Professor Emeritus Christopher McCrudden from the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast has been awarded the prestigious Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Gold Medal.
A major new cross-border initiative designed to accelerate digital transformation for manufacturing SMEs across Ireland and Northern Ireland, known as DATUM, was launched today (Thursday 12 February).
Queen’s University Belfast has been awarded the Advance HE Race Equality Charter (REC) Bronze Award, recognising the University’s work in identifying and addressing racial inequalities and its commitment to continuing long‑term cultural change.
A former factory worker and Download Festival performer who left school at 16 with one GCSE, and an aspiring West End star have been announced as the first ever Van Morrison Scholarship recipients at Queen’s.
A major new study involving Queen’s and led by the University of Stirling will explore how healthy language-learning cultures are built and sustained across Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Ireland.
A Queen’s University researcher is helping to develop the world’s largest ever dataset for severe depression, which will span all four-nations of the UK.
The President attended a programme of sports at Queen’s University’s Physical Education Centre, bringing together over 100 primary school children from across Belfast as part of the 4 Corners Festival with PeacePlayers Northern Ireland.
Queen’s University is getting ready to host more than 60 hands-on activities, talks and events during the Northern Ireland Science Festival, which begins next week.
A new study led by Queen’s University Belfast has revealed that Ireland tops the global league table for its robust and effective National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP).
Professor Adele Marshall from the School of Mathematics and Physics at Queen’s has been appointed as a Fellow of the UK Academy for the Mathematical Sciences.
Babies as young as two months old can categorise objects in their brains - much earlier than previously thought - according to new research by scientists at Queen’s University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin and Stanford University.
The Seamus Heaney Centre has announced its first International Visiting Chair for Creative Writing; renowned novelist and playwright, Deborah Levy.
Queen’s University Belfast has risen three places and is ranked in the top eight per cent of universities in Europe, according to the latest QS World University rankings.
Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have found that consuming a diet rich in flavonoids such as berries, apples and citrus fruits, may help people feel happier and more optimistic over time.
The All-Island Cancer Data Forum 2026 convened in Belfast under the eHealth Hub for Cancer, an all-island research programme led by Queen’s and University of Limerick, to advance all-island discussions on data-driven cancer research and innovation.
A new, global study led by Queen’s University Belfast reveals that tropical amphibians have evolved resistance to the most lethal wildlife pathogen recorded to date.
A new seagrass meadow has been discovered at Strangford Lough by a PhD student from the School of Biological Sciences.
Queen’s University along with government, civic, academic, and industry representatives today cut the sod at Belfast’s Titanic Quarter to mark the start of construction on the expanded Momentum One Zero innovation centre.
Queen’s University is partnering with Techstars, one of the world’s largest mentoring and funding networks, and Belfast-based Ormeau Labs, to support the growth of high potential, early-stage companies across Northern Ireland.
Administrative Data Research NI (ADR NI) has secured over £26 million to continue its vital, ground-breaking work until 2031 using linked, administrative data to inform policy and practice and improve the lives of people in Northern Ireland.
A leading Queen’s historian has been elected President of the International Federation for Public History.
The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s has announced the appointment of Marcella L.A. Prince as its new Publishing Fellow, and Emma Devlin and Matthew Rice as the Ciaran Carson Writing and the City Fellows for 2026.
Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast are playing important roles in Ireland’s first all-island mental health research initiative which has been set up to help combat mental ill health in a more coordinated way across Ireland.
Queen’s University Belfast has been listed as a participant for the Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education: USA Exchange 2026. The flagship programme will bring eight UK universities to Washington DC to advance transatlantic academic collaboration.
A County Wicklow hillfort has been declared the largest, nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain by researchers at Queen’s.
A new study led by Queen’s University Belfast is exploring how bowel cancer develops resistance to treatment.
Queen’s is part of a new consortium, Evidence Exchange, which will enable civil and public servants to learn from and connect with research organisations across the UK.
An academic from Queen’s University Belfast has launched an immersive virtual reality (VR) drama titled ‘The Afters’, designed to educate young people about the importance of sexual consent.
A £1.2 million grant from the Wolfson Foundation is set to support the development of a state-of-the-art ophthalmology suite within iREACH Health, accelerating eye research and translation of new treatments into clinical trials.