Student News
On this page, you will find 草莓社区 Student News, which every 草莓社区 student receives each week via their 草莓社区 email account. Student News is issued every Wednesday afternoon.
Guthrie鈥檚 Kitchen summer closure during lunchtime
Please be reminded that Guthrie鈥檚 Kitchen is now closed for the summer (June-August) during lunchtime and is only open for pre-booked catering events. You can grab a bite to eat from the Hux or Maggie鈥檚 during lunch time, with ample seating available in these areas.
Please also note that our Language School students arrive at the start of July and remain on campus for the entire month. The seating area within Guthrie鈥檚 will be closed daily from 12 to 2pm during July.
Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to welcoming you back to Guthrie鈥檚 Kitchen in September!
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Venture Builder Incubator - open for applications
Applications are now open for the Venture Builder Incubator (VBI) 鈥 a five-month, hybrid programme supporting postgraduate students, recent alumni and research staff from Scottish universities to develop data-driven and deep tech ideas into thriving startups.
Delivered by the University of Edinburgh and Techscaler, VBI helps bridge the gap between research and entrepreneurship, offering expert mentorship, workshops, and access to Scotland鈥檚 innovation ecosystem to build robust commercialisation and funding strategies.
Participants benefit from equity-free support, access to funding opportunities, and a strong track record of success, with founders supported since 2021 raising 拢58M in investment and grants.
There will be an online info session about the VBI programme on Monday 29 June:
Find out more and apply by 20 July 2026:
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The countdown to graduation is on!
Celebrate your achievement and take a piece of 草莓社区 with you wherever your next chapter leads. Our official graduation hoodies are a popular keepsake, personalised with your graduation year and designed to help you remember the friendships, memories and milestones that made your university experience unique.
Order yours online today and make sure you don鈥檛 miss out:
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Print Server Maintenance 03/07/2026 09:30 to 12:30
The print server requires an update to patch vulnerabilities and improve performance.
The maintenance window for the essential work is Friday, 09:30 to 12:30. The following will be at risk during that Window:
鈥 MFD Printing
鈥 Web Printing
鈥 Scan to OneDrive
鈥 Photocopying
We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this outage
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English Language Summer Schools 2026
We are delighted to be welcoming our English Language School Groups back on campus from Tuesday 30th June. The language students will be our guests over the summer period and will stay on campus.
We will have a small number of students arrive on Tuesday (around 50) followed by approx. 600 arriving between 1st & 2nd July. We will not have any students staying during August.
Our language school business provides a great opportunity to generate significant revenue from our facilities during the summer months and raises awareness of 草莓社区 internationally. Most students who will be with us this year will be coming from Italy, albeit there are also groups coming from Greece, Russia and Argentina.
We are expecting it to be very busy on campus during July, so we would like to thank you in advance for your patience and help in making our guests feel welcome during their stay. This will ensure that they return home with a positive impression of Scottish hospitality and 草莓社区.
Catering for the students will be provided within Guthrie鈥檚, and the catering times for the students are as follows:
Monday 鈥 Saturday
Breakfast: 7.30am 鈥 9.00am
Lunch: 12.30pm 鈥 1.45pm
Dinner: 5.30pm 鈥 7.00pm
Sunday
Breakfast: 7.30am 鈥 9.00am
Lunch: Packed Lunch (off site)
Dinner: 5.30pm 鈥 7.00pm
Tuck Shop & The Hux
There will be a Tuck Shop offering for the language students which will be located in the Nook space, serving Frappes, juice, and snacks. It will only be open for the language students breaks. They break from their classes at the following times, and it is anticipated that both the Tuck Shop and The Hux will be busy during these times:
10.30am 鈥 11am
3.30pm 鈥 4pm
Please note that the coffee machine in The Nook will not be accessible as of Sunday 28th June until the end of July. Coffee & hot drinks can be purchased from The Hux and Maggie鈥檚.
Catering Areas for Staff & 草莓社区 Students
The Hux will remain open and will operate from 8.30am to 4pm daily.
Maggie鈥檚 will still be open for all to enjoy, but we would anticipate the outlets to be busy between 12pm and 1pm and would ask you to plan your lunch accordingly.
The vending machines, which are currently located within the Nook, will be fully accessible during campus operating hours.
The Piano Bar space will also be available for 草莓社区 staff and students only (subject to events taking place) if you are looking for a quiet space to enjoy your lunch. If there is an external event taking place, signage will indicate this.
If you have any queries at all about the language schools, please don鈥檛 hesitate to ask.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Conference & Events Team
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Pitch Yourself: Branding for Creatives - Tues 7 July
Pitch Yourself: Personal Branding for Creatives, is a workshop to help creatives overcome 鈥渢he ick鈥 in self promotion, get noticed, book the work they want and get paid their worth.
