On Thursday 29 May 2025 the School of Arts, English and Languages held an event to celebrate the outstanding contributions of students across the school. 

On 28th March 2025 the AEL Athena SWAN SAT supported a focus group exploring older women in Contemporary cinema

This year AEL and Athena SWAN celebrates International Women’s Day 2025 with the release of this short film Let’s Talk Gender.

QUB has recently launched a Carer Passport for working carers. It is designed to make it easier for staff with caring roles to talk about the flexibility and support they need.

Four members of the AEL SWAN SAT spent an afternoon making Period Dignity boxes which are positioned in all bathrooms throughout School premises.

The SWAN SAT of the School of Arts, English and Languages in partnership with the Derry Playhouse celebrated International Women's Day 8 March 23

Popgirlz Rachel Alice Johnson ('Kohla') and Josephine Sillars as they breakdown Vick Bain's 'Counting the Music Industry' research, inequalities within playlisting and spotlight articles published in the press. Supported by AEL SWAN

Staff and Students came together for a coffee and a traybake, and support PIPS, a local suicide and self-harm prevention and support charity

On 2 July 2021, over Teams, the SWAN SAT gave a brief presentation of the preliminary findings of the 2021 Workplace Culture Survey, AEL

Sophie Collins poetry reading 'Poetry and Ekphrasis: Challenging Patriarchal Models' is now available online

In the conversation between Dr Isobel Anderson and Professor Paul Stapleton, on 4th February 2021, they explored the intersection between self-esteem, gender and music technology.

The AEL SWAN Big Lunch held in the Canada Room and Council Chamber was well attended by staff and postgraduate students

This event on 11 April 2019 raised over £200 for Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid, who provide confidential support, information and emergency accommodation for women and children affected by domestic violence.

At the JAM (Junior Academy of Music) brass recital on Saturday 6th April 2019 six pupils received School of AEL, Athena SWAN Initiative Awards.

AEL SWAN is delighted to welcome Ren McGuicken from the Rainbow Project who will deliver two training and awareness sessions for AEL staff and students

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2020, the AEL SWAN team in cooperation with Waking the Feminists NI and UCU NI, coordinated an alternative university event at the Crescent Arts Centre on 12 March 2020.

As part of International Men’s Day, the Athena SWAN Committee in the School of Arts, English and Languages is screening the critically acclaimed film Jawbone.

'Crossing Boundaries in Language Teaching: Northern Ireland and Beyond', took place on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 May.2019 in Queen's University Belfast.

Dr Emily Mark-FitzGerald (School of Art History and Cultural Policy, University College Dublin) spoke about her work with colleagues across institutions during and immediately after the referendum on the 8th Amendment in the Republic of Ireland 2018.

On Thursday 28 March 2019 Dr Michela Baldo (Honorary Fellow in Translation Studies, University of Hull) gave a talk on feminist and queer language, dealing with how gender and sexuality is represented in our language choices.