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Diwali Celebrations at Queen's

28 October, 2025

iRISE was proud to support the Diwali festival on 17th October, which took place in our wonderful Student Centre & Students' Union building at One Elmwood. The event was organised by the Student Engagement Team and Diversity & Inclusion Unit.

Mooncakes, Tea & Togetherness: iRise/Language Centre Mid-Autumn Celebration at Queen’s

3 October, 2025

On Friday 3 October 2025, iRise co-hosted a vibrant Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节 — Zhōngqiū jié) with the Language Centre at Queen’s University Belfast.

The BAME Career Seminar Series Event

28 June, 2024

EID RADIANCE: CELEBRATION

8 April, 2024

Academic Progression Workshop

1 February, 2024

Chinese New Year Celebrations

30 January, 2024

iRISE Social Gathering: Drinks, Canapés, and Engaging Conversations

29 November, 2023

Black History Month at Queen’s 2023

6 October, 2023

iRise Mid-Autumn Festival and Welcome Event

6 October, 2023

iRise Welcome Lunch - Celebrating International Day for Tolerance

16 November, 2022

World Day for Cultural Diversity Slide

World Day for Cultural Diversity

21 May, 2022

Black History Month

Black History Month

4 October, 2021

Monday 4 - Friday 29 October 2021

WeCAN Poster

Women's Early Career Academic Network Seminar

16 September, 2021

Event Date: Thursday 7 October 2021, 12.00 pm - 1.30 pm

Professor Kalwant Bhopal

BME Experiences in Higher Education: Social justice, Inclusion and White Privilege

16 September, 2021

Event Date: Wednesday 10 November 2021, 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm

Professor Otelle Dr Perry

Re-thinking reparative justice in 'post-George Floyd' era

16 September, 2021

Event Date: Monday 27 September 2021, 4.00 pm - 5.30 pm

Cultural Diversity Survey Poster

Celebrating Cultural Diversity at Queen's

16 September, 2021

A joint survey by BAME&I Network and The Language Centre

Final Reflections and Resources from Co-Chair Dr Yassin Brunger

June 2021

Welcome to New iRISE Co-Chairs 2021-2023

June 2021

iRISE Break and Connect Social Gathering April 2021 (Virtual)

April 2021

iRISE Break and Connect Social Gathering March 2021 (Virtual)

March 2021

QUB Voices Podcast: Experiencing and Undoing Racism in Belfast, Queen's University Belfast

March 2021

QUB Language Centre hosts ArtEast Club: “The joy of women artists with brush pens during lockdown”

March 2021

Virtual book talk with Dr Ebun Joseph

November 2020

Racial Equity at Queen’s Online Workshops

September 2020

Queen's wins prestigious national award for 'Best Race Initiative'

September 2020

Black Lives Matters Response at Queen’s

July 2020

iRISE Networking Breakfast

February 2020

Chinese New Year 2020 at Queen’s

January 2020

Negotiating Social Injustice within the University

November 2019

iRISE contributes to Staff Induction session

October 2019

Black History Month at Queen’s

October 2019

Queen’s University joined Friends of Belfast Mela

August 2019

Official Launch of iRISE the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network

June 2019