Become the one who unlocks their potential

Postgraduate Prospectus | 2021 Contents

About Queen Mary Science and Engineering Why Queen Mary? 4 Physics and Astronomy 44 Diversity 6 Mathematical Sciences 46 Living in London 8 Engineering and Materials Science 48 Campus life 10 Biological and Chemical Sciences 50 Accommodation 12 Electronic Engineering and Computer Science 52 Careers 14 Medicine and Dentistry International students 18 Barts Cancer Institute 54 Facilities 20 Become the one who Blizard Institute 56 Student support 24 Dentistry 58 Humanities and Social Sciences Institute of Health Sciences Education 60 unlocks their potential Law 28 Institute of Population Health Sciences 62 Business and Management 30 William Harvey Research Institute 64 English and Drama 32 Wolfson Institute 66 Economics and Finance 34 Find out more Comparative Literature, Languages, Linguistics PhD study 68 and Film Studies 36 Student finance and funding 70 Politics and International Relations 38 Application and deadlines 72 Geography 40 How to find us 74 History 42 Our courses by subject 76 Terms and conditions 85 Why Queen Mary?

Welcome to Queen Mary Leading through research of society. The aim was, and still is, to be a • Queen Mary came 19th in the UK and At Queen Mary, world-class research place where anyone can succeed. 114th internationally in the 2021 QS World University of London, a Universities Rankings. and innovation bring our postgraduate Today, Queen Mary is a global university that programmes to life. We are one of the UK’s top world-leading Russell remains true to its founders’ vision. We nurture What we offer research-intensive universities, a place where a diversity of talent through an outstanding We offer a wide range of full-time, part- Group university that you’ll be taught by globally leading academics education, while putting our community’s time programmes in the humanities, social in an exciting, nurturing and inclusive stands out from the wellbeing first. sciences, science and engineering, medicine environment. crowd. Through research and dentistry. So whoever you are, and wherever you are, we and academic excellence, Russell Group have a place for you. At Queen Mary, we have been adapting to the we support our diverse Queen Mary is a member of the Russell challenges posed by Covid-19. In the event of Group, the leading 24 universities in the UK. Life-changing research future lockdown measures and restrictions, communities of staff and Membership of this elite group demonstrates and collaboration teaching will move online to ensure you can students to go out and our commitment to delivering world-leading Our research doesn’t just inform our teaching. still access a world-class education, as well as research, teaching and learning. We work closely with industry, government, pastoral and community support. achieve the previously business, communities and charities around Our past and present the world to ensure its impact is felt from the Postgraduate programmes available in 2021 unthinkable. We have a proud history that dates back communities of east London to the favelas of are listed on page 76 or visit to 1785 and beyond, with each of our four Rio de Janeiro. qmul.ac.uk/coursefinder historic institutions (St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, London Hospital Medical • Queen Mary was ranked fifth in the UK for College, Westfield College and Queen Mary the quality of research outputs (4* and 3*) College) established to provide “hope and in the Research Excellence Framework opportunity” to under-represented members (latest REF, 2014).

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Our communities of staff A global education Queen Mary has one of the highest scores and students are drawn for International Faculty and International from over 160 Students (QS World Rankings 2021), cementing our position as a top global university. nationalities, We are proud to be a London university with making Queen Mary thriving communities in China, Paris, Malta and one of the most Singapore. diverse higher education Inclusion is one of our core values at Queen institutions in the world. Mary, and is part of what makes us so unique. You’ll get to know staff and students from You will rub shoulders a range of backgrounds, nationalities and with people who grew up cultures who will challenge you academically, stimulate your curiosity and broaden your around the corner from perspective. Many will become friends, our campuses and with colleagues and mentors. people from all over the Our diverse communities mean academic and social life at Queen Mary is always vibrant. world, which will make Diversity of thought leads to truly original your experience vibrant, ideas—and supports groundbreaking and dynamic and truly global. exciting academic work and collaborations.

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Take your place in London, It’s a place where over 300 languages are Travel Cost of living spoken across over 200 nationalities, where London has excellent links to other parts of the Living in London might not be as expensive as one of the best cities in you’ll meet people from both around the UK, Europe and the rest of the world. The rest you think, especially as Queen Mary provides the world. The city brings corner and the other side of the world. of the city is easily accessible by bicycle or by a wide variety of affordable accommodation. public transport from Whitechapel or Mile End, Read page 70 for the financial support, together the very best London culture so you can be in Central London in just over 20 including scholarships, that’s available to you. Culture and London go hand-in-hand. Explore minutes. of the world’s culture, and enjoy UNESCO world heritage sites, the Visit qmul.ac.uk/study/the-london- innovation, history and very best of the world’s theatre, live comedy, Safety advantage for more information on studying world-famous galleries and museums, historic London is generally considered a safe and living in London. diversity. London is the libraries, hundreds of book shops, beautiful city to live in. Eightly per cent of crime is political, financial and parks, festivals, independent cinemas, opportunistic and can often be avoided. nightclubs and world cuisine all on your Student Services offer advice on reducing risk cultural heart of the UK, doorstep. to yourself and are on hand to address any and so is a completely individual concerns. Local to Queen Mary unique study location. International and energetic, East London You can also visit welfare.qmul.ac.uk is home to bustling food markets, pop-up for more information. restaurants, vibrant nightlife and beautiful independent shops. Tech City, Canary Wharf, the Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park and the creative hubs of Shoreditch and Hackney are within walking or cycling distance, or a short bus journey away.

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Enjoy the security and Mile End West Smithfield Charterhouse Square Set alongside the historic Regent’s Our West Smithfield campus in Farringdon Located in one of London’s green, historic community of campus Canal, Mile End is home to our humanities and is where some of our postgraduate taught pockets, our Charterhouse Square campus living while thriving in social science, and science and engineering medical students are based. It includes is for postgraduate taught and postgraduate faculties, and most postgraduate students St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the West research medical students. It’s home to the the bustle of London life. studying these subjects are based here. It has Smithfield Medical Library, and houses some Barts Cancer Institute, the William Harvey Make the most of five a 24-hour library, cafes, a restaurant, bar, gym, of Queen Mary’s cardiovascular, cancer, Research Institute and the Wolfson Institute of shops, an on-site bank and plenty of green epidemiology and public health research Preventive Medicine. The Barbican Arts Centre well-connected campuses space to enjoy. facilities. and the Museum of London are close by.

across East and Central Whitechapel Lincoln’s Inn Fields Discover more about our campuses at London, each with Next to the Royal London Hospital is Located in Zone 1, our Lincoln’s Inn Field qmul.ac.uk/study/our-campuses our Whitechapel campus, home to the Campus is in Holborn, the historic legal centre academic facilities and Blizard Institute, state-of-the-art labs and of London. Most of our postgraduate law social spaces designed a beautiful gothic medical library. Many of students are based here, with the beating heart our postgraduate taught and postgraduate of London accessible on foot. for you to get the most research medicine and dentistry students from your Queen Mary are based here. Whitechapel has a strong sense of community, and is famous for its experience. street markets, culture and world food. The Whitechapel campus is a 20-minute walk from Mile End.

