The School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Nursing Care of the Older Person in Care Home Settings.

Members of the CRG from the SNAM, QUB experienced various achievements at the recent Irish Nurses Cardiovascular Association Annual Scientific Meeting.

The ‘LGBTQ+ Health Network for Nursing and Midwifery Academics’ has had a successful inaugural year since its launch in May 2023.

On 2nd October The School of Nursing and Midwifery, QUB hosted the Council of Deans of Health Northern Ireland.

Today we celebrate the launch of QUB GREATix in partnership with out Athena Swan champions! This is an initiative, originally created in Scotland and now implemented in some of our Trusts and aims to reward excellence in practice!

QUB has awarded Professor Maria McIlgorm with the title of Honorary Professor of Practice in the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery are pleased to announce the winners of the Children’s Cancer Unit Charity's International Nursing Programme 2024

We were delighted to welcome colleagues from The Lillian Carter Center within the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in Emory University to Queen’s last week.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Kenda Crozier as the new Head of School.

Exploring the mental health needs of patients living with Barrett’s Oesophagus

It has been a collective triumph for the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queens University Belfast recently, with students acknowledged for their outstanding achievements and dedication to their field.

Congratulations to Professor Donna Fitzsimons, Head of School, Nursing and Midwifery, who has been named Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to healthcare and education.

Congratulations to our Clinical Skills Technical Team from the Faculty of Medicine Health and Life Sciences MHLS Clinical Skills teaching centres who have been awarded awarded a LEAF (Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework) bronze award!

A new €7.5 million research project involving a team of academics from Queen’s University Belfast seeks to improve the care and quality of life for those with advanced dementia living in care homes.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery is delighted to announce that our staff have been acknowledged in the Queen’s Teaching Awards 2024!

The ‘LGBTQ+ Health Network for Nursing and Midwifery Academics’ held its inaugural conference on Monday 20th May 2024.

We were delighted to host the Inaugural Professorial Lecture by Professor Mary McCarron from Trinity College Dublin on Tuesday 21st May 2024.  

The School of Nursing and Midwifery are pleased to announce the Children's Cancer Unit Charity (CCUC) lnternational Nursing Programme 2024 is now open for applications!

Congratulations to Professor Maria Lohan and Professor Mark Tomlinson who headline this week’s British Medical Journal editorial.

Our Head of School, Professor Donna Fitzsimons and Director of Internationalisation, Professor Christine Brown Wilson along with Yi Feng (Head of Academic Partnerships), recently visited the College of Nursing at Zarqa University in Amman, Jordan.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery are especially proud to have had five finalists in the Student Nursing Times Awards 2024.

Congratulations to our colleague, Professor Joanne Reid who has achieved Global Nurse Consultant certification by the International Council of Nurses / CGFNS. The certification specialises in Palliative care: research and policy.

Learning Disabilities Nursing conference celebrating the role of the Registered Nurse in Learning Disabilities (UK) and the Registered Nurse in Intellectual Disabilities (ROI).

On Monday 8th April, Well-being Ambassadors and Champions from the QUB School of Nursing and Midwifery hosted their ‘LEARN CPR, SAVE A LIFE’ session in the Students Union. 

Yesterday we were joined by our current students, esteemed colleagues and special guests for our 2024 Celebration Event in The Whitla Hall.

PPI Ignite Network's National PPI Festival, "Public and Patient Involvement – Where WE all matter"

Congratulations to Dr Clare McVeigh who has received £95,000 in funding from the Burdett Trust for Nursing Grant Programme to conduct mindfulness research with people who have a diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF).

The booking platform is now open for Positive Commitment 2024 Annual Conference.  

We are delighted to announce the publication of our first Patient and Carer Education Partnership Annual Report on the 12th December 2023 for September 2022 to August 2023.

Trisha was awarded for her work with the NI Mental Health Arts Festival.

‘It’s My Life - Making It Our Reality’ A recent dissemination event held at QUB, launched a new research report highlighting best practice for relationships and sexuality education (RSE) for children and young people with intellectual disabilities.

