strike a chord with new partnership
15/08/2016 - A new partnership between Queen's University and the Ulster Orchestra will see aspiring performers and composers work with professional musicians to mark the Orchestra’s 50th season.
Society
Queen's Professor appointed to Fellowship at world's number one Think Tank
9/08/2016 - A Queen's University Professor has been awarded a Visiting Fellowship at the world's number one Think Tank, Brookings.
Teaching
Staff win Queen’s University Teaching Awards
1/08/2016 - Nine individuals and teams from across the University have received Teaching Awards this year in recognition of their excellence in teaching and learning.
Queen's Sport
Queen’s Summer Scheme celebrates 20th Anniversary
8/08/2016 - For 20 years, Queen’s Sport has opened its doors to young people across Northern Ireland to take part in their annual summer scheme.
Equality and Diversity
Queen’s Inclusive Employment Scheme celebrates successful year
3/08/2016 - Queen’s Inclusive Employment Scheme, a placement programme for people with a disability, has celebrated another successful year.
Culture and Arts
Professor Carruthers appointed to AHRC Leadership Fellowship in Modern Languages
28/07/2016 - Professor Janice Carruthers, Head of the School of Modern Languages, has been appointed by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to a new Leadership Fellowship in Modern Languages.
Society
Queen’s historian elected Fellow of British Academy
25/07/2016 - A leading historian from Queen’s has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy.
Fulbright Awards
Queen's lecturer and student receive Fulbright Awards
20/07/2016 - A Queen’s lecturer and a PhD student are set to go to the United States on Fulbright Awards.
Award
Queen’s Professor receives top Spanish Award
15/07/2016 - Professor Isabel Torres, Head of Spanish and Portuguese at Queen’s, has been awarded one of Spain’s highest accolades in recognition of her outstanding scholarly contribution to Spanish literature.
HR Excellence Award
Queen’s recognised for HR Excellence
30/06/2016 - Queen’s has been recognised by the European Commission for its commitment to supporting the personal, professional and career development of its researchers.
Volunteering
Staff volunteer recognised at Queen’s Students’ Union Volunteering Excellency Awards
17/06/2016 - Queen’s staff member Tricia Lock has been named ‘Staff Volunteer of the Year’ at the Queen’s Students’ Union Volunteering Excellency Awards, sponsored by KPMG.
Green Awards
Staff achievements celebrated at Green Awards 2016
17/06/2016 - Christine Carrothers from Information Services is this year’s ‘Environmental Champion of the Year’.
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Professor awarded CBE in Queen's Birthday Honours
13/06/2016 - Professor Usha Chakravarthy, a world-leading authority on eye disease, has been awarded the CBE in the latest Queen’s Birthday honours.
Law
Professor selected as Arbitrator for the 2016 UEFA European Championship
12/06/2016 - Professor Jack Anderson from the School of Law has been selected as an arbitrator for the UEFA EURO 2016 in France.
International
Queen’s appoints new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Internationalisation and Engagement
9/06/2016 - A leading academic in Irish and British History and Politics has been appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Internationalisation and Engagement at Queen’s University Belfast.
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Queen’s awarded Northern Ireland’s first Regius Professorship by Her Majesty The Queen
6/06/2016 - Queen’s has welcomed the announcement that it has been awarded Northern Ireland’s first Regius Professorship by Her Majesty The Queen.
Pharmacy
Queen’s Pharmacy Professor scoops CRS Young Investigator of the Year Award
1/06/2016 - Professor Ryan Donnelly, Chair in Pharmaceutical Technology in the School of Pharmacy, has been named Controlled Release Society (CRS) Young Investigator of the Year 2016.
RICS Awards 2016
Queen’s buildings recognised in RICS Awards 2016
1/06/2016 - The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine has been crowned Project of the Year at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Awards 2016.
Staff Wellbeing
Queen's Friday Choir: End of Term Performance
23/05/2016 - Launched by Staff Wellbeing at Queen's in February 2016 to help promote physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing, Queen’s Friday Choir gave an end of term performance on Friday 20 May 2016 in the Great Hall.
Energy
Queen's wins energy awards
27/05/2016 - Queen’s has been recognised for its use of innovative technologies to make substantial energy savings.
Staff Wellbeing
Staff Wellbeing shortlisted for three awards
23/05/2016 - Queen’s has been shortlisted for three awards for the work it is doing to support staff to prioritise their health and wellbeing and embrace positive lifestyle choices.
SU Education Awards 2016
Staff recognised at Students’ Union Education Awards
18/05/2016 - The Queen’s Students’ Union Education Awards recently recognised the work of individual members of teaching staff, students and schools.
Athena SWAN Awards
Athena SWAN success for Schools
4/05/2016 - Two Queen's Schools are among the first to receive new Athena SWAN awards covering non-STEMM subjects.
NEW APPOINTMENT
Food safety expert appointed to lead Queen’s Institute for Global Food Security
5/05/2016 - A world-leading expert in animal agriculture and associated supply chains has been appointed Director of Queen’s Institute for Global Food Security. Professor Nigel Scollan will take up the post on 1 September 2016.
Award
Poet wins American Literature Award
5/04/2016 - Professor Sinéad Morrissey from the School of English has been awarded the EM Forster Award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Music
Queen’s Professor of Composition at the 2016 BBC Proms
28/04/2016 - A new work by Professor Piers Hellawell is to be premiered as part of the 2016 BBC Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Research Awards
New research awards for Queen’s Fellows
4/04/2016 - Three Queen’s Research Fellows based in the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice have recently received research awards.
Award winning
QUEEN'S SHORTLISTED FOR THREE RIBA NI AWARDS
23/03/2016 - Three Queen’s buildings have been shortlisted in this year’s RIBA Northern Ireland regional awards
Staff Wellbeing
Staff Choir hits the right notes
21/03/2016 - Staff Wellbeing has launched a new initiative to get staff singing and improve their wellbeing.
Chinese New Year
Celebrating the Chinese New Year
28/02/2016 - Queen’s welcomed the Chinese Year of the Monkey with a series of events organised by the Language Centre at Queen’s.
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Queen's Awarded £2m to Establish Global Research Group on ECD for Peacebuilding
17/07/2017 - An interdisciplinary research team from the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation (CESI) at Queen's University has been awarded a £2m grant.