We are delighted to announce the establishment of The Sir Van Morrison Music Scholarships generously sponsored by Sir Van Morrison and the Van Morrison Official Belfast Rhythm and Blues Foundation.

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

It is with deep sadness that we have learned of the death of Michael Longley. A makar of the highest order, whose exquisite poems of love and war span seven decades, Michael’s contribution to literature is truly exceptional.

The Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are delighted to offer a brilliant international opportunity to current second-year students, studying a full degree, in the summer of 2025.

The School of Arts, English and Languages is excited to welcome Language teachers and pupils from across Northern Ireland to the Languages and Careers Festival at the Whitla Hall, Queen's University Belfast.

Professor Philip McGowan, from the School of Arts, English and Languages has been awarded a 2024–25 US-UK Fulbright Global Challenges Teaching Award from the American Association of Colleges and Universities and the US-UK Fulbright Commission.

History of Emotions in the Built Environment (HEBE) network, led by Dr Sophie Cooper, awarded funding from the Royal Irish Academy Commemorations Bursary Scheme.

Louise Simms and Sarah Morrison, 1st year Broadcast Production students, win Anjool Maldé Journalism Award 2024 (Hosts: Film & Broadcast Production, QUB), for their project: Audio Package about Search and Rescue

Dr Leon Litvack, Principal Editor of the Charles Dickens Project, alerted the Times to a new letter from the author concerning a horse bite.

Leon Litvack appeared on Radio Ulster’s Thought for the Day, to reminisce about the life and work of Nobel Prize-winning Canadian short-story writer Alice Munro, who died last week at the age of 92.

Article Title: How Do Aesthetics Get into Muscles and Muscles into Aesthetics? Insights from Musical Interactions in an Experimental Context

More success for AEL Broadcast students

On 29-30 April 2024 "Performance without Barriers” performed at the 2024 HIRANI Health Tech Spring conference at Titanic Belfast.

Inaugural lecture features premiere of Simon's piece 'For Colin Stark'

Exciting new podcast by Dr Shonagh Hill - first episode just landed!

Dr Ros Silvester (French Studies) co-organised an international conference on 19-20 March at Queen’s with Dr Shuangyi Li (University of Bristol) and Dr Jean-Baptiste Bernard (Comenius University, Bratislava).

To mark St David’s Day (1st March 2024), the Times reports on a new letter found by Leon Litvack, Principal Editor of the Dickens Letters Project.

Immerse yourself in the creative world of textiles sewn by students of Latin American Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. Experience Chilean arpilleras conversing with Costa Rican short stories & narratives of daily life in Paraguay.

‘The Mysteries of Gad’s Hill Place’, the video game that is being developed by Leon Litvack, Principal Editor of the Charles Dickens Letters Project, is featured in the latest issue of the Tatler.

Busting the myth that studying languages limits opportunites: QUB Languages staff promote careers & skills through Language Hubs across Northern Ireland

Event linked to research of Dr Lucas Amaral de Oliveira from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) on 30 November/1 December 2023 brought together researchers from the UK, Ireland, and Brazil specializing in Brazilian Studies and cultural production

Two current students and one recent graduate from AEL were among the pitchers, showcasing the School’s strengths in nurturing entrepreneurial talent on 27th November.

The internationally renowned Queen’s-based academic journal celebrated its centenary year with a symposium and dinner at the University on 14-15 September 2023.

SARC PhD Candidate Lara Weaver has been selected as one of 5 music creators commissioned to write a new work for the Crash Ensemble, Ireland’s leading new music ensemble.

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland presents an engaging poster exhibition "Creative Responses to the Prisons Memory Archive." It was crafted collaboratively by storytellers and postgraduate students from Queen's University Belfast.

Rebekah Newnes, a second-year Broadcast Production student, wins the 2023 Kevin Greening Award for Creativity at the UK Student Radio Awards in London.

Va-Bene spoke about her life and work, the queer phobia that she experiences in Ghana and the racism that she has experienced in Europe, and ways in which she is using her artist body and its vulnerabilities to protest the Ghanaian bill.

Dr Leon Litvack, Principal Editor of the Dickens Letters Project, was interviewed by the Guardian, in connection with an archaeological dig on the site of the St Pancras Workhouse.

A documentary film on Dr Una Monaghan's work will premiere at Cork International Film Festival on Tuesday 14th November 23 and will be broadcast on BBC and RTÉ television in 2024.

The University of St Andrews Laidlaw Music Centre has appointed QUB Professor Piers Hellawell as its Honorary Professor of Composition.

Acclaimed writer, Gail McConnell along with writer, Jan Carson, poet, Stephanie Conn, and visual artist, Sharon Kelly has been presented with a Major Individual Artist Award.

Victoria Baltag, PhD student at Queen’s University Belfast will have the international premiere of her Romanian feature film "Pitesti Experiment" at the International Film Festival in Bogota, Colombia on 17 November 2023

Congratulations to Queen's Radio who have been nominated in four categories at the Student Radio Association Awards.