A tour of the Irish Craft Heroes

Did you know that August is the Craft Month in Northern Ireland?

While we hope you are still enjoying the summer days, we would like to recommend the Irish Craft Heroes – 50 Makers X 50 Years outdoor exhibition, as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival, at the Ulster Museum just next to Queen’s. It is such a great opportunity not only to explore the local craft culture but also to taste the Irish language through the exhibition displays.

Outdoor exhibition of Irish Craft Heroes | Image@LiangWANG

What’s the exhibition about?

Irish Craft Heroes is a highly-visual, outdoor panel trail celebrating Ireland’s inspirational craftspeople and makers whose work has contributed to the rich tapestry of craft and design practice in Ireland.

The exhibition charts the evolution of the craft and design sector on the island of Ireland over the last 50 years, and pays homage to the many makers whose work has significant legacy.

Craft NI

Below is our selected photo collection of the exhibits for you to view online but with our great passion we encourage you to take a tour of the outdoor exhibition on a great day out with friends and families.

Cultural Awareness for EPS 2022 Summer School

Congratulations to the launch of the 2022 EPS Summer School at Queen’s! On Monday morning 25th July, we welcomed some 120 international students from China, India and Malaysia via MS Teams.

We hope that the students find our Cultural Awareness session useful and interesting, and get a taste of the local cultures, although they cannot fly to Belfast in person. We look forward to welcoming many of them, if not all, to study at Queen’s in the near future.

About the EPS Summer School

Since 2014, the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS) has welcomed over 500 students from China and across the globe to the annual summer school. In spite of restrictions on travel in 2021, the faculty of EPS successfully launched a virtual summer school. Almost 200 students were welcomed and joined the online programmes.

EPS SUMMER SCHOOL

In 2022, students can pursue their interests in one of six tailored EPS summer school programmes:

  • PSYCHOLOGY
  • CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
  • MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS
  • MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
  • CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING