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NEWS: Business Club event cancelled due to “sexist” title

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

The Business Club event “CEO’s and Ho’s” has been cancelled due to complaints of sexism.

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NEWS: Nearly half of students thought women are to blame for rape

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Three rapes in one week have caused the local media to look into how sexual assault is treated inNorthern Ireland.

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NEWS: Protestors ‘probably Catholics’ says Queen’s report

Monday, October 17th, 2011

A group of protestors who disrupted a lecture at Queen’s have been described by a disciplinary report as “probably Catholic”.

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NEWS: Queen’s climbs in world rankings

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

Queen’s has climbed four places in the QS World Ranking’s, one of 29 UK establishments to place in the top 200.

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NEWS: Queen’s phones crash as A-Level results released

Saturday, August 20th, 2011

Phone lines at Queen’s crashed on Thursday due the volume of calls Admissions received about A-level results. According to member of staff all departments were affected. Attempts to contact different areas of the university were met with engaged tones.

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NEWS: Bigots complain about Rainbow Flag

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Three complaints have been made about the Rainbow Flag hanging outside the Union this week. One was made by a student at the University, the other two by non-students. The flag is hanging in support of Belfast Pride Week.