Queen Mary University of London Joins SES

28 March 2017

One of London’s largest institutions and a leader in scientific research, Queen Mary University of London joins SES in early 2017, joining other consortia members including King’s College London, The University of Southampton, University College London, The University of Oxford, and Imperial College London.

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), one of the UK’s leading research-focused higher education institutions, has recently joined the Science and Engineering South Consortium (SES). Part of the Russell International Excellence Group (of which all SES institutions are members), QMUL brings to SES a strategic commitment to the highest quality of research. A major centre for medical teaching and research, the university already undertakes collaborative projects with our institutions, including UCL Partners, the world’s largest academic health science centre. Other partnerships include:

• The London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership,

  Prof. William Spence

  a joint programme for 2014-2018 (with University College London and King’s College London) 

• The London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (with Imperial College London and King’s College London), funded by the Economic and Social Research Council
• The BBSRC London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme(LIDo) (a joint programme with University College London and King’s College London) 
• The Joint Translational Cardiovascular Institute (with University College London)
• The East London Genes & Health Centre for Population Genomics (with King’s College London)
• The Plastic Electronics Doctoral Training Centre (an EPSRC initiative run in partnership with Imperial College London)
• London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP) of which QMUL is an associate member (a joint programme run by King’s College London, University College London and the School of Advanced Studies)
• The Doctoral Training Partnership in Translational Immunology (with The University of Southampton)
• The Latin American and Caribbean Migration Research network (with the University of Oxford)

Based in London’s East End, QMUL adds a diversified presence to the consortium (which stretches from London to Oxford and Southampton) with its strengths in research growth complementing and enhancing our capabilities as a consortium.  Representing QMUL on the board of PVC’s is Prof. William J Spence (Vice-Principal for Research, Queen Mary University of London). Upon the successful joining of SES, Prof. Spence expressed that:

“We very much look forward to being a part of the consortium – fresh collaboration and sharing arrangements will offer significant new opportunities to us at QMUL and add to the existing range of joint work with our partners”

SES would like to extend a warm welcome to all QMUL staff, Academics, and Researchers who will be working with us in the future (to stay up to date, we encourage you to sign up for our bi-monthly Newsletter).  As well as Birkbeck University of London, Brunel University, RHUL, the Institute of Zoology, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Natural History Museum, and with partners Microsoft, Ove Arup, BHP Billiton, Lloyds, the Forestry Commission and 25 others).

As well as Birkbeck University of London, the Royal Veterinary College, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a wide range of internship partners as well as iCASE studentships with industry.