A new inclusive Irish language sex education resource has launched today called Dá mBa Mise Jack/If I were Jack.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen's University Belfast is delighted to announce a new opportunity to apply for a PhD Studentship for September 2024 entry.

Queen’s University has signed up to the Public Health Agency’s (PHA) Breastfeeding Welcome Here scheme which aims to actively show support to breastfeeding mothers.

The Children’s Cancer Unit Charity (CCUC) Travel Scholarship winners Jane, Katie, and Sophie have arrived in Atlanta, Georgia to complete their three-week visit.

Congratulations to our colleague Dr. Martina Galeotti who has been awarded the RCN Nursing Research Award for 2023. 

The School of Nursing and Midwifery are pleased to announce the winners of the Children’s Cancer Unit Charity (CCUC) Travel Scholarship.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery sends congratulations to our colleague Michelle Mullan who was recently awarded a British Empire Medal at Hillsborough Castle! 

The School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast has launched a new partnership with The Children’s Cancer Unit Charity (CCUC), with the announcement of £129,000 in funding.

This scholarship offers awards for students to undertake the following PGT programmes: - MSc Advanced Professional Practice - MSc Caring for Children and Young People with Complex Health Care Needs - PG Dip Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy

To help achieve this the Leaf program has been introduced to help address energy, procurement, travel, water and waste. The School of Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Skills team has been awarded bronze for its actions to improve sustainability.

Professor Donna Fitzsimons, Lyn Crawford, Mary Duffin and Maria Somerville from the School were delighted to attend the Garden Party at Hillsborough Castle on Wednesday 24 May 2023 and meet HM King Charles.

AN INNOVATIVE LGBTQ+ health network for nursing and midwifery academics has been set up by Queen’s School of Nursing and Midwifery to tackle gaps in knowledge when delivering care to LGBTQ+ people.

After a wonderful day at The Balmoral Show, The School of Nursing and Midwifery has been awarded Best Stand at the show in terms of engaging and interacting with young people!

The School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen's University Belfast is delighted to announce a new opportunity to apply for a funded PhD Studentship.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery are pleased to announce a new travel scholarship to the USA which is fully funded by the Children’s Cancer Unit Charity (CCUC).

In March 2023, the Common Health Assets project team celebrated good news when their protocol paper was accepted for publication in BMJ Open.

On the 29th and 30th of March, 120 delegates met at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast for the Irish Network of Healthcare Educators (INHED) annual scientific meeting.

The RCN Foundation has announced Education Grants for 2023. Ranging from £500 - £1600 these grants are available for Nurses, Midwives, Nursing Associates and Health Care Support Workers. 

The School of Nursing and Midwifery is delighted to showcase our professorial public lecture series. The first lecture in the series is entitled People with Learning Disabilities: Moving forward to address the challenges.

In memory of PCEP member Liz Cunningham. It is with great sadness that we attended the funeral last week of our long standing PCEP member Liz Cunningham who passed away on Sunday 7th August 2022.

On Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th March, 28 clinicians, researchers, nurses, and digital developers met in Belfast to discuss progress of the Passion-HF project.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast is offering one Department for the Economy PhD studentship which is open to international applicants only for October 2023 entry.

On Wednesday 8th February 2023 the School of Nursing & Midwifery, launched the Florence Nightingale Exhibition which currently resides on the Ground Floor of the Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road for anyone to view.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen's University Belfast is delighted to announce three new PhD opportunties.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen's University Belfast is delighted to announce a new opportunity to apply for a fully funded PhD Studentship.

Congratulations to School of Nursing and Midwifery’s Professor Joanne Reid who has been appointed as a Director on the All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care Board

Queen’s University hosted a virtual Policymakers’ Exchange meeting on Wednesday 7 December 2022.

Congratulations to School of Nursing and Midwifery’s Professor Joanne Reid who has received a Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Fellowship Ad Eundem (FFNMRCSI Ad Eundem) on 5th of December 2022

Congratulations to School of Nursing and Midwifery’s Professor David Thompson who is featured in Stanford University’s database of the world’s top 2% of scientists and in the AD Scientific Index 2022.

