This is an anonymous interview with a PhD student about mental health it talks frankly about depression and ADHD while studying. Would you be comfortable sharing some background on mental health issues? I was diagnosed with depression in my third
Active learning and inclusivity
This is an interview with Steph Fuller from Queen Mary Academy. Tell me a little bit about yourself? I work in the Queen Mary Academy which delivers university-wide support for the development of education and research. We work with staff
The EECS female academic network
Dr Ekaterina Ivanova is setting up an network for female academics within EECS. We conducted a short interview to find out more. Tell me a little about yourself I am a new member of staff having started in January 2023
Interview: Professor Yue Chen (Director of Scholarship)
Professor Yue Chen has moved into a new role as Director of Scholarship. This interview explores what the role means and why she feels passionate about it. What is the Director of Scholarship role? The main duty of the role
LGBT+ history month at QMUL
February is traditionally designated to celebrate the LGBT+ History Month, and as part of this initiative, many colleagues at EECS and across the University paid tribute and celebrated the LGBT+ community and their allies. You can read about the EE
Perspectives from a prospective CS student
My name is Ines, I am 17 and currently in Year 13. I study politics, computer science, and mathematics, and my favourite varies each week. In politics, I enjoy studying and learning about political ideas and concepts, especially feminism! I
Book review: Design Justice (Sasha Costanza-Chock) reviewed by Ashley Laurent Noel-Hirst
This review is from Ashley Laurent Noel-Hirst a first year PhD student at QMUL, part of Centre for Digital Music. If you have ever wondered why facial recognition software routinely fails black women; ’security’ AI systems increase risk of violence to intersectionally
Thoughts on holocaust memorial day by Prof Mark Sandler
When I was a child (I was born just 10 years after World War 2 ended) there was no word we used for the genocides that Nazi Germany committed. To a large extent, these things weren’t spoken of. My best
Interview — Director of Wellbeing Mahesha Samaratunga
What does a director of wellbeing do? Initially I didn’t know what I was going to do. It sounded exciting to be known as the director of wellbeing but I had not figured out what the Director of wellbeing can
Grace Hopper Celebration Open Source day report
On September 16th, Naomi Arnold from the Networks Group in EECS attended the Grace Hopper Celebration’s Open Source Day. This is a virtual all-day hackathon celebrating women who work in open source software. Open source software still has huge under