DATES for your diary
EVENT: International Interdisciplinary Conference on
Gender Studies and the Status of Women
DATE: Sunday 8 March 2020 - Wednesday 11 March 2020
DETAILS: The second International Interdisciplinary Conference
on Gender Studies and the Status of Women will be held at
Queen Margaret University (QMU).
The brainchild of ‘WomenBeing’ - a women-led international
research network for the promotion, and dissemination of
contemporary and interdisciplinary women’s and gender studies
– the conference offers a platform for discussion relating to the
current status of women.
LOCATION: Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
FURTHER INFO: visit the events section of the QMU website:
www.qmu.ac.uk/news-and-events
EVENT: BPS Scottish Undergraduate Conference
DATE: Saturday 4 April 2020
DETAILS: The British Psychological Society's Scottish
Undergraduate Conference will take place at Queen Margaret
University, Edinburgh on Saturday 4 April 2020. Hosted in
partnership with the BPS Scottish Branch, the conference
invites final year undergraduate students from all over Scotland
to participate.
LOCATION: Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
FURTHER INFO: www.qmu.ac.uk/news-and-events
EVENT: Class of 1958 Reunion
DATE: Wednesday 6 May 2020
DETAILS: Did you study Institutional Management at Atholl
Crescent and graduate in 1958? Your former classmates are
having a reunion at QMU on Wednesday 6 May 2020.
LOCATION: Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
FURTHER INFO: To find out more, please email pjtyanna1@
gmail.com.
EVENT: UG Open Days
DATE: Saturday, 26 September & Saturday, 17 October
LOCATION: Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
FURTHER INFO: www.qmu.ac.uk/ open-days-and-meeting-
us/
National Student
Survey 2019
Top Psychology & Sociology
Top Public Sociology
in Scotland and
joint top in the UK
for student satisfaction
in Sociology
in Scotland and
joint top in the UK
for student satisfaction
in Nursing 100
satisfaction
2nd International Hospitality
& Tourism Management
in Scotland for
student satisfaction
in Counselling,
Psychotherapy &
Occupational Therapy
EVENT: Ride the Night (external cycle event)
DATE: Saturday 19 September 2020
DETAILS: For the second year in a row, QMU will play host to
thousands of Ride the Night Edinburgh challengers who will
come together to cycle 100km through Edinburgh at night to
support three women’s cancer charities; Breast Cancer Now,
Ovarian Cancer Action and Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust. The event
starts in the grounds of QMU with motivational speeches, music
and warm-ups. Then thousands of women will ride a circular
route around Edinburgh’s historic landmarks leading to the
finishing line back at QMU. The University is pleased to have a
team taking part in this event.
FURTHER INFO:
www.dream-challenges.com
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N THE NATIONAL STUDENT Survey published in
the summer of 2019, Queen Margaret University
was pleased to announce that our scores have
improved across most questions, with our score
for ‘Overall Satisfaction’ remaining at 82.3%.
The NSS ran from 4 February to 30 April 2019, and was
open to all eligible final year undergraduates. Feedback
is also collected from all other taught students through
the QMU Student Survey (QSS).
Improvements were seen in the following categories:
Learning Resources (up 4.7%), Assessment and
Feedback (up 4.3%), Academic Support (up 3.9%) and
Student Voice (up 3.4%).
In individual questions, notable increases in scores
include Marking and Assessment are Fair (up 6.7%),
IT (up 6.1%), and Advice and Guidance in Relation to
my Course (up 6.1%), which accounts for a number of
improvements implemented in these areas following
the survery results from the previous year. ❒