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59-475: The NRES was launched on 1 April 2007. The adjective "National" was omitted from the name at some unknown point in time. In 2009, the NRES issued a leaflet in which it described its purpose: The National Research Ethics Service (NRES) reviews research proposals to protect the rights and safety of research participants and enables ethical research which is of potential benefit to science and society. The substance of

118-572: A Royal Charter , but on the advice of the Drapers' Company first devised a scheme for development and expansion, which recommended among other things to re-amalgamate the People's Palace and the college, with guaranteed provision of the Queen's Hall for recreational purposes, offering at least freedom of governance if not in space. In the early hours of 25 February 1931 a fire destroyed the Queen's Hall, though both

177-481: A Queen Mary Bursary worth £7,724,401, 53 students received Science and Engineering Excellence Scholarships worth £157,500 and 21 students received Economics and Finance Excellence Scholarships worth £63,000. Around 32,000 students study at the 21 academic schools and institutes, with more than 40 per cent coming from overseas, representing more than 170 different nationalities. Queen Mary awarded more than £2 million in studentships to prospective postgraduate students for

236-440: A Royal Charter in 1438 and was the first corporate body to be granted a coat of arms . The charter gave the company perpetual succession and a common seal. Over the centuries the original privileges granted by Royal Charter have been confirmed and amended by successive monarchs. The acting charter of today is that granted by James I in 1607, amended by four supplemental charters, most recently in 2008. The brotherhood of drapers,

295-620: A course of study leading to the Bachelor of Science degree of the University of London . By the start of the 20th century, the first degrees were awarded and Hatton, along with several other professors, were recognised as teachers of the University of London. In 1906 an application for Parliamentary funds "for the aid of Educational Institutions engaged in work of a University nature", led to the college being admitted on an initial three-year trial basis as

354-475: A governance review). There are three faculties and an interdisciplinary life sciences institute. These are split further into independent schools, institutes, and departments: Queen Mary is an ' exempt charity ' under the Charities Act 1993. The Higher Education Funding Council for England has been Queen Mary's principal regulator since June 2010. In the financial year ended 31 July 2011, Queen Mary had

413-560: A religious fraternity attached to the Church of St Mary Bethlehem in Bishopsgate , was founded in honour of the Virgin Mary by "good people Drapers of Cornhill and other good men and women" for the amendment of their lives. The majority of drapers lived in and around Cornhill , Candlewick Street (now Cannon Street ) and Chepe ( Cheapside ). Possibly it was for this reason that their allegiance

472-417: A representative in the governing body of the former. The company also has close links with some eighteen other educational establishments, ranging from Oxbridge colleges to a primary school. It administers charitable trusts relating to relief of need, education and almshouses; it provides banqueting and catering services; and it fosters its heritage and traditions of good fellowship. The Court of Assistants

531-541: A rich and clever couple from Mayfair went to the East End to build a ”Palace of Delight, with concert halls, reading rooms, picture galleries, art and designing schools." Although not directly responsible for the conception of the People's Palace, the novel did much to popularise it. The trustees of the Beaumont Trust, administering funds left by Barber Beaumont , purchased the site of the former Bancroft's School from

590-420: A school of the University of London on 15 May 1907 as East London College. Teaching of aeronautical engineering began in 1907, which led to the first UK aeronautical engineering department being established in 1909, boasting a ground-breaking wind tunnel and creating what became (following the demise of the University of Paris ) the oldest aeronautical programme in the world. In 1910 the college's status in

649-554: A similar logo. It has maintained long-standing close ties with Kirkham Grammar School near Preston, Lancashire, founded in Tudor times . The Company founded two girls' schools: in Llandaff and Denbigh , Wales , using the endowment of Welsh merchant Thomas Howell, who bequeathed a sum of money to the foundation. Both schools were independent and separate institutions but the Company still has

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708-835: A social change degree, the BSc in Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship. In 2021, Queen Mary became the first UK university to receive the Platinum-level Engage Watermark from the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement. The main Mile End campus contains the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Science and Engineering, the Queens' Building, the main college library,

