From CIA to STARdom
At this point it's fair to say that I'm all about QMU. At one stage this year I not only studied, bu read more
25 September 2017
Global health researchers work to eradicate tuberculosis
Tuberculosis continues to be one of the world’s biggest killers, and remains in the top 10 causes of read more
08 May 2017
Setting up a student society
When our lecturers first suggested in class how great it would be if students set up a Psychology/So read more
22 December 2017
Who’d want to be a teacher?
Who’d want to be a teacher? Today, far from being seen as valued professionals, teachers are portray read more
20 June 2018
Sometimes messy problems need messy solutions
Living life can be messy. Balancing our different roles and responsibilities - some chosen, some inh read more
21 August 2018
Interview Checklist
At this time of year, we start sending out invitations to interviews to applicants for courses where read more
29 August 2018
The Impact of Research for Family Owned Businesses
Family owned firms are the most common form of business in existence. Definitions vary (and are inde read more
30 August 2018
"Am I good enough?"
Just a regular guy, living somewhere in the heart of Europe
If someone had told me five years ago I read more
14 February 2019
Queen Margaret Legacy Programme
The past semester has been the biggest adventure for me. It is not easy to put this experience into read more
04 April 2019
‘Stepping up’ with QMU : making the most of opportunities to develop
Since visiting Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh back in August 2016 at the undergraduate o read more
08 May 2019
Towards An Ecology of Becoming: Digital Performance Research Under COVID-19
Adapting performance work and research into an experimental digital form due to Covid-19 affected no read more
18 January 2021
Caring through a pandemic
During this pandemic, the ongoing kindness, expertise and resilience of the diverse professions whos read more
04 February 2021
Making for good
We are Amy Millar and Amy McCue - more commonly known on our course as “The Amy’s”. Both being 20, w read more
17 June 2017
Student budget
Life in general is a bit tricky on a student budget. Believe me, I know. I’ve been there. Once the s read more
16 June 2017
Food shopping check-list
Have you ever wondered, where do you even begin with food shopping? Well, hopefully this strategic a read more
16 June 2017
Exam fuel (part I) – snacks
When at university, the mere thought of exams can be exhausting - as deadlines, essays and group wor read more
16 June 2017
Exam fuel (part II) – meal time
As I mentioned previously in the part I of this series [exam fuel – snacks], trying to cook and eat read more
16 June 2017
Up your 5 a day game
I’m sure you are probably quite well aware that we are recommended to eat five portions of fruit and read more
16 June 2017
Living life off-campus
There is a completely different feeling living outside the campus and inside. I lived in halls of re read more
16 June 2017
Queen Margaret university fresher’s week: 10 tips for student life
16 June 2017
Advice from a Dyslexic Student
“How to make the most of your studies?” is a question that is often asked. What are the best techniq read more
16 June 2017
Top Tips for Open Day
Prepare before you get to the University. Consider attending an open day event to find out what is i read more
16 June 2017
Top Tips for Halls
Moving away from home can be daunting whether you are undergraduate or a postgraduate. At Queen Marg read more
16 June 2017
Life as a mature student: why go to university?
For me higher education is about working towards achieving your potential to catapult you into the n read more
16 June 2017
University as a mature student
From where I started my academic journey, like many things in life, I have arrived at a very differe read more
16 June 2017
Freshers blog
16 June 2017
Why gastronomy?
16 June 2017
'Moving to Kathmandu?
The links between migration and starting up a small business are well established – starting a busin read more
16 June 2017
'what happens when mum retires?
Family business as a research field has developed significantly in recent years and there is quite a read more
16 June 2017
What does the future hold for family businesses?
Family and Smaller Enterprises (FaSE)
Impact and Sustainability for Family and Smaller Enterprises read more
16 June 2017
Ideas and inspiration from business collaborations
16 June 2017
Trump, xrexit and how you rewrite your own history
By now, the outcome of the US election has lost its novelty and, you have probably begun to acknowle read more
16 June 2017
Research shows getting your chocolate fix could improve your health
With a new year, comes a renewed drive to trim the waist line and shed the extra pounds gained durin read more
16 June 2017
University Experts Call for Consumer Rights to be Taken Seriously
To mark World Consumer Rights Day in 2016, experts from Queen Margaret University’s Consumer Dispute read more
16 June 2017
Teaching as a career
16 June 2017
Developing an entrepreneurial mindset
Returning to work from holiday is often a chore however, on this occasion my spirits were lifted as read more
07 July 2017
Loneliness should be part of the public health agenda in Scotland
When Labour MP Jo Cox was brutally murdered on June 16th last year, on her agenda was a plan to laun read more
25 September 2017
Plight of Syrian refugee children reflects
The youth and community centre in Mafraq we were visiting bore all the familiar hallmarks of a facil read more
19 September 2015
Live or Alive: A Reflection on Performance Practice in Pandemic (Digital) Times
There is widespread evidence that the Coronavirus pandemic has brought many in the performing arts c read more
17 July 2020
From small town girl
PR, marketing and events management... it’s an industry I know I want to spend my working life in. I read more
05 October 2017
Family business innovation
Today, family firms represent from 80 up to 98 per cent of all companies globally and reach between read more
13 March 2018
A strong sense of community
Queen Margaret has the upper hand in terms of a strong sense of community compared to other universi read more
18 April 2018
Interning in Canada through the Saltire Internship Programme
As I start my fourth year at QMU, I’ve been reflecting back on the incredible experience I had inter read more
19 October 2018
Making the most of a UCAS exhibition
Going to a UCAS exhibition can be an overwhelming experience. The events are bustling, with lots of read more
12 February 2019
What do our faces say about us?
