NEWS
IN BRIEF
Improving results in National Student
Survey - Nursing and Human Biology
top in UK
Q
MU RECENTLY HAD some impressive results in
the National Student Survey (NSS) 2016.
Queen Margaret’s score of 86% for overall student
satisfaction was up 1% on last year. This new score
exceeded QMU’s benchmark and matches both the UK and
Scottish university averages.
Human Biology and Nursing both rank top in Scotland
for their subject areas and joint top in the UK. Our PR
programmes also performed very well nationally, ranking
first in Scotland. The areas of ‘Acting for Stage and Screen’,
‘International Hospitality and Tourism Management’, and
‘Public Sociology’, all scored 100% for overall satisfaction.
Our students were also happier this year with ‘Academic
Support’, resulting in QMU being ranked in the top quartile in
Scotland for this area. Other areas which improved included
‘Assessment & Feedback’ and ‘Teaching on my course’.
The increase in scores year on year, in the majority of the
NSS questions, demonstrates the University’s focus on
continuous improvement.
For more information on the NSS results visit:
www.unistats.com ❒
‘Soar’ stunning aerial footage of
QMU
A
STUNNING AERIAL FILM of the QMU campus at
Musselburgh has been produced by the award
winning filmmaker Walid Salhab and colleague
Michael Grant from the University’s Kinetic Film
Project.
Filmed on a sunny day in April 2016, using a DJI Inspire 4K
flying camera, Walid captures the scale of QMU’s campus,
which encompasses an impressive academic building,
students union, sports facilities and student village. The film
shows students enjoying the good weather in the landscaped
grounds and relaxing on the decking. Walid even captures
the swan on the SUDS pond and, if you look closely, you’ll
spot music therapy students dancing in the gardens.
Walid’s film demonstrates the University’s proximity to the
stunning East Lothian coastline and the surrounding town of
Musselburgh, as well as Arthur’s Seat and the Pentland Hills.
WATCH 'Soar' here: https://goo.gl/CYzpUL ❒
Lord Dunlop visits campus
New book by world-leading authority
in events management
P
ROFESSOR JOE GOLDBLATT, Director of the
International Centre for the Study of Planned
Events at QMU, has launched his new book
‘The 21st Century Meeting and Event Technologies:
Powerful Tools for Better Planning, Marketing, and
Evaluation’.
This is the first book to specifically and comprehensively
address the rapid changes and advances in technology in
the planning, management, and marketing of meetings and
events. Professor Goldblatt, the world-leading authority in
events management, co-wrote the book with two of his
former students to produce a text with multigenerational
appeal.
The book covers the most important aspects of using
technology for today’s meetings and events.
https://g.co/kgs/9zMXM ❒
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QMYOU / News in Brief
U
NDER-SECRETARY of State for Scotland, Lord
Dunlop, visited the campus in July as part of
QMU’s programme of stake holder consultation
on the innovation park which lies adjacent to the
campus. As well as learning about the Edinburgh Innovation
Park proposals, QMU Principal, Professor Wend, gave the
minister an overview of the University’s general work whilst
also showcasing some of the innovative research taking place
within the Clinical Audiology, Speech and Language Research
Centre and the Scottish Centre for Food Development and
Innovation. ❒