767-579: A total income (including share of joint ventures) of £297.1 million (2009/10 – £289.82 million) and total expenditure of £295.35 million (2009/10 – £291.56 million). Key sources of income included £100.02 million from funding body grants (2009/10 – £103.97 million), £82.8 million from tuition fees and education contracts (2009/10 – £76.22 million), £73.66 million from research grants and contracts (2009/10 – £68.47 million) and £1.17 million from endowment and investment income (2008/09 – £1.48 million). During

826-459: Is a major centre for medical teaching and research and is part of UCLPartners , the world's largest academic health science centre . Queen Mary runs programmes at the University of London Institute in Paris , taking over the functions provided by Royal Holloway . There are nine Nobel Laureates among Queen Mary's alumni, current and former staff. Notable alumni include Ronald Ross , who discovered

885-517: Is a member institution of the federal University of London . Today, Queen Mary has six campuses across East and Central London in Mile End , Whitechapel , Charterhouse Square , Ilford , Lincoln's Inn Fields and West Smithfield , as well as an international presence in China , France , Greece and Malta . The Mile End campus is the largest self-contained campus of any London-based university. In 2018/19

944-782: Is its governing body. The Drapers' Company continues to play a role in the life of the City . Its liverymen carry out important functions in the elections of the governance of the City and its civic offices. The Drapers' Company is based at Drapers' Hall located in Throgmorton Street , near London Wall . The company has owned the site since 1543, when it purchased the London mansion of Thomas Cromwell , of Austin Friars , from King Henry VIII . Cromwell had been attainted and executed in 1540. The building

1003-458: Is the Livery Hall, which can accommodate up to 276 guests for dinner. These rooms are also available for hire and have often been used for film locations, including for The King's Speech , GoldenEye , The Lost Prince and Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London . Groups may book a guided tour of Drapers' Hall; a donation to the company's charitable work is requested. The main rooms in

1062-624: The 2010 UK student protests , Queen Mary set fees of £9,000 per year for September 2012 entry, while also offering bursaries and scholarships. On 12 March 2012 it was announced that Queen Mary would be joining the Russell Group in August 2012. Later in March, Queen Mary and the University of Warwick announced the creation of a strategic partnership, including research collaboration, joint teaching of English, history and computer science undergraduates, and

1121-622: The Central line 's eastward extension), upon which tower blocks were established. The college also obtained the Co-operative Wholesale Society's clothing factory on the Mile End Road which was converted into a building for the Faculty of Laws (and some other teaching), as well as the former headquarters of Spratt's Patent Ltd (operators of the "largest dog biscuit factory in the world" – see Spratt's Complex ) at 41–47 Bow Road, which

1180-487: The Drapers' Company . On 20 May 1885, the Drapers' Court of Assistants resolved to grant £20,000 "for the provision of the technical schools of the People's Palace." The foundation stone was laid on 28 June 1886, and on 14 May 1887 Queen Victoria opened the palace's Queen's Hall, as well as laying the foundation stone for the technical schools in the palace's east wing. The technical schools were opened on 5 October 1888, with

1239-492: The 2010/11 financial year Queen Mary had a capital expenditure of £42.53 million (2009/10 – £45.61 million). At year end Queen Mary had endowments of £33.59 million (2009/10 – £29.95 million) and total net assets of £300.79 million (2009/10 – £291.38 million). Queen Mary offers several packages of bursaries and scholarships, many of which are aimed at supporting undergraduate students from low income households. In 2017/18, 5,215 students were awarded

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1298-609: The 2011/12 academic year. Drapers%27 Company The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the 111 livery companies of the City of London . It has the formal name The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of the Mystery of Drapers of the City of London . More usually known simply as the Drapers' Company , it is one of

1357-557: The Company in 2012) are among the many distinguished recent members of the company. Professor Morag Shiach serves as Master Draper for 2024–25. Today, the company operates as a charitable, ceremonial and educational institution. This has included providing the site and some of the buildings of Queen Mary University of London , the library at Bangor University , the Radcliffe Science Library and Townsend Building in Oxford,

