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A Unique Student Experience

About the School / Our People

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About Us

c150 academic and support staff with 420 students undertaking PhD and Masters programmes and over 1,200 undergraduates across our degree pathways.

Strong links with a wide range of industries in the form of collaborative projects and student placements. The curriculum is also supported by our Public Facing events and world-class facilities.

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Funding/Scholarships

VIEW AVAILABLE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE SCHOOL

The School publishes funding opportunities for academic study and travel throughout the year. There is also funding available centrally from the University.

Funding/Scholarships
SWAN

Promoting Equality in Education

The School is a member of the Athena SWAN Charter. Recognising advancement of gender equality: representation, progression and success for all.

Equality and Diversity
SWAN
Latest Events

Queer@Queen’s Presents Prof Sarah Schulman in Conversation & Screening of United in Anger

19/11/2021 @ 11:00AM - 2:00PM
Screening 11.00am (venue tbc) In-conversation: 1pm, McMordie Room, Music Building

Queer@Queens: Showcasing New Scholarship in Queer & Gender Studies

17/11/2021 @ 3:00PM - 5:00PM
In-person 20 University Square/0G/009: Simultaneously online on Teams - for a link please contact Trish McTighe, t.mctighe@qub.ac.uk.

AEL SWAN Summer Panel: Feminist Time, Feminist Histories

25/05/2021 @ 5:00PM - 6:00PM
Online via MS Teams

To mark International Women's Day 2021 AEL SWAN present poet, translator and scholar Sophie Collins

12/03/2021 @ 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Online via MS Teams

Elemental: Celebrating International Women's Day

8/03/2021 @ 7:30PM - 9:00PM
Online

AEL SWAN PRESENTS: Dr Isobel Anderson in Conversation with Prof Paul Stapleton

4/02/2021 @ 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Online
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Latest News

Professor Piers Hellawell’s new work Rapprochement gets its world premiere in the Ulster Hall

14 March 2023

And the Oscar goes to........AEL alumni celebrate success for An Irish Goodbye

Dave Robb interviewed on Central German TV, 18 February 23, re. songs of Gerhard Gundermann

23 February 2023

Séamus O'Hara, QUB Drama Studies Alumni (2008-2011) co-stars in BAFTA Award Winning Best Short Film

21 February 2023

Dr Clara Neary has article published in The Irish Times 30 January 2023

20 February 2023

QUB Film Alumni win a BAFTA for Best Short Film

20 February 2023
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Our facilities

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FACILITIES
THE FACILITIES USED BY THE SCHOOL ARE AMONG THE BEST IN THE UK

The Harty Room in the Music building, characterized by its wonderful natural acoustic, and the Sonic Lab at SARC which has variable acoustics and facilities for 3D sound projection. The Drama & Film centre houses a professional Theatre (Brian Friel Theatre), a 2 screen cinema (QFT) and a purpose-built film studio. The Seamus Heaney Centre has some of Ireland’s most notable writers and critics and host reading events throughout the year.

Facilities

ENSEMBLES

Performance Groups

A WIDE RANGE OF PERFORMANCE GROUPS

There is a growing number of outstanding ensembles, performing groups and societies at Queen’s, run by an enthusiastic group of staff, professionals and students. These groups are made up of students inside and outside the School, and performers from the local community.

Performance Groups
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JAM
Junior Academy of Music

Providing music activities for aspiring young musicians from ages 4–17. Activities include children's choir, brass band, instrument tuition, and creative music technology

Find out more about JAM

Clubs and societies

Below are a list of the student-run societies with a creative arts discipline at Queen's.  The societies frequently meet and put on performances/events.  See links below for more information.

QUB Spanish and Portuguese SocietyQUB Music Society - "Queen's Music Society exists to encourage and facilitate music making of all kinds across the University."

‌QUB Film Society - Do you love movies? That's all we ask of our members. We like to watch, talk about, and make films and the Society provides a venue to do so!

‌QUB Drama Society | QUPLAYERS - "Our mission is to provide a platform for the production of high quality drama, social interaction for anyone with a passion for performance."

QUB English Society - The QUB English Society is a student-run group for anyone who studies English, or is interested in the subject. We have events such as Poetry and Pints, an annual formal and work in close association with the rest of Belfast's arts and culture events.

QUB French Society - Want to sample as much wine, cheese and baguettes as you can handle? Then the French Society is for you.

Irish - AN CUMANN GAELACH - An Cumann Gaelach is the society for the promotion of the Irish Language and Culture at Queen’s University. Historically we are one of the oldest societies within the University, active since our founding in 1906, and this is something which we take great pride in.

QUB Spanish and Portuguese Society

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