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At Queen Mary, we We can offer rooms in shared flats or a small and the Olympic Park. With 397 en-suite Stocks Court is a five minute walk from our number of studios, all of which are self- rooms, 42 non en-suite rooms and six studio Mile End campus and provides excellent can offer you secure catering, and located a short walk or bike ride flats, there’s accommodation suited to every value for money across its 128 single rooms. accommodation close away from our campuses. We also offer family need and budget. accommodation and rooms for those with We also offer accommodation for our Medicine to our campuses. impairments. Eleanor Rosa House is a brand new and and Dentistry students at our Whitechapel and intercollegiate hall of residence located Charterhouse campuses. This means you can Our residences for If you prefer, we can also help you find in Stratford, home of the Queen Elizabeth live with people on a similar course, close to postgraduates are a alternative accommodation, including privately II Olympic Park. That means you’ll be just our clinical facilities. rented accommodation, private student one tube stop, or a short bicycle ride, away popular, competitively- residences or homestays, all of which you can from Queen Mary’s Mile End Campus. Eleanor Once you have received an offer for your priced choice. find nearby our campus. Rosa House has 255 en-suite rooms available programme you will be able to apply for to Queen Mary students, and offers the accommodation via your applicant portal. We know how important it is to find the right opportunity to meet other University of More information can be found at place to live, and our accommodation team London students. are ready to help support and guide you. residences.qmul.ac.uk Postgraduate accommodation is available Living near campus in Sherren House, our dedicated housing We have dedicated postgraduate partner in Stepney Green, which offers 215 accommodation at Aspire Point in Stratford. single en-suite rooms. Students are less than Just twenty minutes away on the bus, or a a 10-minute walk from the Mile End campus short bicycle ride, from our Mile End Campus, and a just short journey to the excitement of Aspire Point provides affordable living and Brick Lane and Shoreditch. study space with glorious views over London

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Professional career The comprehensive services they offer are tailored to your goals and can be applied to support and guidance is any step in your professional development. available from your first Through the Careers and Enterprise team, you’ll have access to a number of career- day at Queen Mary. Our advancing opportunities, including networking Careers and Enterprise events, careers fairs, sector tasters, internships and our online vacancy board. team will work with you Our London location and excellent industry to develop the skills and links means you’ll be in a prime position to experience you need to take advantage of the opportunities a world city has to offer, equipped with the right skills, stand out in a competitive experience and confidence. job market—or start your own business.

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Students from over Wherever you are, we’ll support you every step During your studies For more information, visit of the way. We can help with the application As well as academic support, you will qmul.ac.uk/premasters 160 nationalities are process, accommodation, funding and visa have constant access to support about welcomed into our global guidance. Once your course has started, our accommodation, studying, careers and Pre-sessional language programmes staff and students will make sure you get the funding throughout the year, as well as all Our pre-sessional programmes are for community each year. most out of your experience at Queen Mary. our wellbeing services. international and EU students who want to improve their English language and academic With over three quarters Before you apply Pre-master’s graduate diplomas study skills before enrolling into their chosen of our postgraduate We provide in-country meetings, admissions Our pre-masters programmes offer bespoke postgraduate degree. They run face-to-face advice and online chat sessions with current preparation for masters-level study for over the summer, and we are confirming a students coming from students and staff and frequent webinars. international and EU students who don’t blended or fully online version too. These abroad, you’ll be joining meet the academic or language requirements programmes offer a stimulating learning Before you arrive for masters study, or those who want to switch experience in preparation for further study, an especially diverse We offer pre-departure briefings, an airport disciplines. with our students reporting an over 90 per cent community of people collection service, frequent webinars and level of satisfaction with their course. our International Welcome Programme. We They give you the academic, language and from all backgrounds also offer advice about accommodation, study tools needed for a postgraduate degree, For more information, visit and nationalities. scholarships, funding, Summer School, visas including subject-specific knowledge, research, qmul.ac.uk/language and English language requirements. academic writing and speaking, and study skills. We offer two pre-masters programmes: Graduate Diploma in Economics and Finance and the Graduate Diploma in Humanities and

Social Sciences.

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At Queen Mary we offer A number of our facilities, such as our IT rooms and Mile End library are tailored to the exceptional academic demands of postgraduate study and offer 24- facilities across all our hour access to dedicated study spaces. teaching and learning Investing in your success Our investment in facilities underpins the world- facilities, including our class teaching and research you’ll be part of at labs, libraries, lecture Queen Mary. theatres, IT rooms and In 2017 we invested £39m in our Graduate multimedia learning Centre, which provides state-of-the-art study and teaching areas to our postgraduate resources. community.

We’ve invested more than £250m on new facilities in the past 15 years. These include some of the largest open-plan laboratories in Europe in the Blizard Building.

We are home to the UK’s first new dental school in 40 years, with a £78m new school within the Royal London Hospital equipped with cutting-edge technology to provide a world-leading education.

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gothic building, and West Smithfield (site and goal. Support from the Students’ Union The Students’ Union also runs social spaces, of Barts hospital). You’ll also have access to all also goes beyond the extra-curricular. We a gym, shops, cafes and bars where you of the University of London libraries, such as also offer a diverse range of events both on can meet up with friends and relax. We Senate House in Bloomsbury, and the libraries campus and online, and run projects focused are a registered charity, so every penny of at UCL and King’s College London. on improving the student experience. Most profit goes straight back to you through our of our events are running online, as well as activities, campaigns and services.

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Community is at the Supporting your study We want you to get the most out of your time heart of everything at Queen Mary. To ensure you enjoy a learning we do at Queen Mary, experience that positively impacts your future, every school at Queen Mary has a dedicated and the welfare of our Student Support Contact who will support you communities is our in your studies. highest priority. You Within your academic school, there is a team of people who will help you to achieve your can feel confident that goals academically and who can support you your health and safety with any personal issues. comes first, and that your Outside your school, the Academic Advice academic and wellbeing Service run by the Queen Mary Students’ Union gives confidential advice and needs will be met through representation on a range of academic issues. our dedicated support Our libraries and IT services are vital hubs of support, providing a gateway to specialist services. learning resources and study space. We also have dedicated support if you’re a refugee, have been in local authority care, are estranged from your family or are a carer.