1416-472: The First World War, the college admitted students from The London Hospital Medical College who were preparing for the preliminary medical examination, the first step in a long process that would eventually bring the two institutions together. After the war, the college grew, albeit constrained by the rest of the People's Palace to the west and a burial ground immediately to the east. In 1920 it obtained both

1475-548: The Hall are usually also open once a year as part of Open House London . The company's archives, works of art, silver and artefacts are in the care of its archivist . The document collection has items dating to the 13th century, including charters and coats of arms, charity records and records of the company's landholdings, including the Londonderry estates. The silver collection includes an ancient Celtic decorative collar found on

1534-621: The Mile End Campus, bringing over 2,000 rooms to students and a huge array of facilities, restaurants, and cafes. The Blizard Building , home to the Medical School's Institute of Cell and Molecular Science opened at the Whitechapel campus in 2005. The award-winning building was designed by Will Alsop , and is named after William Blizard , an English surgeon and founder of The London Hospital Medical College in 1785. The year 2006 saw

1593-607: The Mile End campus. The Grade II listed Queens' Building is home to the Octagon. Built in 1887, the Octagon was originally the Queen Mary University of London library. It was designed by architect ER Robson and inspired by the British Museum Reading Room . In 2006, "brightly coloured leather bound books" were restored and reinstated to the bookshelves, along with " busts of famous literati looking down from

1652-418: The NRES reports can be gleaned from an approval obtained in 2011 by Stephanie Taylor, who was then Professor of Public Health and Primary Care at Queen Mary University of London . Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University of London ( QMUL , or informally QM , and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College ) is a public research university in Mile End , East London , England. It

1711-741: The Palace's Rotunda (now the Octagon) and rooms under the winter gardens at the west of the palace, which became chemical laboratories. The college's status was also unique, being the only School of the University of London that was subject to both the Charity Commissioners and the Board of Education . In April 1929 the College Council decided it would take the steps towards applying to the Privy Council for

1770-705: The Queen Mary site, with the Westfield site eventually sold. In 1990, The London Hospital was renamed The Royal London Hospital, after marking its 250th year, and a re-organisation of medical education within the University of London resulted in most of the free-standing medical schools being merged with existing large colleges to form multi-faculty institutions. In 1995 The London Hospital Medical College and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College merged into Queen Mary & Westfield College to form an entity named Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. In 2000

1829-863: The School of Medicine and Dentistry, the West Smithfield Medical Library, the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, the John Vane Science Centre, the Heart Centre and St Bartholomew's Hospital are based in Smithfield . The Centre for Commercial Law Studies and LLM teaching and postgraduate law research activities are based in Lincoln's Inn Fields in Holborn . The Malta campus, situated on

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1888-575: The Science Library at Cardiff University , and the site and the original nineteenth-century buildings of Bancroft's School . It also administers three almshouses : Queen Elizabeth College Greenwich , Edmanson's Close Tottenham and Walter's Close Southwark . It provides the chairman and four other governors of Bancroft's School, who display the Drapers' coat of arms and motto . It is the co-sponsor of Drapers' Academy in Harold Hill , which uses

1947-516: The University of London was extended for a further five years, with unlimited membership achieved in May 1915. During this period the organisation of the governors of the People's Palace was rearranged, creating the separate People's Palace Committee and East London College Committee, both under the Palace Governors, as a sign of the growing separation of the two concepts within a single complex. During

2006-677: The Viscount Nelson , The Marquess of Ripon and Grinling Gibbons . Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (who was elected to the Court of Assistants in 2017, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of her membership of the Company), King Harald V of Norway , King Charles III , The Duchess of Gloucester , Admiral the Lord Boyce , and Lady Victoria Leatham (elected as the first female Master of

2065-549: The beautiful high domed ceiling." The People's Palace is home to the Grade II listed art deco style Great Hall; this has a seating capacity of over 700 and standing of 1,000. It is complemented by 3 lecture theatres and a foyer. The night the votes were counted for the 1945 general election , the then local MP for Limehouse and Leader of the Labour Party , Clement Attlee , was present at The People's Palace, where he learned

