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Stephen Sexton, Lecturer in English, has been awarded the prestigious Rooney Prize
Latest News | 1 December, 2020
Irish poet, Stephen Sexton, has been awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2020, for his first collection of works, Oils & If All the World and Love Were Young.
Queen's University Belfast A-Level Entrance Scholarship Competitions now open
All students who have entered Queen’s University for the first time to undertake a primary degree having achieved at least three 'A' grades at A-level, are eligible to enter the University's annual Entrance Scholarship Competition.
Queen’s Broadcast Production Programme welcomes Sir Kenneth Branagh virtually to QFT 12 Nov 2020
Latest News | 11 November, 2020
The Belfast Media Festival presents Kenneth Branagh in conversation with Kathy Clugston. He talks about growing up in Belfast, his upcoming movies, his creative process and his memories of the QFT.
SARC PhD Graduate and Visiting Scholar Una Lee receives Oram Award 2020
Latest News | 3 November, 2020
Congratulations to Una Lee, SARC PhD Graduate and Visiting Scholar who was named as one of this year's winners of The Oram Awards.
'Sounding Conflict' Research Project Team shortlisted for Major Award
Latest News | 5 October, 2020
Congratulations to the 'Sounding Conflict' Research Project Team who have been shortlisted for Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 2020 by The Times Higher Education Awards.
QUB Voices: Postgraduate Podcast
28 September, 2020
AEL PhD students have established a new podcast series - QUB Voices.
Major award for Law with Hispanic Studies graduate
Bronagh M Kelly, LLB 2010, who has been practicing law in the US since 2012, has received the State Bar of Nevada 2020 Young Lawyer of the Year Award.
Dr Alison Garden Works with BBC NI to Create Four Programmes About Novels of Forbidden Love
Dr. Alison Garden, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow in the School of Arts English and Languages, has worked with BBC NI to put together a series of short programmes on four novels exploring the dangerous thrill of illicit love during the NI Troubles.
Dr Franziska Schroeder has gone post-internet and post-meme with VR composition/installation Mirage
17 September, 2020
Dr Franziska Schroeder has gone ‘post-internet and post-meme’ with her recent collaborative VR composition/installation “Mirage” - selected as part of the prestigious Ars Electronica 2020 Festival.
Completion of the Visual Voices of the Prisons Memory Archive Project
Latest News | 17 September, 2020
Work has now completed on the Visual Voices of the Prisons Memory Archive project, a partnership between QUB staff based in AEL and the Public Record Office (PRONI), supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Broadcast lecturer Don Duncan has co-directed and produced "Gail" a series of animations
Broadcast lecturer Don Duncan has co-directed and produced “Gail”, the first in a series of animations of people from a unionist background who’ve discovered and learned Irish.
SARC were delighted to present at IF 2020, a 24-hour online celebration of the arts on August 8th
Latest News | 12 August, 2020
Isabel Torres admitted to British Academy
LATEST NEWS | 24 July, 2020
Kurt Taroff & Ali Fitzgibbon secure funding to examine the impact of Covid-19 on Independent Theatre
Latest News | 9 July, 2020
Professor Janice Carruthers contributes to ‘Towards a National Languages Strategy'
Latest News | 9 July, 2020
Professor Janice Carruthers, Professor of French Linguistics at the School of Arts, English and Languages was one of the researchers to make a major contribution to ‘Towards a National Languages Strategy: Education and Skills’ published on 8 July.
AEL Receive a Grant from the British Academy’s ‘Special Research Grants: Covid-19’ Funding Scheme
Latest News | 6 July, 2020
3rd year Broadcast Production student will be hosting a Royal Television Society Q&A Session
3 July, 2020
We are delighted to announce that one of our 3rd year Broadcast Production students Scott Duffield, will be hosting the Royal Television Society NI's Q&A - Writing The Salisbury Poisonings, Monday 6th July 2.00pm - 3.00pm RTS Zoom Onliine
JAM Virtual Summer Concert June 2020
29 June, 2020
The melody of “How can I keep from singing” will celebrate the end of the term for the Junior Academy of Music at QUB.
Broadcast Subject Lead, Frank Delaney has won silver at the New York Radio Awards
11 June, 2020
Frank Delaney’s radio documentary won silver in the human rights section of the New York Radio awards.
JAM 4: Tall Trees - Leave No One Behind
News | 5 June, 2020
Created by Koichi Samuels who runs JAM 4 creative music technology course, part of Junior Academy of Music, at QUB. The voices are pupils of Junior Academy of Music and some instrumental recordings are also included in the music.
Dr Paul Murphy and partners awarded £234,600 from National Lottery Heritage Fund (NI)
Latest News | 8 April, 2020
Dr Paul Murphy (AEL) & Michaela Clarke (DARO) working with Deirdre Wildy (Special Collections & Archives) were awarded £234,600 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NI) for ‘Friel Reimagined: Connecting Diverse Audiences with Heritage’.
Stephen Kelly (AEL) and Ryan Perry (Kent) awarded research grant of £366,511 from Leverhulme Trust
Many congratulations to Stephen Kelly and Ryan Perry (Kent) who have just been awarded £366,511 from the Leverhulme Trust for a project entitled 'Whittington’s Gift: Reconstructing the Lost Common Library of London’s Guildhall’.
Washington Ireland Leadership Program
Congratulations to Rachel Ashe and Jason Bunting for being chosen for the Washington Ireland Leadership Program!