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Queen Mary’s Centre for The School of Law attracts a diverse student lawyers, legal associates or paralegals. body from nearly a hundred countries who Others move into finance, regulation, policy, Commercial Law Studies, join us to study one of 20 LLM specialist compliance, consultancy, patents and part of our School of Law, programmes delivered in London, Paris and trademarks. Our alumni Singapore*, as well as unique distance learning “My experience at the Centre of Commercial Law Studies has been decisive for my academic, is located in London’s offerings. Our research and impact Through groundbreaking research and professional and personal development. I have learned that any goal you set for yourself historic legal centre at Combining excellence in teaching and research advocacy work, our experts help shape policies in life, as difficult and unattainable as it may seem, is possible if you have the discipline, Lincoln’s Inn Fields. We are across both commercial and non-commercial and practice nationally and internationally. perseverance and passion enough to work daily on it. On the other hand, I have understood disciplines, we strive to be at the forefront of that working as a team with great professionals you can achieve great things and be proud of our reputation legal scholarship and law reform. For example, our pioneering Cloud Legal part of a great academic family, where diversity and open-mindedness are the essential as a globally-leading Project (CLP) was launched in 2009 and characteristics and the main engine of growth and learning.” Career progression undertakes research in complex areas of “Being a member of the law school community is a great honour and a great responsibility. postgraduate law school, Our mentoring programme matches our law and regulation that are essential to the I am fully convinced that my classmates will be the future leaders in financial regulation in ranked number 30 in the students with mentors from a range of legal successful development and use of cloud their respective countries, as well as in various international financial organisations, such as professions, including current and former computing services. Its impact on industry the IMF or the World Bank.” world by the QS World Lord Justices of Appeal, senior partners and has been huge. CPL’s research covers a wide University Rankings by legal professionals at leading firms, including range of topics, including governance of Karina Ley Chinguel Degregori, Banking and Finance Law LLM 2019, Allen & Overy, Cooley LLP, eBay (UK) Ltd, The cloud services, cloud contracts, blockchain Senior Manager at Ernst & Young subject (2020). Walt Disney Company, Shell, Preiskel & Co, technology, data protection and privacy Promontory Financial Group and others. in Africa, cloud robotics, taxation of cloud providers and services and the legal status Visit qmul.ac.uk/law for more information After graduation, our students move into of online digital assets. careers in the UK and around the world, with a large number working as solicitors, barristers, *Collaborative partnership with Singapore Management University 28 Become the one who unlocks their potential at qmul.ac.uk Become the one who unlocks their potential at qmul.ac.uk 29 Business and Management

In companies such as: The School is also home to the Centre for • Deloitte Globalisation Research, which conducts research around the themes of political • Ernst & Young economy and macroeconomics; development, Our academics • Environmental Defense Fund inequality and poverty; and business analytics, Dr Suki Sian is Head of the Department of • KPMG innovation and networks. Accounting and Financial Management in • Capco New York the School of Business and Management • Photobox Our postgraduate programmes offer a and is the founder and Director of the There are few areas of 21st A solid understanding of the key principles and Career progression • Bank of China structured route to exploring these key issues Accounting & Accountability Research practices are essential to those who manage Our postgraduate students are sought after and connections. You will also develop a • IBM Group (AARG). AARG was founded to century life that are not our businesses, educational and political by a diverse range of employers. Recent portfolio of valuable skills and enhance your • United Nations Development Programme further scholarship in accountancy and touched by business and institutions now and in the future. postgraduates have progressed into careers career opportunities. to provide a platform for developing such as: accounting-related research. management. In response, we are proud to be a distinctive Our research business school that offers a range of • asset management Since it was founded, the School of Business Describing her research, Dr Sian says “it and Management has produced research that innovative programmes across the business • chartered and certified accountants has focused on areas such as gender and has a significant positive social and economic spectrum. At the School of Business and • finance investment analysts and advisors accountancy, accounting history and impact. Our academics are members of the Management, our approach examines the • management consultants international accounting – surprisingly, increasingly important connections between Centre of Research in Equality and Diversity, accounting isn’t just about the numbers!” • marketing consultants management, organisation, business life and a prominent international group that is at the • business analysts forefront of equality and diversity research. The Dr Sian is a Chartered Accountant; prior the contemporary world whilst maintaining a Student to working in academia, worked as an • entrepreneurs Centre addresses issues including gender and strong focus on management education. accountant and auditor in practice. • banking sexuality in male-dominated professions and Visit qmul.ac.uk/busman for more the implementation of the Equality Act 2010. information

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The School of English By challenging norms, championing The research skills and training you receive • You will learn from supportive experts in marginalised voices, and exposing our on this programme are also an excellent many different fields of English Literature. and Drama is a dynamic students to a breadth of material, we improve preparation for doctoral study. This will give you an excellent insight into the and inclusive learning lives and foster understanding of complex discipline as a whole. issues. Our research • You will also gain analytic, communication environment, led by In our large English department we have a and research skills valuable in many other Our postgraduate courses offer access to wide range of research groups focused on: disciplines. globally-recognised academic specialists to help you discover or Medieval, Early Modern and Renaissance, enhance your research interests in a supportive Eighteenth Century and Romanticism, academics, writers Visit qmul.ac.uk/sed for more information environment. The Victorian Period, Modernism and The Octagon and practitioners who Early Twentieth Century, Contemporary, combine cutting-edge Career progression Postcolonial and World Literature, Literary Our MA English Literature trains critical thinkers Theory, Aesthetics, and Philosophy and research and teaching and writers, placing you at the forefront of Creative Writing. with a commitment critical theory and provides you with a wide range of academic and transferable skills. What makes our MA English Literature to community and The experience cultivated on our courses so different Our alumni social change. are increasingly valued by employers in such • This a genuinely trans-historical course, “I’d summarise my time at Queen Mary as a culturally enriching and intellectually stimulating sectors as secondary and higher education, providing in depth coverage of many literary experience. The University has a great reputation and a London location alongside a creative industries, digital media, journalism periods, genres, styles and genres. progressive curriculum. The lecturers are highly knowledgeable and engaged with their and publishing. • It is perfect for those who do not wish to subject - you have an enthusiastic expert for every module. A master’s from a well-respected specialise in any one period, and also those university will set my CV apart for jobs by showing my commitment and depth of knowledge.” whose research might involve comparison Lucretia McCarthy, MA English Literature 2018 between two or more periods.

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Our facilities As a student, you will have access to the same industry software and major statistical databases as real-life traders tracking the stock Our alumni market and economists in government, think “The content of the MSc Corporate Finance tanks and major consultancies, which could was exactly what I needed and aligned be of huge benefit to your future career. We are with my career path. Modules in the first also one of a few UK Universities with a Trading semester were highly informative, and A centre of excellence in We provide a solid foundation in economic Career progression & Behavioural Lab, containing Bloomberg combined with the numerous module and financial theory and practice, driven by Graduates of the School of Economics and trading terminals. In addition, you will have options for the second semester, I was research and teaching, research-led teaching from experts in the field, Finance enter into a wide range of careers, access to FXCM FX Trading Stations, Interactive excited to pursue my Masters at Queen the School of Economics ensuring that not only will you be studying at including finance roles at large financial Brokers Trader Workstations (used for finance Graduate Centre Mary University London.” the cutting edge of these disciplines, but also organisations including JP Morgan, Goldman data analysis and simulation) and free access and Finance is home to across a wide range of extracurricular school Sachs, HSBC, Credit Suisse and Barclays. to popular industry publications. Anterleen Singh, MSc in Corporate Finance 2019 a diverse community of activities to enhance your learning experience. Professional services firms including EY, Student enterprise PwC, Deloitte and KPMG are also popular Based in the School of Economics and faculty and students. destinations for our graduating class. Roles Finance, the Queen Mary MSc Investment Fund include Finance and Investment Analyst, is a student-managed investment fund that Management Consultant, Economist, Financial currently has responsibility for over £40,000 of Accounts Manager, Taxation Expert, Business investments It is one of the only investment Visit qmul.ac.uk/sef for more information Analyst and Chartered Accountant. clubs of its kind in London, established for postgraduate students interested in obtaining relevant, practical work experience in trading Students and portfolio analysis.