2124-447: The college and the winter gardens escaped. In the coming days discussions on reconstruction led to the proposal that the entire site be transferred to the college which would then apply for a charter alone. The Drapers' Company obtained St Helen's Terrace, a row of six houses neighbouring the site, and in July 1931 it was agreed to give these over to the People's Palace for a new site adjacent to

2183-448: The college became one of five in the university with a concentration of laboratory sciences, including the transfer of science departments from Westfield College , Chelsea College , Queen Elizabeth College and Bedford College . In 1989 Queen Mary College (informally known as QMC) merged with Westfield College to form Queen Mary & Westfield College (often abbreviated to QMW). Over subsequent years, activities were concentrated on

2242-562: The college changed its name for general public use to Queen Mary, University of London; in 2013, the college legally changed its name to Queen Mary University of London. The VISTA telescope is a 4-metre class wide-field telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile that was conceived and developed by a consortium of UK universities led by Queen Mary University, costing approximately £36m. The Westfield Student Village opened in 2004 on

2301-525: The college itself had incurred little) and consequently several areas of land near to the college site now became vacant. New buildings for physics, engineering, biology and chemistry were built on the new sites, whilst the arts took over the space vacated in the original building, now renamed the Queens' Building. Limited accommodation resulted in the acquisition of further land in South Woodford (now directly connected to Mile End tube station by means of

2360-703: The company; the first, Henry Fitz-Ailwyn, progenitor of the Earls of Arundel , was a draper. During the Plantation of Ulster , the company held land around Moneymore and Draperstown in County Londonderry . Amongst the royalty who have been members of the company, three had not been expected to become a monarch at the time of their admission to the company but were later crowned: Other well-known members have included Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany ( aka The Grand Old Duke of York), Sir Francis Drake , Admiral

2419-429: The creation of eight joint post-doctoral research fellowships. In January 2013, Queen Mary established the world's first professorial chair in animal replacement science. From 2014, Queen Mary began awarding its own degrees, rather than those of the University of London. Queen Mary became the first Russell Group university to offer Degree Apprenticeships and three years later was the first UK university to launch

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2478-413: The entire palace completed by 1892. However, others saw the technical schools as one day becoming a technical university for the East End. In 1892 the Drapers' Company provided £7,000 a year for ten years to guarantee the educational side income. In 1895 John Leigh Smeathman Hatton , director of evening classes (1892–1896; later director of studies 1896–1908 and principal 1908–1933), proposed introducing

2537-645: The final result and received confirmation that he had become Prime Minister . A statue of Attlee that was originally displayed outside Limehouse Library was, after its restoration, unveiled outside the Queen Mary library by Peter Mandelson in April 2011. The Whitechapel campus encompasses Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry , the Whitechapel Medical Library, the award-winning Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science , and The Royal London Hospital . The West Smithfield campus of

2596-483: The first fully qualified female doctor in the UK, after training at St Bartholomew's Hospital. The predecessor to Queen Mary College was founded in the mid- Victorian era as a People's Palace when growing awareness of conditions in London's East End led to drives to provide facilities for local inhabitants, popularised in the 1882 novel All Sorts of Conditions of Men – An Impossible Story by Walter Besant , which told of how

2655-628: The granting of a Royal charter in 1989, following the merger of Queen Mary College (incorporated by charter in 1934) and Westfield College (incorporated in 1933). The Charter has subsequently been revised three times: in 1995 (as a result of the merger of the college with the Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry); in 2008 (as a result of the Privy Council awarding the College Degree Awarding Powers; and in July 2010 (following

2714-464: The historic Great Twelve Livery Companies and was founded during the Middle Ages . An informal association of drapers had organized as early as 1180, and the first (Lord) Mayor of London in 1189, Henry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone , was believed to have been a Draper. The guild was formally founded in 1361; it received a Royal Charter three years later. It was incorporated as a company under

2773-561: The island of Gozo , is part of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Students taught at the Malta campus are offered the same curriculum as taught in London, for the MBBS Medicine and Medicine Foundation programmes. The Harold Pinter Drama Studio is the main teaching and performance space of the students and staff of the Department of Drama. On 26 April 2005, Harold Pinter , who

