W100 Representative
Peter McConkeyHead of Strategic Marketing and Communications
Peter is Head of Strategic Marketing and Communications at Queen’s University Belfast. He is responsible for Strategic Planning, Market Insight, Advertising and Marketing Campaigns to position Queen’s as a global leader in education and research, delivering a world class experience for our students and continuing to drive the future economic growth of Northern Ireland with impact on global society.
Queen’s University Belfast is the UK’s ninth oldest university, originally founded as Queen’s College in 1845, but with roots tracing as far back as 1810. With more than 170 years of heritage, Queen’s combines an international reputation for academic excellence with a life-changing student experience and a culture of innovation.
The University is renowned for its world-class achievements in cancer research, environmental research, paleoecology, law, green chemistry and cyber security.
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Check out our latest job opportunities - your dream job could be waiting for you!
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Your safety and wellbeing are our top priority. That's why the University campus will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday 27 January, due to the amber weather warning across Northern Ireland.
Where appropriate and possible, teaching will move online for our students and your School or
Congratulations to Professor Olwen Purdue who has been elected President of the International Federation for Public History.
Professor Purdue, who is the Director of the Centre for Public History at Queen's, is an internationally recognised public historian who works closely
We have started construction on the expanded Momentum One Zero innovation centre, our business-led facility focused on #cybersecurity, #ArtificialIntelligence and #wireless technologies.
Delivered as part of the £70 million Belfast Region City Deal investment, @QUBMomentum10
Congratulations to Professor Olwen Purdue who has been elected President of the International Federation for Public History.
Professor Purdue, who is the Director of the Centre for Public History at Queen's, is an internationally recognised public historian who works closely
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What will 2026 have in store for you?
Check out just some of the ways our @QUBStaff, students and global family are already changing lives.
Let's make 2026 a good one!
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Administrative Data Research NI (ADR NI) has secured over £26 million to continue its ground-breaking work using linked, administrative data to inform policy and practice and improve the lives of people in Northern Ireland.
Read more here: https://www.qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews/2026/administrative-data-research-ni-investment-research.html
A global and inclusiveuniversity community
Queen’s University Belfast enjoys partnerships with a wide range of international institutions and organisations and host a large international community of researchers and students. Throughout the University, their leading research academics are collaborating across disciplines and with outsides agencies and institutions on projects of world significance.
Over the past 10 years, Queen’s University has invested over $10m in China-related research in areas such as sustainable energy, information technology, food security and cancer research.
The University is in collaboration with Dubai Healthcare City, with the aim to develop the Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, and recently established a major new partnership in China with the China Medical College – Queen’s University Joint College (CQC). This joint venture will deliver cutting-edge education in Pharmaceutical Sciences, based in Shenyang.
Mission, Vision and Values
- To equip leaders to transform local and global business and society through education and research
- To be an internationally engaged, recognised, and accredited management school that interacts with and influences business and society
- Integrity - leaders who hold themselves and others to account, and are mindful of their ethical, social and environmental responsibilities.
- Connected - leaders who play an active role in global society whilst embracing the unique history and culture of the region.
- Ambition - leaders who pursue personal development, face challenges and seek opportunities as a means to develop robust and dynamic business and society.
- Respect - leaders who act with humility, recognise personal contribution, and have the ability to inspire others as a means to create positive change in society.
- Excellence - leaders who will be known for the pursuit of excellence and will draw on the region’s rich industrial and entrepreneurial heritage to pursue cutting-edge solutions to business and societal problems.
Ranked 8th in the UK for Research Intensity
2,000
Active researchers
£101.6m
value of new research grants and contracts
Besides being a member of the prestigious Russell Group, a collaboration of the UK’s 24 leading research-intensive universities, the University has received many awards and rankings for its research excellence.
According to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, Queen’s produces internationally leading research, receiving joint 8th place in the UK for its research intensity. Over 75% of research activity at Queen’s, particularly within the fields of food security, education, pharmacy, health, modern languages, astrophysics, engineering, cybersecurity, English, and history, was judged to be internationally-excellent or world-leading.
14 of the individual areas of research assessed were ranked in the top 20 within the UK, with six of these in the top ten, and two in the top five.
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