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The University has won the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education on seven occasions - the most recent being for world-class achievement in Shared Education and global cyber security. Cancer Services, world-class achievement in green chemistry, environmental research, palaeoecology and law have received the Award. The University has also been honoured by Northern Ireland’s first Regius Professorship, awarded by Her Majesty The Queen for excellence in electronics and computer engineering. Queen’s is ranked 22nd in the world for international outlook (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020) and ranked ninth in the world for research collaboration, Queen’s is globally connected and networked with strategic partnerships across the world.
The University is ranked number one in the UK for commercialising research (Octopus Venues 2019) and for its participation in Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP). With more than 24,000 students and 4,200 staff, it is a dynamic and diverse institution, a magnet for inward investment, a patron of the arts and a global player in areas ranging from cancer studies to sustainability, and from pharmaceuticals to creative writing.
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Senior Lecturer in EU and International Economic Law, Queen's University Belfast
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Vice-Chancellor Illuminate Fellow, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen's University Belfast
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Research Fellow, Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Postdocotoral Research Fellow in Molecular Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Research Fellow in the Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast
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Reader (Associate Professor) at the School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast
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Research Fellow in Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Political Sociology, Queen's University Belfast
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Research Fellow, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast
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Research Fellow in the Bryden Centre, Queen's University Belfast
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Lecturer in environmental interactions of marine renewables, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Law, Queen's University Belfast
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Research Assistant, Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast
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Lecturer in Politics, Queen's University Belfast
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Lecturer in Astrophysics, Queen's University Belfast