2832-516: The old, which would now become entirely the domain of the college. Separation was now achieved. The Charter was now pursued, but the Academic Board asked for a name change, feeling that "East London" carried unfortunate associations that would hinder the college and its graduates. With the initial proposed name, "Queen's College", having already been taken by The Queen's College, Oxford and "Victoria College" felt to be unoriginal, "Queen Mary College"

2891-514: The origin and cure for malaria , Davidson Nicol , who discovered the breakdown of insulin in the human body, British politician Peter Hain , and Professor Andrew Pollard , the chief investigator of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine . The Medical College of The Royal London Hospital (now part of the School of Medicine and Dentistry) was England's first medical school when it opened in 1785. In 1850, Elizabeth Blackwell became

2950-429: The refurbishment of The Octagon, the original library of the People's Palace dating back to 1888. In 2007 parts of the School of Law – postgraduate facilities and the Centre for Commercial Law Studies – moved to premises in Lincoln's Inn Fields in central London. The Women at Queen Mary Exhibition was staged in the Octagon, marking 125 years of Westfield College and 120 years of Queen Mary College. In September 2009,

3009-408: The student union, Draper's bar and club, several restaurants, a number of halls of residences and a gym. The educational and research sites of the Arts Research Centre, Computer Science, the large Engineering building, G.E. Fogg Building, Francis Bancroft Building, G. O. Jones Building, Joseph Priestley Building, Lock-keeper's Graduate Centre, and the Mathematical Science Building, are all located within

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3068-401: The university had around 26,000 students. Queen Mary is organised into three faculties – the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry . Queen Mary is a member of the Russell Group of British research universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities and Universities UK . Queen Mary

3127-482: The world's first science education centre located within a working research laboratory opened at the Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, hoping to inspire children with school tours and interactive games and puzzles. Queen Mary became one of the few university-level institutions to implement a requirement of the A* grade at A-Level after its introduction in 2010 on some of their most popular courses, such as Engineering, Law, and Medicine. Following on from

3186-438: Was converted into a building for the Faculty of Economics founded by Maurice Peston, Baron Peston . Both faculties were physically separated from what was now a campus to the west. From the mid-1960s until the mid-1980s the college proposed to link with the London Hospital Medical College and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College with a joint facility in Mile End. A further link with both The London and St. Bartholomew's

3245-402: Was destroyed in the Great Fire of London and rebuilt to designs by Edward Jarman. After another fire in 1772, it was rebuilt again. This time the architect was John Gorham. Further extensive alterations were made in the 19th century. The Hall survived the Blitz during the Second World War . The Hall includes four finely decorated main rooms used for the company's functions. The largest room

3304-407: Was made in 1974 when an anonymous donor provided for the establishment of a further hall of residence in Woodford, to be divided equally between Queen Mary College students and the two medical colleges. At the start of the 1980s changing demographics and finances led to a reorganisation of the University of London. At Queen Mary some subjects, such as Russian and Classics were discontinued, whilst

3363-404: Was settled on. The Charter of Incorporation was presented on 12 December 1934 by Queen Mary herself. During the Second World War , the college was evacuated to Cambridge , where it shared with King's College . After the war the college returned to London, facing many of the same problems but with prospects for westward expansion. The East End had suffered considerable bomb damage (although

3422-422: Was to win the Nobel Prize in Literature later that year, gave a public reading and was interviewed by his official authorised biographer, Michael Billington , in the studio named for Pinter and located as part of the Faculty of Arts (Department of Drama, School of English and Drama) in the Mile End campus, to celebrate its refurbishment. Queen Mary and Westfield College was established by Act of Parliament and

3481-438: Was transferred to St Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside and later to St Michael, Cornhill , where the company continues to worship today. Despite these changes, the drapers retain the Blessed Virgin Mary as their patron saint. Originally, the organisation was a trade association of wool and cloth merchants . It has been one of the most powerful companies in London civic politics. Over one hundred Lord Mayors have been members of

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