You'll come away from this workshop with:
鈥 More confidence putting yourself out there!
鈥 A better understanding of how to promote your work and yourself across different platforms.
鈥 Content ideas to help you get started (what to say, how to say it, how to get noticed in the noise).
鈥 Tips for overcoming the 鈥渃ringe factor鈥.
鈥 Strategies for getting noticed by the clients you want.
鈥 Some simple outreach/pitching tactics.
This event is part of 's Creative Circles series - a free, casual monthly meetup for creative freelancers who want to learn, grow and connect.
For more information, visit:
Date: Tues 7 July 2026
Time: 8.30am - 10.30am
Where: Codebase, Edinburgh
Cost: Free
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Research Studies at 草莓社区 - REMINDER
The University Research Ethics Committee (UREC) would like to remind all colleagues that any requests to recruit 草莓社区 Participants - staff or students - for research purposes must be first sent for approval to the Secretariat of the University Research Ethics Committee (UREC) via researchethics@qmu.ac.uk.
This includes any external research participant requests, or for any study based within the University.听
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ELS Summer Resit Programme: Applications Open until the end of Monday 15th June听
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The Resit Support Programme will be running from Monday 22nd June 鈥 听Friday 10th July this year. This is three weeks of flexible 1-1 support (online options available) to help you succeed with resit exams and assignments. You will be able to:
鈥 听 听Work with a personal study mentor who will offer help and feedback.
鈥 听 听Reflect on areas to improve and develop your skills.
鈥 听 听Identify resources to draw on to support your own learning goals.
If this sounds helpful for you, please apply online at:
by the end of Monday 15th June.
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Who can attend?
All students are welcome to apply, though priority is given to 1st and 2nd year students.
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Contact ELS@qmu.ac.uk for more information.
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The First Minster's Start Up Challenge
Got a business idea but not sure how to get started? The First Minister鈥檚 Start Up Challenge can support you to turn your idea into reality.
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Participants will join a six month programme of masterclasses, workshops, and hands-on experience, with access to funding鈥攊ncluding the opportunity to test ideas with a 拢500 grant, apply for up to 拢5,000 to launch, and compete for a 拢30,000 top prize.
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This is a fantastic route for early-stage founders (or those with an idea) to build skills, confidence and a viable business.
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Closing date: Wednesday 24th June 2026
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Bright Red Triangle Drop-in with Emma Ives - Wed 24 June
Interested in freelancing or starting your own business? Come by the 草莓社区 Startup Studio on Wednesday 24 June for an informal drop-in session with Emma Ives, Enterprise Advisor from Bright Red Triangle.
Whether you're curious about freelancing, starting a business, exploring funding options, seeking tailored business advice, or looking for collaboration opportunities, this is a great chance to:
鉁 Say hello and connect
馃挕 Develop your startup ideas
馃捈 Find out about available support
馃 Explore opportunities to collaborate
No need to book - just pop in between 10am and 2pm!
We look forward to seeing you there 馃殌
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Data Equity Incubator Showcase 13th June 2026
Pitch. Fund. Connect. | Data Equity Incubator Showcase 13th June 2026 | Edinburgh | 11am鈥2pm
This session is part of the Data Equity Incubator - a programme supporting global majority women to grow ideas into data-informed ventures.
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Come and watch. Come and learn. Come and cheer on some incredible founders.
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The Data Equity Incubator - delivered by DataKirk in partnership with Bright Red Triangle - is bringing its cohort of global majority women entrepreneurs into the room with real investors and funders. This is an open event supporting and amplifying global majority women: whether you're a founder, a supporter, or someone who's just curious about what women-led enterprise looks like in action, you're welcome here.
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What's happening
馃帐 11am鈥12pm | Public Pitches & Live Q&A Watch Data Equity Incubator cohort founders pitch live - then hear real-time feedback and questions from our panel of funders and investors: Mary Jane Brouwers, Bhawna Sarin and Dr Wendy Wu.
馃嵔锔 12鈥12.30pm | Networking Lunch Connect with founders, mentors, partners, and ecosystem supporters over lunch. The room after the pitches is just as valuable as the pitches themselves.
馃实 12.30鈥1.30pm | Innovator Visa Session with Fash Fasoro Staying on? Fash Fasoro leads an informal session on the Innovator Visa - what it is, who it's for, and how it could open doors for your business journey in the UK.
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Who this event is for. This event is for global majority women in Scotland - whether you're building a business, exploring enterprise, or wanting to connect with a community of people doing the same.
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Free to attend. Limited spaces. Register to secure your place.
