“Queen’s University Belfast is giving students ‘trigger warnings’ that material on some courses may offend or cause distress. History and politics undergraduates at the university have been told they may be upset by modules on the far right movement in Europe and North America …” (more)
[Jonathan Bell, Belfast Telegraph, 24 October]
“Ulster University (UU) and Queen’s University (QUB) have both confirmed they are responding to a letter from a Conservative MP regarding staff who teach Brexit courses. Chris Heaton-Harris wrote to UK universities asking for names of professors who taught courses on Brexit …” (more)
[Robbie Meredith, BBC News, 25 October]
“A top UK university is considering creating joint academic posts with institutions in the Irish Republic to ensure it still benefits from post-Brexit European research funding. Queen’s in Belfast, a member of the Russell Group of leading research-driven universities, is exploring the potential of establishing shared professorships with colleges in Dublin and elsewhere south of the Irish border …” (more)
[Belfast Telegraph, 10 October]
“Belfast City Council has defended not issuing any fines last month for on-street drinking in the Holylands, saying it adopted a ‘graduated response’. It said this involved advising students of the law during the freshers’ period and ‘warning them that they could be prosecuted’ for anti-social behaviour …” (more)
[Brendan Hughes, Irish News, 9 October]
“Belfast City Council has ‘written off’ the Holyland area, a Green MLA has claimed. Clare Bailey a representative for the area said a Freedom of Information request she had made revealed there had only been seven fines issued since January in the area. Last month residents told the Belfast Telegraph they felt ‘under siege’ during Freshers’ Week. They described mayhem, partying and drunkenness …” (more)
[Belfast Telegraph, 9 October]
“Residents in south Belfast’s Holyland area say they are frustrated at the lack of a parking scheme for the area more than 10 months on from when it was first announced. The scheme for College Park Avenue and Rugby Road was given the go-ahead by the former Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard last November …” (more)
[BBC News, 22 September]
“Three arrests have been made in the Holyland area of Belfast as students return for the Freshers Week ahead of the start of the University year. In recent years the Holyland in south Belfast has become infamous for large numbers of young people taking part in anti-social behaviour to the distress of residents. There were similar incidents this time last year as students arrived and took up accommodation in the area …” (more)
[Claire Williamson, Belfast Telegraph, 20 September]
“Belfast City Council spent almost £9,000 tackling disorder in the mainly student Holylands area over the St Patrick’s holiday period earlier this year. The cost emerges as thousands of students return to the south Belfast neighbourhood for Freshers’ events next week ahead of the new university term …” (more)
[Brendan Hughes, Irish News, 14 September]
“The 2018 annual global ranking list of universities issued by the Times Higher Education (THE) has placed Queen’s University in the world’s top 250. The rankings are considered the authoritative breakdown of where universities place internationally …” (more)
[Belfast Telegraph, 5 September]
“A survey on sexual assault was a long time coming in Northern Ireland. With national conversation erupting in the last few years around consent, Queen’s have followed in the footsteps of USI and Trinity respectively, in conducting their own survey to glean insight into the prevalence of sexual assault on campus. The Queen’s survey is unexpectedly pioneering in more ways than one …” (more)
[University Times, 20 August]
“A landmark study on non-consensual sexual experiences in Queen’s University Belfast – the first of its kind in Northern Irish higher education – has revealed that nearly 50% of students surveyed stayed quiet about their experience of sexual assault …” (more)
[Philip McGuinness, University Times, 15 August]
“The pay gap between male and female professors at Queen’s University Belfast, which has drawn fierce criticism, is to remain for at least another seven years. The university came under fire from staff after a study found it had the widest gender pay gap among senior academics of 24 leading institutions in Britain and Northern Ireland …” (more)
[Simon Doyle, Irish News, 4 August]
“The government has promised to take into consideration student concerns about a referendum on the eighth amendment being held in the summer, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told students at a talk in Queen’s University Belfast …” (more)
[Dominic McGrath, University Times, 4 August]
“Ulster University (UU) is to offer discounts on tuition fees to students from England, Scotland and Wales. Students beginning in 2017/18 will be offered a £2,000 discount on fees or a £1,000 discount plus money towards travel and accommodation costs …” (more)
[Robbie Meredith, BBC News, 1 August]
“Queen’s University Belfast’s consent classes will be based on the successful Trinity model when they run for the first time in October. The pilot programme, which will run in Queen’s residential accommodation, could see nearly 1,500 first-year students take part …” (more)
[Dominic McGrath, University Times, 31 July]
“Student Ciara Cinnamond, from Newry, a Politics, Philosophy and Economics graduate made a statement at her graduation in Queen’s University Belfast over the weekend after she unfurled a Pride flag when collecting her degree …” (more, video)
[Ciara Cinnamond, Independent, 6 July]
“Paddy Johnston, who has died suddenly after a cycle ride in Donegal, was internationally recognised as a leading cancer researcher, and an outstanding university administrator as vice-chancellor and president of Queen’s University, Belfast. He possessed the ability to combine both roles, publishing his latest research paper in the spring …” (more)
[Irish Times, 9 June]
“The funeral has taken place for the late Professor Patrick Johnston who was Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast. He passed away suddenly on Sunday at his holiday home in Co Donegal aged 58 …” (more)
[Belfast Telegraph, 8 June]
“There was palpable shock and genuine grief among the staff of Queens on Sunday evening following announcement of the death of the Vice-Chancellor, Paddy Johnston. A top flight academic and brilliant administrator had died suddenly in his prime when he had so much more to give …” (more)
[Terry Maguire, Slugger O’Toole, 5 June]
“The death has occurred of the vice-chancellor of Queen’s University, Belfast, Professor Patrick Johnston, the college confirmed on Sunday. A leading cancer expert Prof Johnston took over as president and vice-chancellor of Queen’s University in 2014 stating that his ambition was to make the college an ‘international powerhouse’ …” (more)
[Gerry Moriarty, Irish Times, 4 June]