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The School of Languages, For example, our MA in Comparative Our academics Our alumni Literature is taught by academics within that “I liked the structure of the programme as it gave me the chance to department, and from the Department of “I love the diversity of the student body at Queen Mary. It’s such Linguistics and Film tailor the course to meet my interests; but, fundamentally, I chose Modern Languages. As a result, you’ll develop a good fit for the research that I do. It’s great to have students consists of five diverse Queen Mary because of its staff. All of the professors and lecturers in a refined and rich skillset across a variety of who, like me, believe it’s important to study the literature the Linguistics department are world-renowned in their field.” and interdependent subject matter. At the same time, you’ll engage of non-Western countries.” departments. This with cutting edge approaches to research that Dr Shital Pravinchandra, Lecturer in Comparative Literature Dr Melisa Rinaldi, MA Linguistics 2014, PhD 2018, Academic Developer is transforming the way we think about a given at Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) approach is part of academic field. In Film Studies, this means what makes our six MA approaches in Film Philosophy and Film outside Cinema. programmes so unique, Career progression with some delivered by Our international profile provides our students individual departments with the opportunity to work with a range of Our alumni dynamic and global organisations, equipping “Throughout my time here I have most enjoyed the level of support and others set up them with the skills needed to go on to PhD provided, whether it be the opportunity to teach undergraduate Our academics differently. research careers in other fields. Our degrees in students and so develop useful skills in this area, the variety of “Queen Mary is an excellent place because it has great researchers Documentary Practice and English Language courses available at the Centre for Academic and Professional and because of its friendly, collegial atmosphere. There are Teaching open up specific career opportunities Development, or the various forums that are provided within the Film no artificial barriers here between the disciplines, and this is in those professions. department to discuss and share research concepts and difficulties.” something of tremendous importance if you wish to compete for the best postgraduate students globally.” Dr Nick Jones, PhD Film Studies 2017, Lecturer in Film, Television and Visit qmul.ac.uk/sllf for more information Digital Culture Galin Tihanov, George Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature

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Career progression Our graduates go on to build successful careers in the private and public sector, and in national and international government Our alumni Our academics organisations. Recent examples include Oxfam, “My studies at Queen Mary helped me in Dr Sarah Wolff is a Senior Lecturer and Ernst & Young, BNP Paribas and The Center for thinking about the kind of career I wanted Director of the prestigious Centre for Global Development. to pursue, and provided me with the tools European Research. Sarah’s wealth of for critical analysis that are essential As a student here, you’ll also have the chance knowledge on EU politics and foreign The School of Politics and International in work and in life. The International Study in an outstanding to be a part of the lively events delivered by policy has seen her take the lead on a Relations is home to leading active researchers Business and Politics MSc helped me hone high profile speakers at the Mile End Institute, fascinating project examining the future and dynamic research with diverse interests. From the Middle East to my research, argumentation and drafting a major discussion forum which brings you of UK-EU relations which she will do British politics, their expertise is reflected in skills and my understanding of the environment, where closer to distinguished figures from the world via policy briefs and regular public and our high-level teaching and across the breadth political economy of our societies. Beyond of politics. digital events. Prior to joining Queen you will help to tackle of our programmes. the usefulness for my career path as an Mary, Sarah also gained considerable Economic Analyst, it was a fascinating the critical issues facing Many of our programmes are flexible, giving Tailored Careers support is available to experience at public think tanks and intellectual experience that changed the you the opportunity to study full-time, part- you via Careers Consultants and Student other higher education institutions. politics today, locally way I look at the world.” time or through distance learning. Employability Advisors, for career planning, and globally. application and CV writing, interview practice Paul Brans, MSc International Business Visit qmul.ac.uk/politics for more Our London location and proximity to and more. and Politics information Westminster puts you in the political heart of the UK and provides access to industry experts through our stimulating research seminars and lectures. Students in Westminster

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Geography has been We offer a range of masters programmes in geography and environmental science, taught at Queen Mary drawing on a diverse collective expertise University of London since to tackle some of the greatest challenges Our alumni Our academics of the 21st century, including international “I chose to study at Queen Mary as the Geography “The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals include a commitment to achieving 1894, making us one of development, global health, migration and department has a very good reputation for teaching ‘decent work for all women and men by 2030’. However, there is disagreement the longest established the sustainable management of aquatic and research. The course also appealed to me as it about what constitutes ‘decent work’ and how this varies between geographical environments. suited my particular interest in rivers, with a wide regions. Schools of Geography variety of topics covered within the course program. in the UK. Career progression I felt that each of the modules would be useful in “For my PhD project, I spent 12 months in Kampala, Uganda, to explore work in the Our graduates have established careers some way for most jobs in the industry. informal economy. I discovered that people made a living through a diverse range in the water and environment sector, of activities; including entrepreneurship, ‘hustling’ and social exchange. Rather than “My course gave me the ideal preparation for the within government agencies, charities and formal qualifications, people often relied upon social relationships to get by. These job I am in now, as it covered all the aspects of river consultancies, undertaken PhDs and secured findings challenged the narrow idea of ‘work’ that I brought from the UK, as well as monitoring and management which I am expected jobs with NGOs, development organisations, simplistic distinctions between ‘working time’ and ‘leisure time’; ‘work’ and ‘life’. to know for my job. It also gave me experience of government departments and private report writing and time management skills, as well “My current research examines people’s work experiences in light of the global companies. Graduate destinations include as valuable experience with conducting field work Covid-19 pandemic. How will it transform the geographies of work; for example, Affinity Water, Environment Agency, Rivers and laboratory analyses.” through the growing phenomenon of working from home? How will it impact Trusts, Jacobs, Citizens Foundation, Fairtrade informal workers around the world who rely upon access to public space in order to International and Engage Hub. Anneka Johnson-Marshall, MSc Environmental Science: Integrated Management of Freshwater Environments make a living? I am excited to explore these questions with students taking modules 2015 (the predecessor to our MSc Water and on Retheorizing Global Development and Global Working Lives.” Visit qmul.ac.uk/geography for more Environmental Management), Asset Scientist at Dr William Monteith, Lecturer in Geography Affinity Water information Water and Environmental Management MSc students

