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School of Economics and Finance excels in National Student Survey (NSS)
The 2011 National Student Survey has confirmed the School of Economics and Finance as one of the top UK Economics Schools for student experience. 93% of our students have rated the overall quality of their course good or very good, 8% points above the national average for Economics Schools. This result places the School in seventh position among all UK Economics Schools for overall student satisfaction.
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Dr Lipsey's guest lecture now available to watch online
This year's Peston Lecture, given by Dr Richard Lipsey in the College's new Arts 2 building, is now available to watch online at http://ess.q-review.qmul.ac.uk:8080/ess/echo/presentation/c2b327b2-ae02-4fc8-8864-eaad647a44b6
The topic of the lecture is 'Policy Implications of Alternative Economic Paradigms: Some Surprises from Endogenous Technological Changes'.
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Queen Mary now part of the Russell Group
The School is pleased to announce that Queen Mary will be part of the Russell Group from August 2012. The Russell Group is a group of 20, soon to be 24, research-intensive universities in the UK, committed to maintaining the best research, an outstanding teaching and learning experience, and unrivalled links with business and the public sector.
Professor Simon Gaskell, Principal of Queen Mary, said: “We are delighted to accept the invitation to join the Group."
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Careers news from Abi Sharma
This term has brought with it a variety of well-attended Careers events.
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National Student Survey – SEF 2nd overall in London!
The National Students Survey (NSS) is a yearly survey directed at all final year students in all disciplines across all Universities in the UK. The survey includes 22 statements divided in 6 sections: teaching, assessment, support, organisation, personal development and learning resources.
The aim of the survey is to give students the opportunity of expressing their views about their learning experience at University. The NSS results are commonly used in setting league tables published by leading British newspapers.
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Bloomberg Trading Room
The computer lab in W307 now hosts 10 Bloomberg terminals for exclusive use by the School’s students. Bloomberg is one of the market leaders in providing business, economics and financial data to decision makers and the terminals give you access to the full Bloomberg set of financial and economics data.
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Martin Weale Talks
Professor Martin Weale, prominent member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee and Visiting Professor within the School has delivered two very interesting talks on the UK monetary policy and on quantitative easing to all our postgraduate and undergraduate students.
Students will have the opportunity of engaging again with Martin in the second semester when he will be moderating a students-led debate on the Euro crisis. More details of the event will be circulated soon. Keep checking your email!
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Careers in Economics
Would you like to know what careers are available to graduates in Economics and Finance? Would you like to know what careers best fit your own skills? The School of Economics and Finance has created an online database that allows you to browse through a large number of careers available to graduates in economics and finance in industries such as banking, finance, law and the public sector. The database has been put together with the invaluable help of two current students: Shweta Upadhyaya and Igor Tkachuk!
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Staff vs Students 5 – A-Side Football
If you would be interested in taking part, please contact Student Support Manager Agatha Jones on a.m.jones@qmul.ac.uk.
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The School of Economics and Finance in the News: Helping high school students graduate cuts property crime
A study by Giulio Fella, Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary and Giovanni Gallipoli of the University of British Columbia has shown that increasing funding to make sure more students graduate from high school is more effective at reducing property crime than increasing prison sentences.
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