As the age-old advice goes, don’t judge a book by its cover. We are so prone to the pre-judgement of read more
29 April 2019
Becoming a QMU Student Ambassador
When I first visited Queen Margaret University (QMU) on an Open Day, it struck me that a lot of stud read more
14 May 2019
Stepping into second year nursing placements
Student Grant Byrne, discusses his second year on the BSc (Hons) Nursing at QMU and his placements w read more
22 May 2019
How sign language bill is interpreted is of vital importance to deaf community
Rachel Mapson, BSL/English Interpreting Lecturer, looks at the benefits and drawbacks of a National read more
04 June 2019
Discovering Budapest: my semester abroad
Alexandria Brown is a student from Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh. Alexandria, who studi read more
21 August 2019
Ten Reasons to choose QMU
If you’re reading this, chances are you are thinking of studying at Queen Margaret University, Edinb read more
22 August 2019
Make the most of QMU's Open Days!
Choosing a university is a big decision. As well as scoping out what kind of courses are on offer, a read more
17 September 2019
“Living in Venice was incredible – it was a complete joy to explore, and frequently get lost in!”
Heather Fulton - an MA Arts, Festivals and Cultural Management student at Queen Margaret University read more
08 November 2019
Breaking the silence on mental health in Lebanon
The GHI Research Team shares impressions from exploratory fieldwork on a neglected issue. read more
10 January 2020
Exploring Good Failures
It perhaps seems counter-intuitive to celebrate our failures. Who, after all, wants to draw attentio read more
28 January 2020
Teaching media has never been more relevant
Media graduates need practical skills, but they also need to see media in a new social context.
In read more
29 January 2020
Cultural Participation Policies: A Poverty of Ambition
In many countries it is not unusual to hear of cultural organizations attempting to diversify their read more
17 February 2020
25 mindfulness magic tips to beat the lockdown blues
Being quarantined or in lockdown at first is like a new unexplored adventure, finally many of us are read more
20 April 2020
Coming out and finding myself at QMU
Starting university is scary for everybody. It’s an enormous change, treading anxiously into that br read more
17 February 2021
Stress and distress amongst asylum seekers in a Glasgow hotel? Why?
[Published by Dr Alison Strang, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Global Health and Develo read more
01 July 2020
Kerieva McCormick in conversation with Ann-Christine Simke
Kerieva McCormick (KM), Director/Choreographer and Honorary Research Fellow at QMU, in conversation read more
30 October 2020
Horror psychology: Tales of the unnerving from a biological perspective
As a psychologist, I am asked a lot of questions about behaviour. Why do we do what we do? Why do we read more
16 February 2021
Five films to check out this LGBT History Month (and beyond!)
Growing up in the late 1990s/early 2000s, being gay wasn't something that I discussed with my friend read more
26 February 2021
Stories of COVID - Thank you
In May 2020 I received a telephone call from Professor Fiona Coutts, Dean of Health Sciences at QMU read more
11 March 2021
Scotland’s strengths in science and civil society collaboration will sustain our valued place in the world though this turbulent period
This article was first published in The Times on 16 March 2021.
The lengthening days and progressin read more
16 March 2021
Innovative virtual reality psychology research
From shark dives to high rise plank walks, Queen Margaret University’s first use of VR technology in read more
16 March 2021
Cooking up a Storm: Discussions about Decolonisation
Discussing how to decolonise the curriculum in the middle of a pandemic might add an extra challenge read more
24 March 2021
My experience as a student and Peer Flatmate Mentor with Rock Trust
Hello! I am Rumbi Mukumba, a Level 2 Diagnostic Radiography student at QMU. I moved from Birmingham read more
24 March 2021
Children’s play is being affected by Covid-19 and the shape of everyday life
This column originally appeared in The Scotsman (1 April 2021)
It is no secret that children learn read more
01 April 2021
Masculine Affirmation - Filmmaking Research During the Pandemic
As an early-career researcher in the process of completing my PhD, I am often reminded of the develo read more
14 April 2021
Remote Controls: when work and home inhabit the same place
This post has been written by a QMU postgraduate British Sign Language/English Interpreting student read more
15 July 2020