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• at nonprofits such as Oxfam and The Centre Collaboratively teaching Our MA Global British Studies takes an exciting for Global Development Both of our postgraduate programmes adopt interdisciplinary approach to the study of • as researchers a collaborative approach to teaching. Britain in a global context over the past two • in teaching centuries. As well as working alongside leading Our MA History of Political Thought and academics from the School of History, you With the skillset that a History programme can Intellectual History is an intercollegiate will also have the opportunity to be taught by equip you with, many of our graduates have University of London programme jointly academics from connected Schools within continued onto PhD programmes or are in administered and awarded by University Queen Mary, including academics from the The School of History was More than a century later, we continue Career progression academia—both in London and at a variety of College London and Queen Mary University of School of English and Drama and other History to combine these crucial elements of the School of History graduates go on to build other institutions from Oxford and Cambridge, London. The MA draws on the expertise of staff Departments within the University of London founded in 1912 to teach historian’s craft to develop our expertise about successful careers in both the private and to Berkeley and Yale. These include: from the wider University of London, as well (subject to availability). the past and understand our responsibilities for public sector, and in national and international as leading academics at Queen Mary including history and undertake • Dr Signy Gutnick Allen, LSE Fellow in Political the present and future, through a diverse range organisations. Recent examples include: Professor Quentin Skinner and Professor world-class research. of historical periods, figures and outlooks. Theory and former Associate Lecturer in Gareth Stedman Jones. The programme offers • the BBC Political Theory at the University of York (MA advanced training in intellectual history, the Our two postgraduate degree programmes • in publishing, at prestigious academic History of Political Thought and Intellectual history of political thought and the history allow you to specialise in either Global British presses like Polity Press History) of philosophy, spanning the period from the History or in the History of Political Thought, a • in finance, for example at BNP Paribas and • Dr Paul Sagar, Lecturer in Political Theory, ancient world to the 21st century. programme which is taught collaboratively Ernst & Young King’s College London (MA History of Political with UCL. • as political advisers in Westminster and the Thought and Intellectual History) European Parliament Mile End campus • congressional campaigns in the US Visit qmul.ac.uk/history for more • at NGOs like Global Witness information

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Throughout its 100-year From trailblazing work on the structure of Our research the atom, to the international collaboration Using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, history, the School of jointly responsible for the Nobel Prize- an international team including researchers Physics and Astronomy winning discovery of the Higgs boson, our from Queen Mary found Saturn’s Moon Titan Our academics accomplishments capture headlines and drifting a hundred times faster than previously Professor Travaglini’s research focusses on modern methods to compute relativistic has brought people showcase the diversity of our expertise. understood—about 11 centimetres per year. scattering amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity. He has a particular interest in the study of hidden symmetries of the S-matrix of quantum field theories as well as applications of together to foster world- Today, we continue to deliver academic The revised rate of its drift suggests that the amplitudes to problems in gravitational physics, including gravitational radiation from excellence and remain at the forefront of some moon started out much closer to Saturn, changing discoveries. black holes. In addition to his research, he is the module organiser for the MSc module, of the most exciting discoveries of the last and that the whole system expanded more “Relativistic Waves and Quantum Fields” and has supervised several PhD projects. century, such as the closest exoplanet to Earth, quickly than originally believed. The findings Proxima b. also provide important confirmation of a new Professor Travaglini is also the Scientific Coordinator for SAGEX, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie theory that explains and predicts how planets Innovative Training Network funded by the European Commission. He leads the consortium Career progression affect their moons’ orbits, which could have in bringing together 15 academic institutions in Europe and the US, and 7 industry partners Our graduates have gone on to pursue PhD implications for many other systems. to support and fund the training of young PhD researchers in the rapidly evolving field of study at renowned institutions including scattering amplitudes. Stony Brook University, New York and the The Astronomy Unit at Queen Mary was University of Oxford. Those who choose a responsible for designing around 12 percent of the more than 400,000 images taken by the career in industry have progressed to positions Cassini was an orbiter that observed Saturn for Visit qmul.ac.uk/spa for more information including Data Scientist, Programming Cassini spacecraft, which are continuing to more than 13 years before plunging into the Analyst and Geophysicist in organisations uncover Saturn’s secrets in studies like this. planet’s atmosphere in September 2017 once it including HSBC, Tech Alchemy and natural gas had exhausted its fuel supply. Saturn from Cassini spacecraft companies.

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Our facilities With one of the largest academic staff in the UK and our new £18m Mathematics building with state-of-the-art facilities, teaching and study Our alumni spaces, we invest in our students and provide “I enjoy the fact that I can use so many different types of statistical software such as R, SAS, the perfect environment for them to thrive in. Excel and Python. It is a very challenging degree, but very rewarding as you will learn how Our new building includes a new lecture to programme. Data Analysis is very sought after by employers in most fields now, not only theatre, high-quality teaching rooms, private because there is a gap in the market, but because data is everywhere. Everything is mostly The School of Mathematical It’s a supportive community too. We work computer-based, so knowing how to code will give you an edge.” together to achieve goals, with our world and group study areas, a dedicated learning Sciences offers a diverse, leading academics here to inspire you and the space for postgraduate students and a Mateusz Dawidowski, MSc Data Analytics international community of opportunity to experience our award-winning computing lab. The lab, fit with 42 computers, Mathematics Society. includes access to Bloomberg terminals, like-minded, intellectually providing all our postgraduate students Career progression the opportunity to take Bloomberg Market curious students who use Our flexible and wide range of abstract and Concepts qualification. This software is used both logic and creativity real-world programmes from MSc Mathematics in the finance industry for the provision and to solve big 21st century to MSc Data Analytics and MSc Financial analysis of financial market data and news. Our alumni Mathematics means you can shape your own “I am able to gain a comprehensive understanding of how technology has transcended into problems in a unique career path and join our esteemed alumni, the financial industry. Having started this degree with very little computer science knowledge, learning environment. who have gone on to work in research, and I have found the academic staff very supportive. We have a set of introductory modules which for prestigious organisations such as PwC, prepare us well for the more advanced modules.” Santander, HM Revenues and Customs, Visit qmul.ac.uk/maths for more information Amani Lahmami, MSc Financial Computing Deutsche Bank and the NHS. Maths Computing Lab

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The School of Engineering Our staff lead the way in fields ranging from Our facilities Our Aerospace lab houses a flight simulator Our research sustainable energy to medical innovation: The Internal Combustioin (IC) lab focuses on with a cockpit, fully moving-base platform, Through research excellence, our academics and Materials Science developing technology to better harness energy engine performance testing and emissions. virtual vision simulation for a range of visual have improved the outcomes for hundreds of provides a foundation from waves, repairing fetal membrane defects to The IC lab also forms the base for the Queen cueing systems, image processing techniques patients worldwide, with Dr Karin Hing and reduce preterm births and prevent early deaths Mary Formula student team and the Shell-Eco for the flow field, advanced optical flow her team at Queen Mary engineering materials that enables engineers of young babies, and pioneering new innovative challenge team. diagnostic tools and a unique wind tunnel for that encourage bone growth when used in and material scientists biomaterials now improving the lives of 100,000s the study of laminar flow and its active control. complex orthopaedic surgeries. In 2019, Royal of patients worldwide. Our new Chemical Engineering lab is modelled External organisations such as Airbus and the Mail launched six stamps to mark 50 years of to change lives. on teaching and learning. Equipment US Airforce are users of these facilities. innovation in British engineering and Karin’s Career progression includes a Rankine Cycle, Hydrogen Fuel Cell work was featured in one of the six stamps. NanoVision Centre in Material Engineering is a Our programmes lead to rewarding careers that to allow our students to take measurement Dr Hing’s stamp depicts a close-up of the multi-million pound microscope unit, bringing make a real difference to the world. Students on efficiency and an oil separation rig that synthetic bone graft with an example of where together the latest imaging technologies have gone on to work for companies such as separates used cooking oil to extract useable bone grafts are commonly used to support to open-up new avenues for cutting-edge Siemens, Jaguar, Land Rover and Accenture, fuel (biodesel) by centrifugal force. bone regeneration in orthopaedic surgery. as well as going into further studies at Queen research. This multidisciplinary facility is Mary with a PhD. Our graduates have gone on The brand-new laboratory of the Centre for unparalleled in the UK—combining high to pursue PhD study at renowned institutions Advanced Robotics at Queen Mary is equipped resolution imaging with structural, chemical Visit qmul.ac.uk/sems for more information including Stony Brook University, New York with Robotics Arms, Mobile Platforms, and mechanical analysis. and the University of Oxford. Those who Mechatronic and Control Systems, Artificial choose a career in industry have progressed to Intelligence, Swarm Robots, human-like positions including Data Scientist, Programming Robotic Systems, Virtual Reality and Haptic Analyst and Geophysicist in organisations Interfaces, human motion tracking system. including HSBC, Tech Alchemy and natural gas Dr Karin Hing with her stamp. Credit: Royal Mail companies.