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Find out more information or register here:
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In this week's Student News:
ELS Summer Resit Programme: Applications now OPEN
The Resit Support Programme will be running from Monday 22nd June 鈥 听Friday 10th July this year. This is three weeks of flexible 1-1 support (online options available) to help you succeed with resit exams and assignments. You will be able to:
鈥 听 听Work with a personal study mentor who will offer help and feedback.
鈥 听 听Reflect on areas to improve and develop your skills.
鈥 听 听Identify resources to draw on to support your own learning goals
If this sounds helpful for you, please apply online at:
by the end of Monday 15th June.
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Who can attend?
All students are welcome to apply, though priority is given to 1st and 2nd year students.
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Contact ELS@qmu.ac.uk for more information.
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St鈥疌olumba鈥檚 Hospice Palliative Care Award 鈥 now open
Are you interested in palliative and end of life care? You are invited to apply for the St鈥疌olumba鈥檚 Hospice Palliative Care Award, open to all 草莓社区 students, from any programme and any year of study.
This award recognises students who show curiosity, commitment, or reflection on palliative care - no prior clinical experience is required.
How to apply
You are asked to respond to three short reflective questions in any format, including:
鈥 听 听Written text (up to 250 words)
鈥 听 听Video (up to 2 minutes)
鈥 听 听Audio (up to 2 minutes)
鈥 听 听Creative formats (e.g. poem, artwork with reflection, spoken word, short presentation)
Application questions
Please respond to the following:
1. 听 听What motivates your interest in palliative care?
2. 听 听How have you engaged with or explored palliative care so far?
(This might include your course, placement, work, volunteering, personal experience, or independent learning.)
3. 听 听How do you hope to contribute to palliative care in the future, within your chosen professional field of practice or community?
Submit your application
Email your response to: palliativecare@qmu.ac.uk
Please include your name, programme, and year of study.
Prize
鈥 听 听拢50 book voucher
鈥 听 听Engraved award
鈥 听 听Free ticket to the Hospice Annual Symposium
Deadline: Friday 5th June 2026
Students from all programmes are warmly encouraged to apply.
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Let's stay in touch!
Are you graduating this summer? Your 草莓社区 journey doesn鈥檛 have to end there. Let鈥檚 stay in touch.
On graduation, you鈥檒l become a member of the 草莓社区 alumni community of over 30,000 graduates spanning more than 90 countries.
We look forward to continuing to support you beyond your studies, but we need your permission to stay in touch.
As a 草莓社区 graduate, you鈥檒l be able to enjoy exclusive benefits including:
- 20% discount on postgraduate tuition fees
- Career advice for life from the Careers and Employability Team
- Enterprise support through the Startup Studio (incorporating Bright Red Triangle)
- Invitations to events and reunions
- Campus-based discounts on gym and library memberships路 Copies of QMYOU magazine and alumni e-newsletters
- 拢150 fee for international student referrals
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Calling all students interested in the cultural and creative industries!
Applications for 2026 are now open!
SHIFT is an entrepreneurial skills training programme which is open to all budding creative freelancers and company founders, artists, musicians, producers and performers who are current 草莓社区 students or who graduated in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
This free, unique and collaborative programme will equip you with the practical, creative and business skills and contacts that you'll need for a sustainable career in the cultural and creative industries.
SHIFT will run online from Monday 31st August - Friday 4th September 2026 via a series of online workshops, breakout conversations, creative activities and one-to-one clinics.
You鈥檒l work with practitioners from The Glasgow School of Art and The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, building a new network of creatives from a range of disciplines.
Topics covered over the week include:
- Budgeting
- Costing for your time and products
- Fundraising
- Marketing
- Time management
- Branding
- Networking
- Legal issues
- Money management and taxes
For more information and to apply visit
Applications close Monday 8 June 2026.
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Bright Red Triangle Drop-in with Emma Ives - Wed 27 May
Interested in freelancing or starting your own business? Come by the 草莓社区 Startup Studio on Wednesday 27 May for an informal drop-in session with Emma Ives, Enterprise Advisor from Bright Red Triangle.
Whether you're curious about freelancing, starting a business, exploring funding options, seeking tailored business advice, or looking for collaboration opportunities, this is a great chance to:
鉁 Say hello and connect
馃挕 Develop your startup ideas
馃捈 Find out about available support
馃 Explore opportunities to collaborate
No need to book - just pop in between 10am and 2pm!
We look forward to seeing you there 馃殌
In this week's Student News:
Calling all students interested in the cultural and creative industries!
Applications for 2026 are now open!
