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Blog: Queen Mary University of London graduates off to a flying start
3 April 2025

Stephanie Marshall is Vice-Principal (Education) at Queen Mary University of London. She is the author of the forthcoming Strategic Leadership of Change in Higher Education (3rd edition) and a Senior Non-Resident Fellow in the Global Education and Innovation section. Here she talks about graduate attributes in light of UUK’s new report.  

Blog: Babe at 30: why this much-loved film is one of the best cinematic translations of a children’s book
3 April 2025

Kiera Vaclavik, Professor of Children's Literature & Childhood Culture in the School of Arts at Queen Mary University of London has written for 'The Conversation' on why 'Babe' is one of the best cinematic translations of a children’s book.

Blog: Land reparations are possible − and over 225 US communities are already working to make amends for slavery and colonization
3 April 2025

Elsa Noterman, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, along with Sara Safransky, Associate Professor in the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University, and Madeleine Lewis, Doctoral Student in the same department, have written for The Conversation on how land reparations are possible.

Blog: Inner London residents told me their food waste problems – composting definitely isn’t the answer
3 April 2025

Sayed Elhoushy, Senior Lecturer in Marketing in the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London has written for 'The Conversation' on Inner London residents food waste problems.

Professor Sir Mark Caulfield elected member of the Medical Research Council
2 April 2025

Professor Caulfield, Vice-Principal (Health) at Queen Mary, joins twelve other senior figures from health, science, and medicine on the Council.

Testing patients for just three genes could help prevent three quarters of avoidable side effects of certain medications
28 March 2025

A new study from Queen Mary University of London found that 9% of all adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reported to the UK medicines regulator are associated with medications where side effect risk is partly dependent on patient’s genes. Of this subset of ADRs, 75% were associated with only three genes that impact how the body processes medication. Genetic testing before prescribing could therefore help avoid ADRs in these cases. 

Heritage science takes centre stage in Bhutan
28 March 2025

International collaboration brings innovative conservation techniques to Bhutanese museums

Blog: Modern spacesuits have a compatibility problem. Astronauts’ lives depend on fixing it
27 March 2025

Berna Akcali Gur, Convenor of Outer Space Law in the School of Law (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London has written for 'The Conversation' on the legal and safety implications of non-standardised spacesuit systems in human spaceflight.

Underfunding may contribute to higher mortality for patients in Latin America receiving surgery
27 March 2025

An international study of the health outcomes of people receiving surgery across 17 Latin American countries found 1 in 7 developed significant complications leading to longer hospital stays and a greater risk of death.

Blog: How US foreign aid cuts are threatening independent media in former Soviet states
27 March 2025

Jeremy Hicks, Professor of Russian Culture and Film in the School of the Arts at Queen Mary University of London has written for 'The Conversation' on how US foreign aid cuts are threatening independent media in former Soviet states.

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