AEL Welcomes Erasmus and Study Abroad Students
latest News | 20 January, 2020
JAM at Queen’s awarded Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation funding to “unlock hidden talent"
20 January, 2020
Queen’s Junior Music Academy (JAM) has been successful in the latest round of funding by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, one of Britain’s leading charities supporting the arts and music.
QUB Composers Take Over The Ulster Hall!
Latest News | 6 January, 2020
Professor Piers Hellawell’s new orchestral work Symphonies in Chains was premiered by the Ulster Orchestra on Wednesday 8th January in the Ulster Hall, a BBC Invitation Concert for later Radio 3 broadcast.
Queen’s Academic Awarded the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women
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Queen’s academic, Aislinn Clarke, has received the 2019 Academy Gold Fellowship for Women.
Music at Queen’s Back-to-Back in San Francisco
News | 14 October, 2019
Queen’s Professors in the Bay area!
AEL PhD Student selected by the London Symphony Orchestra for the LSO Soundhub
News | 26 September, 2019
AEL Big Breakfast for New Students a Great Success
News | 19 September, 2019
On Wednesday 18 September, AEL staff, student mentors and student societies gathered in glorious autumnal sunshine for breakfast in the Cloisters to welcome our new students to the School.
Recent Graduates recognised at the prestigious Global Undergraduate Awards 2019
News | 16 September, 2019
World Premiere of "Family Group with Aliens" by Piers Hellawell at Old First Concerts, San Francisco
News | 21 August, 2019
Professor of Composition Piers Hellawell attended the world premiere of his new work Family Group with Aliens in San Francisco on 16th August 2019
Queen’s academic presents Restoration Shakespeare Showcase at Shakespeare’s Globe
News | 31 July, 2019
Queen’s academic, Professor Richard Schoch, from the School of Arts, English and Languages co-presented a showcase of Restoration Shakespeare in the Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe on 17 July 2019.
AEL students win the Anjool Maldé Memorial Trust Outstanding Achievement Award in Journalism
News | 10 July, 2019
Congratulations to Zoe Tweedy and Ryan Elliman who are proud winners of the Anjool Maldé Memorial Trust Outstanding Achievement Award in Journalism.
BMus 70th Birthday Celebration
News | 4 July, 2019
Dr Zeynep Bulut releases debut single
News | 7 June, 2019
Dr Zeynep Bulut's debut single Eclipse is released (Diffuse Records, 2019) and is available on iTunes and Spotify.
Music Scholarships now Available
News | 11 April, 2019
A number of new and existing scholarships and awards are available to students on the QUB Music Pathway. These include Ashby Prize, Robb Performance Scholarship, May Turtle Award, Hamilton Harty Scholarships and Douglas C Harrison Bursary
Congratulations to JAM Pupils who received Athena SWAN Initiative Awards
News | 12 April, 2019
At the JAM (Junior Academy of Music) brass recital on Saturday 6th April 2019 six pupils received School of AEL, Athena SWAN Initiative Awards.
QUB Film Studies and Production students shine at the Royal Television Society (NI) student awards
News | 26 March, 2019
Following on from previous years QUB Film Studies and Production students again shine at the Royal Television Society (NI) student awards on Tuesday 26 March 2019, held at the Black Box in Belfast.
SARC PhD Graduate and ex-employee Úna Monaghan wins the inaugural Liam O’Flynn Award
News | 19 March, 2019
Congratulations to SARC PhD Graduate and ex-employee Úna Monaghan for winning the inaugural Arts Council and National Concert Hall Liam O’Flynn Award 2019
Dr Jane Lugea, AEL, awarded AHRC Early Career Research Grant of £189K to improve Dementia Awareness
News | 28 February, 2019
AHRC Early Career Research Grant: ‘Dementia in the minds of characters and readers’ (£189k, for 18 months) PI: Dr Jane Lugea (AEL, QUB), Co-Is: Dr Gemma Carney and Dr Paula Devine (SSESW, QUB)
SARC Professor in collaboration with PhD student produce music for award winning animation film
News | 18 February, 2019
Nocturne (Nachtstück)
Modern Languages win the Vice Chancellor’s Research Culture prize 2018
News | 13 December, 2018
The School is delighted to announce that the Modern Languages Core Disciplinary Research Group has won the Research Culture category in the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Prizes 2018.
Our students learn the secrets of speech from QUB alumnus
News | 31 October, 2018
You might not recognise his face, but Peter Dickson has one of the most recognisable voices in TV and radio. Affectionately known as ‘Voiceover Man’, Peter is the most prolific voiceover artist in the UK.
Dr Kurt Werner, SARC, and Ólafur Bogason, Genki Instruments, win Best Paper Award for their Research
News | 21 September, 2018
Dr Kurt Werner, SARC, and Ólafur Bogason, Genki Instruments, win Best Paper Award for their research at the DAFx 2018 Conference
QUB Music Graduates continue to forge successful careers in the music industry
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We are delighted that former students of QUB Music, Robocobra Quartet, Kitt Philippa, Joe Campbell-McArdle & Myles McCormack (Lonesome George), and Conor Caldwell, continue to achieve success as they navigate through their chosen music pathways.
SARC Researchers awarded first prize for research excellence by Society for Artistic Research
News | 3 May, 2018
Congratulations to Dr Matilde Meireles and Dr Diogo Alvim for being awarded first prize for research excellence by the Society for Artistic Research
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