The School will mark World Heart Day on 29 September 2022

‘Removal of barriers to social inclusion and social participation for children and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD): An inter-professional approach’

“Make caring visible, valued and supported” A conversation with members from our Patient And Carers Education Partnership (PCEP) Forum and School of Nursing and Midwifery staff. Please come along and join us at our series of virtual lunchtime chats

Managing Future Care Need For Older People in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland: CHITIN Findings

Researchers are set to gather evidence of the positive impact community organisations have on public health, in the largest UK study of its kind.

Congratulations to School of Nursing and Midwifery’s Professor David Thompson who has been invited to join the Academia Europaea as a member.

The School of Nursing & Midwifery is delighted to publish the results of this one-year research study funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing.

Friday 29th October 2021 | 11am until 1pm (BST)

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new book written by one of our members of staff, Dr Debbie Duncan.

Virtual Launch

Queen’s University Belfast is part of a large transdisciplinary project to provide better support to people with advanced cancer and their family caregivers.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast has launched an innovative graduate entry Masters programme in Professional Nursing aimed at existing graduates from other disciplines who want to move into a career in nursing.

Calling All Students! The 2021 Mary Mulvihill Award on the theme of Virus is now launched!

A new research project is being undertaken focusing on the inclusion of LGBTQ+ health concerns within pre-registration nursing and midwifery programmes. The project is a collaboration between Queen’s University Belfast and Trinity College Dublin.

Dr Aisling Gough has been shortlisted for the 2019 Vice-Chancellor’s Research Prizes in the Engagement category recognising her work in organisation and support of the recent “6 Nations” Relationship & Sexuality Education (RSE) Symposium held at Que

Offer holders for the undergraduate programmes are invited to attend a virtual offer holders event on Friday 29th May 2020

The role of the nurse/midwife in the treatment and management of a novel virus. By Debbie Duncan and Gillian Lyall.

Thursday 26 September 2019 from 18:00 to 19:00 CEST

Policy stakeholders share best practice on Relationship and Sexuality Education

Join the Renal Arts Group for ‘The Art of Health and Wellbeing’, an evening of creativity and pizza, as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science NI

A collaborative report launched this week finds children’s cancer services in Northern Ireland benefit from cutting-edge support provided by Cancer Fund for Children.

Applications are invited for up to a maximum of three full-time international PhD studentships in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast, for October 2019 entry.

Professional hierarchies have no place in clinical practice: Gosport must draw the line under them for good – Queen’s University Professor

People from both sides of the border will benefit from new health and social care research trials thanks to a new Cross-Border Healthcare Intervention Trials in Ireland Network (CHITIN).

Wednesday 26- Friday 28 September, Riddel Hall, Queen's University

Palliative Care Week aims to raise awareness of the difference palliative care can make to patients, carers and families throughout the island of Ireland.

Queen’s University Belfast will hosting AIMday Big Data, AI and the One Health Agenda on Friday 19th October 2018 at Riddel Hall, Queen’s University Belfast.

Congratulations to Andrew Turner, 3rd year Learning Disability Nursing Student on winning the RCN Student Nurse of the Year award 2018!

Congratulations to Dr Helen Noble, Lecturer in Health Services Research, on gaining a runner up award in the Research category of the RCN Nurse of the Year awards 2018!

Congratulations to Dr Deborah Preshaw, Former PhD Student at Queen's University, who won the Poster Award for her PhD findings on palliative care at the 10th World Research Congress of the European Association of Palliative Care, 24 -26 May 2018.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery has welcomed Dr Helen Chan from the Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin for a 2 week visit to share her knowledge and research in the area of palliative care.

Are you graduating and have an interesting story to tell?

CESI are offering a number of funded PhD Studentships via the School of Social Science, Education & Social Work (SSESW) Department for Economy (DfE). Deadline 16 February 2018.