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Queen's Management School launches Annual Mary McAleese Diversity Lecture series

21 June, 2019

Former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, today (Friday 21 June) launched the Queen’s Management School Annual Mary McAleese Diversity Lecture series during an event at Queen's University.

(Pictured L-R: Dr Renee Prendergast, Athena Swan Champion at Queen's Management School; Dr Martin McAleese; Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland; Professor Ian Greer, President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's; and Professor Nola Hewitt-Dundas, Head of Queen's Management School.)

 

The event, entitled: 'An Interview with Mary McAleese', was hosted by Queen’s Management School, in association with the Chief Executives’ Club and was compered by BBC broadcaster, Wendy Austin. 

The new lecture series is part of Queen’s Management School’s mission to promote greater equality and diversity in the workplace, particularly with regards to ensuring equality of opportunity and respect for diversity across the University and the wider community.

Speaking at the event, Professor Nola Hewitt-Dundas, Head of Queen's Management School said: "I am delighted that former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, has loaned her name to this new lecture series at Queen’s Management School.

“The School is committed to promoting equality and wider diversity in the workplace with a particular focus on gender equality. The lecture series will highlight the importance of diversity and will inform us of the latest research and practice. Speakers from diverse backgrounds will act as role models for staff and students in the Management School and wider community.”

Mary McAleese, was elected the 8th President of Ireland in November 1997, succeeding Mary Robinson. She is the second female president of Ireland, the first president from Northern Ireland and served as for two terms until November 2011.

A barrister by profession, Mary graduated from the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast in 1973, and was later called to the Northern Ireland Bar in 1974. She was appointed Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin in 1975, and later took up the position of Director of the Institute of Legal Studies at Queen’s in 1987. She became the University’s first female Pro-Vice-Chancellor in 1994. Mary also worked as a journalist for RTÉ.

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Media enquiries to Zara McBrearty at Queen’s Communications Office on +44 (0)28 9097 3259 or email: z.mcbrearty@qub.ac.uk 

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