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of cicadas every evening. In addition, the ecological sampling techniques we learned will undoubtedly be an asset for the future.” Our alumni Our facilities A new £39m Graduate Centre provides “There is an excellent range of different quality teaching and learning spaces and our project titles to choose from. My course ‘Fogg building’ recently underwent a £4.5m gave me a solid founding in taxonomy and spatial analysis. These skills have been Teaching is influenced by world-class research • Curator at the NHM refurbishment. You will have access to analytical The School of Biological facilities for ecological studies, our field station incredibly useful and I have continued my and our staff regularly produce work in high • Bioinformatics PhD Researcher at UCL research into a PhD on a similar subject. I and Chemical Sciences impact journals like Nature, Science and Cancer Institute the ‘River Laboratory’ in Dorset, imaging facilities include confocal and EM microscopes, am close to submitting my first paper and I leading specialist journals. • Nanotechnology Scientist at combines the academic recently refurbished chemistry laboratories, and am collaborating on a book chapter.” Applied Nanodetectors Ltd rigour of a leading Careers progession bioinformatics infrastructure, including a 1,800- Joe Morton, degree in collaboration with Our graduates progress to varied careers Global fieldwork opportunities core computing cluster. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 2019 department with a vibrant Red leaf monkey, Borneo in industry, conservation, environmental Our inspiring fieldwork course portfolio offers Our research research culture alongside organisations and academia around the world. students the chance to visit locations such as Our links with Kew are particularly strong, an Museum, environmental organisations such as Our research projects are a major part of our Examples include: Borneo, Madagascar and Cape Verde. Our MSc institute with great research and the largest and the Environment Agency, conservation charities, a friendly and lively study MSc programmes, integrating your interests with student Oliver Gaskin (2019) said: “Our field most diverse collections of plants and fungi DEFRA, and industry, such as GlaxoSmithKline, • Lead Generation Specialist, Illumina the latest cutting-edge research questions and environment. trip to the Danum Valley Conservation Area in anywhere in the world. Proctor & Gamble, AstraZeneca and Syngenta. priorities. The projects prepare you for careers • Communications Officer, European Borneo was an amazing experience. During in specialist subjects and provide transferable Geosciences Union our time there we witnessed an incredible Such strong links underpin many projects. skills essential for any professional career. Our partners include Royal Botanic Gardens • Botanical Horticulturalist at Kew variety of wildlife, from waking to the sound of Visit qmul.ac.uk/sbcs for more information • Lead Marine Adviser, Natural England gibbons in the morning to hearing the shouting Kew, Institute of Zoology and Natural History 50 Become the one who unlocks their potential at qmul.ac.uk Become the one who unlocks their potential at qmul.ac.uk 51 Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

With technology becoming We are a vibrant and multi-disciplinary learning at organisations such as: Ministry of Defence, environment with excellent industry links, Investment banking, Sky, Founders4school, increasingly integral in where our enthusiasm for research keeps Tech Strategies and Orbium. teaching exciting and relevant. Our alumni everything we do, the Our research “I’m a Data Scientist in the energy sector, enhancing the digital journey and solving problems Our range of MSc programmes will develop Every 36 hours the NHS deals with over a School of Electronic for clients from the oil and gas, wind, and marine industries. Queen Mary was top of my list as your practical skills and knowledge, preparing million patients, generating multiple spoken I was able to pick from a diverse range of programmes and modules to shape my career. Engineering and you for your chosen career. Whichever interactions. High quality communication is Computer Science (EECS) programme you decide to undertake, you will vital to saving lives. I learnt cutting-edge technologies and key practical skills required for the industry. I was able be taught by experts and gain an advanced and to learn techniques from other departments expanding my transferable skills. For my final is helping to define a thorough understanding of your chosen field. EECS researchers found that using project, I applied the knowledge I gained from modules like Machine Learning and Big Data rapidly evolving industry. computational methods to analyse clinical to my interest in music, combining ideas from both subjects to build a tool.” We are well known for our pioneering research, communication increased the detection rate facilities and educators and we pride ourselves of key indicators and resulted in an overall Tayjo, MSc Computer Science with IE 2019 on our world-class activities. improvement to patient outcomes. They created a training programme for clinicians, The team has also developed new tools Careers progression resulting in psychiatrists being six-times more used to support structured patient-clinician Our postgraduates have moved into a range engaged with their patients. This has been interactions and inform sharing in care teams. of exciting and rewarding roles, equipped widely used by NHS Trusts since 2014 and was These programmes are now part of the NHS with a broad range of skills gained through integrated into UK undergraduate medical Outcomes Programme and recommended for our programmes, extra-curricular activities education in 2015. use with all early intervention teams across and work experience. These roles include England and mental health services in London. Technology Analyst, Data Analyst, Associate Consultant and Interactive Systems Developer Visit qmul.ac.uk/eecs for more information Students Facilities

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severe outcomes following infection. However, lead author of the study, Dr John Riches, explains: “This study suggests that the risk of Covid-19 to younger patients with few or no Our academics medical conditions aside from their blood Professor Nick Lemoine is Director of the Barts Cancer Institute and a world leader in cancer is less than the risk to older patients pancreatic cancer research. Pancreatic cancer is hard to treat and the outlook for patients with lots of other medical conditions”. is generally poor, and his pioneering work seeks to address this. Currently, Professor Lemoine’s team are analysing the genetic information of pancreatic tumour cells to identify Created in 2003, the Barts Today, BCI is one of the top five cancer Career progression which faulty genes play a role in the disease. This will help them identify potential new research centres in the UK (REF 2014) and Our graduates work in a range of medical, targets for therapy, particularly those that stop the cancer from spreading in the body. Their Cancer Institute (BCI) one of 14 Cancer Research UK Centres of biomedical and scientific roles in hospitals research will therefore hopefully lead to the development of new, more precise treatments brought together some of Excellence. and NHS Trusts, universities, pharmaceutical for the disease, ultimately helping more people to survive. companies and the wider healthcare sectors, the most eminent cancer You will be taught by experts in the field in whilst a number are undertaking further study He also works with colleagues on the development of oncolytic virotherapy, an approach research teams in London innovative learning environments that offer or research (2016/17 Destination of Leavers of that uses adenoviruses and vaccinia viruses that selectively replicate within and kill cancer an exceptional learning experience, exposure Higher Education surveys). cells but leave normal cells untouched. to modern techniques and state-of-the art with one overriding His research has been funded by programme grants from the Medical Research Council, laboratories. As a result, you will further Our research Cancer Research UK, Digestive Cancer Campaign and the European Union. He has published objective: to conduct your understanding, research and career Clinical researchers from BCI and Barts Health widely and also holds roles in a range of cancer organisations across the UK and Ireland. the most relevant and development in the field of cancer. NHS Trust have conducted one of the first studies to investigate the outcome of Covid-19 impactful cancer research. infection in patients with blood cancer. People with blood cancer are expected to be amongst Visit bartscancer.london for more information those at increased risk of infection and more Laboratory