SHIFT is an entrepreneurial skills training programme which is open to all budding creative freelancers and company founders, artists, musicians, producers and performers who are current 草莓社区 students or who graduated in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
This free, unique and collaborative programme will equip you with the practical, creative and business skills and contacts that you'll need for a sustainable career in the cultural and creative industries.
SHIFT will run online from Monday 31st August - Friday 4th September 2026 via a series of online workshops, breakout conversations, creative activities and one-to-one clinics.
You鈥檒l work with practitioners from The Glasgow School of Art and The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, building a new network of creatives from a range of disciplines.
Topics covered over the week include:
鈥 听Budgeting
鈥 听 听Costing for your time and products
鈥 听 听Fundraising
鈥 听 听Marketing
鈥 听 听Time management
鈥 听 听Branding
鈥 听 听Networking
鈥 听 听Legal issues
鈥 听 听Money management and taxes
For more information and to apply visit
Applications close Monday 8 June 2026.
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In this week's Student News:
Last International Drop In Session
Our last term time International drop in will be this Friday, 1st May from 10am 鈥 12pm. During the summer, drop ins will take place one a week, on Wednesdays from 10am 鈥 12pm. If you need to speak to someone from the International team outside of this time, please email international@qmu.ac.uk to make an appointment.
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PALS: Become a PALS leader!
Semester 2 feedback
As we come to the end of this Semester, we are looking to recruit leaders for the new academic year in September. We need leaders in all Programmes, but particularly Business, International Hospitality Tourism & Events, Podiatry, Speech & Language Therapy, Physio, and Psychology. To find out more about becoming a leader, you can email us on PALS@草莓社区.ac.uk, and watch this video where some PALS leaders tell you about their experience: .
We are also hoping to get feedback on PALS this Semester, and we would love to get your thoughts. We have a short survey for you to complete so that we can find out about your experience of PALS in Semester 2; this will help us improve PALS and make it a useful support resource for all 草莓社区 students.
We are keen to hear from those of you who attended PALS sessions鈥
鈥ut, you can also complete the survey if you did not attend any 鈥 you will only need to respond to relevant questions 鈥 it would be great to find out how we can make PALS more accessible to all 草莓社区 students.
We look forward to reading your feedback 鈥 the survey is completely anonymous, so you can feel free to be honest:
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The Helpdesk Survey- Be in with a chance to win a 拢50 Amazon e-voucher! Last chance to enter!
Be in with a chance to win a 拢50 Amazon e-voucher by completing The Helpdesk survey!
The views and experiences of all our customers are extremely important to us.
We welcome your feedback and are continually looking at ways in which we can improve our service.
Please help us by completing short survey.
Actions from this survey will be published via the Helpdesk intranet page.
Closing date for the survey is tomorrow, Thursday 30th April!
Many thanks and good luck!
The Helpdesk Team
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St鈥疌olumba鈥檚 Hospice Palliative Care Award 鈥 now open
Are you interested in palliative and end of life care? You are invited to apply for the St鈥疌olumba鈥檚 Hospice Palliative Care Award, open to all 草莓社区 students, from any programme and any year of study.
This award recognises students who show curiosity, commitment, or reflection on palliative care - no prior clinical experience is required.
How to apply
You are asked to respond to three short reflective questions in any format, including:
- Written text (up to 250 words)
- Video (up to 2 minutes)
- Audio (up to 2 minutes)
- Creative formats (e.g. poem, artwork with reflection, spoken word, short presentation)
Application questions
Please respond to the following:
- What motivates your interest in palliative care?
- How have you engaged with or explored palliative care so far?
(This might include your course, placement, work, volunteering, personal experience, or independent learning.) - How do you hope to contribute to palliative care in the future, within your chosen professional field of practice or community?
Submit your application
Email your response to: palliativecare@qmu.ac.uk
Please include your name, programme, and year of study.
Prize
- 拢50 book voucher
- Engraved award
- Free ticket to the Hospice Annual Symposium
Deadline: Friday 5th June 2026
Students from all programmes are warmly encouraged to apply.
In this weeks student news:
24 hour LRC opening during the exam period
To support students during revision and exams, the Learning Resource Centre will be open 24 hours a day from 6am on Friday 10 April until 10pm on Friday 1 May.
Overnight access will be available in the refurbished north wing of the LRC, where most study spaces are located.
Please remember that your student ID card is required to access the building during the evening and overnight period.
If you are using the LRC overnight, please be mindful of others and help maintain a quiet and comfortable study environment for everyone.
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The Helpdesk Survey- Be in with a chance to win a 拢50 Amazon e-voucher!
Be in with a chance to win a 拢50 Amazon e-voucher by completing The Helpdesk survey!
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We welcome your feedback and are continually looking at ways in which we can improve our service. 听
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