N.B. THIS PAGE IS NOT VISIBLE ON THE ‘LIVE VERSION’
chris o’callaghan co-leads new acute care research unit
A new academic unit, co-lead by Professor Chris O’Callaghan awarded NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Research Capability Funding.
new research shows lack of prey for puffins is leading to population declines
Browne Junior Research Fellow in Biological Sciences Dr Annette Fayet is lead author of a new study into the feeding behaviour of four different puffin populations. The study uses innovative new technology to track, for the first time, the feeding movements of puffins breeding in Wales, Norway, and Iceland.
major funding for materials fellow to research sustainable technologies
Dr Rob Weatherup, awarded a prestigious £1.5M Starting Grant from the European Research Council to develop new characterisation techniques to observe the interfaces between materials and their environment during operation.
new archbishop of york visits the college for all saints’ day
The College was delighted to welcome Archbishop Stephen Cottrell to celebrate our Patronal Feast in the Chapel on All Saints’ Day, 1 November 2020…
queen’s academics contribute to book on philosophical letters
Dear Friend, You Must Change Your Life is a new collection of philosophical letters, and commentaries on those letters, edited by Ada Bronowski (former Career Development Fellow in Philosophy at Queen’s)…
contagion on the page: an online exhibition
Taking their cue from the ongoing pandemic, the library team have been spending some time with the college’s historical medical collections as well as other holdings to create a short online exhibition, Contagion on the Page…
success on the river!
Rowing looked a little different this year. Instead of Summer Eights in 5th Week, the crews participated in Summer Torpids in 7th Week and, instead of crowds of spectators lining the banks, the races were live-streamed…
college appoints dr meleisa ono-george to its brittenden fellowship in history
Dr Meleisa Ono-George has been appointed as the College’s first Brittenden Fellow in History, with an Associate Professorship in Oxford’s History Faculty, starting in October 2021…
music fellow wins award for latest book
Professor Owen Rees, Fellow in Music and Organist, won the Robert M. Stevenson Award of the American Musicological Society for his latest book, The Requiem of Tomás Luis de Victoria…
first-year music student wins composition prize
First-year music undergraduate Alaw Evans has won the composition prize for the 14-25 age group at the 2021 Urdd National Eisteddfod..
david constantine awarded the queen’s gold medal for poetry 2020
Supernumerary Fellow David Constantine awarded the The Gold Medal for Poetry in 2020 in recognition of his 11 books of poetry, and in particular his Collected Poems (published 2004), which spans three decades of his work.
current student awarded zsl charles darwin award and marsh prize
Will Smith (Biological Sciences, 2016) won the 2020 ZSL (Zoological Society of London) Charles Darwin Award and Marsh Prize, awarded for an outstanding zoological research project by an undergraduate at a UK university…