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The Blizard Institute is Our diverse and exciting programmes are Our academics are at the forefront of the taught by academics who are leaders in fields response to Covid-19; both treating patients the largest within Queen such as genomics, cell biology, translational and undertaking research into fighting it. Mary’s Barts and The immunology, neuroscience and trauma. This includes involvement with RECOVERY Our academics (Randomised Evaluation of Covid-19 Therapy), “My clinical background is in emergency medicine. I love the variety and the chance to Careers progression London School of Medicine established in March as a randomised clinical interact with patients, professional colleagues and students to provide the best possible Upon graduation, 91 per cent of our alumni are trial to test potential treatments. care at a time that is not usually expected. and Dentistry. Our world- in highly skilled employment or graduate study. class biomedical research Many go onto PhDs or work for healthcare Academics researching multiple sclerosis “My passion lies in medical education and I developed my clinical-based teaching skills into providers in the UK and abroad six months after demonstrated the effectiveness of using a novel formal qualifications completing my PhD in Medical Education in 2019. My research interest and education integrates graduation. light technology which is now being applied to is in inter-professional education, faculty development and experiential learning. I am basic science, clinical and Covid-19 for potential use in antibody testing. working on bringing experiential simulation-based learning into an on-line forum! Our research translational research The Institute’s research spans basic, laboratory- Our work with The Royal London Hospital Major “The best way to deliver safe and effective patient care is to work collaboratively together. activity within a unique based science, such as identifying novel Trauma Centre helped form the Centre for To do this, we need to train together. It astounds me how little people know about their targets, drugs or other treatments, through Trauma Sciences (C4TS). C4TS research helps professional colleagues’ training and I am disappointed by barriers that exist in healthcare, and award-winning to applied health research. We work by us understand how the body responds to injury, so anything that can break these down, such as our MSc, is great.” facility. involving patients from our local NHS Trusts leading to improvements and innovations Dr Libby Thomas and wider populations. Our approach is in resuscitation, surgery and intensive care. embedded within the local community and Our interdisciplinary work with the School of supports our aspiration to produce innovative Electronic Engineering and Computer Science therapeutic interventions and advance patient secured a $1.2m grant to develop Artificial Intelligence tools that could help save the lives management. Visit qmul.ac.uk/blizard for more information of badly injured soldiers.

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Our research From improving the oral health in children in the UK and Sudan to developing the world’s Our academics first diagnostic test for the early detection if oral Professor Robert Hill, Chair of Dental cancers, our research has been instrumental in Physical Sciences, is an expert on a number of innovations in dentistry. fluorine-containing glasses and glass- ceramics. He became the first British Fadil Elamin, Honorary Senior Research Fellow winner of the prestigious Varshneya at the Institute of Dentistry, has developed a Award in 2019 for his pioneering work If you study with us, you will become part of Careers progression way of saving the teeth of children who live in Based in Whitechapel, developing Biomin toothpaste, which Institute of Dentistry, Whitechapel a dynamic, successful School ranked 11th in 96 per cent of our graduates were in remote areas with intermittent or no access to contains the special glasses that the Institute of Dentistry the world for dentistry (QS World University employment or further study six months after running water and electricity. Instead of drilling Professor Hill and his team developed. Rankings by Subject 2020). graduation (2016/17 Destination of Leavers out the rot and capping the tooth, Fadil trialled offers cutting-edge Following research to exploit fluoride of Higher Education survey). Most of our the Hall technique which does not require a The Institute is a special place to undertake glass technology in the dental field, technology, a superb graduates are working as dental practitioners local anaesthetic and specialist skills. By sealing your postgraduate studies. We bring together a Biomin Technologies produced in the NHS and private sectors, while some go the rot in a glue cap, the germs which cause education and first-class number of world-leading researchers in basic toothpaste containing these glasses that on to further study, teaching and research roles tooth decay are effectively starved of oxygen and clinical sciences who teach and supervise dissolve slowly over 10-12 hours releasing research facilities. (2015/16 and 2016/17 Destination of Leavers of and therefore cannot develop. It proved to be students in the fields of oral medicine, calcium, phosphate and fluoride ions. Higher Education surveys). as effective a treatment as the ‘gold standard’ oral pathology, oral microbiology, oral The toothpaste is now sold across and has also been trialled in Scotland. With epidemiology, oncology, dental biomaterials, Europe, China, India and Australia, and healthcare resources the world- over under Clinical skills laboratory dental biophysics, dental public health, dental the company is licensing its technology education, periodontology, orthodontics, increasing strain, the Hall technique is a cost to dental companies for varnishes, Visit qmul.ac.uk/dentistry for more and paediatric, prosthetic and conservative and time-effective way of preserving oral health composite fillings and adhesives. information dentistry. in children.

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Focusing primarily on The Institute is home to leaders in curriculum Our research Our academics design, delivery and assessment. We house Our academics’ research focuses on clinical “I’m a consultant transplant surgeon and trained both in London and New York. I also medical education, world-class facilities at our campuses across and medical education, covering: have a Masters and PhD in Education, which have given me the theoretical tools and wider London and our partner organisations where the Institute of Health understanding of education and training. we teach our students, both those looking • Developing teaching for junior doctors Sciences Education forms to enter the medical profession and those • Applying clinical skills to students and I’m fascinated by our practices of learning, thinking, doing and acting in clinical workplaces. an integral part of Queen wanting to develop their careers. trainees that require additional support My primary research uses Philosophy as a tool to unpack a student’s experiences of training. • Enhancing medical students’ leadership skills I published a book last summer which explored the idea that meaningful learning occurs Mary’s Barts and The We currently offer postgraduate taught through student selected components when we are caught up in events that cause us to break away from our familiar patterns of London School of Medicine programmes in the areas of: • Improving general practitioners’ knowledge thinking to envisage the world in different and hopefully better ways. and Dentistry. • Clinical Education through government education campaigns The Covid-19 pandemic has created new opportunities to think about how we deliver • Physician Associate Studies • Using paramedics to teach future doctors healthcare and what that experience can look and feel like, for the patient and healthcare prehospital medicine skills • Prehospital Medicine professional.” • Investigating the facilitator’s role in London’s Dr Arunthathi Mahendran Career progression Air Ambulance’s simulation moulage training. 96 per cent of graduates from all our medicine During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Institute further support our healthcare professionals postgraduate taught programmes across Visit qmul.ac.uk/ihse for more information the Faculty were in employment or further adapted much of its work to meet the and students, we launched a podcast about study six months after graduation (2016/17 challenges faced by healthcare professionals. clinical communication covering topics such Destination of Leavers of Higher Education Dr Graham Easton’s team in the Clinical and as communicating in PPE protective kit survey). Communication Skills Unit worked with actors (including sign language), sharing best practice to help medical students learn about video and across teams and countries, breaking bad telephone consultations, which became the news, and video and telephone consultations Royal London Hospital buildings norm in general practice during the crisis. To in primary care. 60 Become the one who unlocks their potential at qmul.ac.uk Become the one who unlocks their potential at qmul.ac.uk 61 Institute of Population Health Sciences

Our research Other research led by Dr Jonathan Kennedy Professor David McCoy has appeared on shows that the rise of populism across Europe BBC Newsnight discussing Covid-19 testing, has coincided with a growing mistrust of and wrote a number of pieces for the media, vaccines. The study looked at national-level Our academics including The Guardian and BMJ (British data from 14 European countries. It found a Dr Andrew Harmer is a leading authority Medical Journal). David’s work examines highly significant positive association between on Global Health Policy. He is currently the reasons behind the severity of the the percentage of people in a country who investigating the links between global pandemic in the UK including the NHS’s lack voted for populist parties and the percentage health and power, and the health effects The Institute of Population We deliver world-class research and education Careers progression of preparedness for such a public health who believe that vaccines are neither of climate change. His work includes to drive improvements in the health of local, 100 per cent of our graduates were in emergency, critique of government strategy, important nor effective. leading and coordinating a number Health Sciences is a national and global populations. Our Masters employment or further study six months after and why we need a manifesto to deal with the of consultancy projects for major new interdisciplinary programmes will be of particular interest if you graduation (2016/17 Destination of Leavers pandemic and its effects. development organisations on subjects are a medical and clinical practitioner, a civil of Higher Education survey). A number are such as maternal and child health, health Dr Doreen Montag’s research took her to Peru’s institute within Barts and servant, a public health practitioner, a social or working as medical practitioners, in social care systems strengthening, and global health Amazonian region, examining how vulnerable The London School of political scientist, a lab scientist, or work for an and the wider healthcare sectors, for charities partnerships. NGO. You will focus on the social determinants and non-governmental organisations, and in its indigenous communities are to Covid-19 as Medicine and Dentistry of health; the interface between politics and government (2015/16 and 2016/17 Destination high prices, shortages of supplies, and a history at Queen Mary. policy; a concern for social justice; and primary of Leavers of Higher Education surveys). of mistreatment of indigenous peoples have Visit qmul.ac.uk/iphs for more information care acting as a platform for effective public led to mistrust in hospital treatments. health action. This will lead you towards multidisciplinary analysis that includes sociology, anthropology, economics, law, geography as well as public health medicine. Whitechapel

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The William Harvey In addition, we achieve international age-related macular degeneration that may excellence in critical care and perioperative offer new hope for the diagnosis and treatment Research Institute medicine research. We aim to combine of the disease, which affects over (WHRI) is one of Europe’s talents from different disciplines such as 1.5 million people in the UK alone. Our academics genomics, cell biology, and pharmacology, Artificial intelligence has been used for the Sir Mark Caulfield is the Institute Co-Director, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and largest pharmacological with translational bench-to-patient studies and first time to instantly and accurately measure an NHS consultant. His research has been independently rated amongst the top ten large-scale clinical trials. institutes. We are blood flow, in a new study involving WHRI scientific discoveries in his field, and he has won numerous awards. He raised £25m researchers. The results were found to be able toward the William Harvey Heart Centre which created a translational clinical research committed to high- Careers progression centre and was the academic leader that created the Barts Heart Centre, bringing three 91 per cent of our graduates were in to predict chances of death, heart attack and quality research and offer stroke, and can be used by doctors to help hospitals together to create the UK’s largest heart centre. His main research focuses on employment or further study six months after cardiovascular genomics and cardiovascular clinical trials. programmes where you graduation (2016/17 Destination of Leavers recommend treatments. of Higher Education survey). A number Mark is also Chief Scientist for Genomics England, charged with delivery of the 100,000 will be taught by world- Researchers from WHRI and Barts Health Genomes Project on whole genome sequencing in rare disease, cancer and infection. He of our graduates are working as medical NHS Trust have begun a new programme leading experts in the practitioners, in the wider healthcare and leads on all scientific activities for Genomics England including engagement with NHS of Covid-19 research across Barts Health scientific teams and the general public to promote, explain and enthuse about the project. fields of cardiovascular, life sciences sectors, and governmental hospitals, including NHS Nightingale Hospital organisations (2016/17 Destination of Leavers London. Patients are recruited into clinical endocrine and of Higher Education surveys). trials to understand why some people inflammation research. Our research become severely affected and to investigate interventions to see if they can help more An international team including researchers patients survive. from WHRI have recently delivered a research breakthrough for a leading cause of blindness. Visit qmul.ac.uk/whri for more information The team identified a new protein linked to Charterhouse Square campus Students 64 Become the one who unlocks their potential at qmul.ac.uk Become the one who unlocks their potential at qmul.ac.uk 65 Wolfson Institute

than the ‘gold standard’ nicotine substitute in With overweight or obese comprising the helping UK smokers quit, doubling the one- majority of Covid-19 infections and hospital year abstinence rate. deaths, researchers say that coronavirus has made tackling the obesity crisis even more Our academics Dr Belinda Nedjai and colleagues have urgent. They are calling on food industries developed a non-invasive test to detect Dr Mark Freestone is Senior Lecturer in to stop promoting unhealthy food and drink, Psychiatry (non-clinical) and Director cervical pre-cancer by analysing urine and and on governments to take action, to reduce vaginal samples women collect themselves. of Postgraduate Taught Programmes. further deaths from Covid-19. He works mainly in the field of forensic It is an internationally recognised centre for Careers progression The self-sampling test had proved popular with The Wolfson Institute of women taking part in the study – suggesting mental health, conducting research into research and teaching, identifying the causes 92 per cent of our graduates were in the efficacy of treatments for offenders. Preventive Medicine offers and methods of prevention of physical and employment or further study six months after it’s likely to improve participation in screening programmes. A Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute, he postgraduate training mental health conditions that lead to poor graduation. A number of our graduates are has consulted on forensic mental health quality of life and premature death. Our working as psychologists, counsellors, in the A study led by Wolfson Institute Director issues for NHS England and recently the in mental health and work has had an unprecedented impact on NHS, social care and the wider healthcare Professor Jack Cuzick has confirmed that BBC America drama series Killing Eve. preventive medicine. lives across the world. We provide integrated sectors (2015/16 and 2016/17 Destination of Anastrozole offers significant long-term teaching and training opportunities delivered Leavers of Higher Education surveys). protection for postmenopausal women who by leaders in the field. By sharing knowledge Our research take it for five years. Findings show that in trial Visit qmul.ac.uk/wolfson for more and pushing the boundaries of research, we participants, breast cancer incidence was 49% Wolfson academics are at the forefront of information will continue to advance preventive medicine lower than in women given a placebo. Wolfson Institute building on a global scale. influential and vital medical research. In 2019, research on e-cigarettes led by Professor Peter Hajek was among the 20 most discussed papers in the world. The paper concluded that e-cigarettes could be much more effective

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