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Great Success for Academic Venues at the M&IT Awards!

Great Success for Academic Venues at the M&IT Awards! | April 2012

Venuemasters, the consortium representing over 90 academic venues in the UK, are delighted to announce the victorious winnings for its member venues at the 2012 Meeting & Incentive Travel (M&IT) Awards held earlier this month. Competing against a number of prestigious organisations, Venuemasters members picked up a remarkable eight awards between them in five different categories....

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Queen Mary, University of London awarded for ongoing sustainable food commitment

Queen Mary, University of London awarded for ongoing sustainable food commitment | March 2012

Queen Mary, University of London has been awarded a third Good Food on the Public Plate award for becoming a signatory to the Sustainable Fish City pledge. The award was presented at City Hall by Rosie Boycott, Chair of the London Food Board on 15 th March, which advises Mayor Boris Johnson on food issues in the Capital. The award provides recognition of Queen Mary's commitment to...

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Princess Anne gives the Royal seal of approval to ArtsTwo at Queen Mary, University of London

Princess Anne gives the Royal seal of approval to ArtsTwo at Queen Mary, University of London | March 2012

The Princess Royal formally opened the ArtsTwo building at Queen Mary on Friday 9 th March, the £15m facility boasting a state-of-the-art 300 seat lecture theatre, alongside six breakout rooms and communal facilities completed in late 2011. Adding to the existing portfolio of facilities available for hire at the Mile End campus, Jonathan Rhodes, Marketing and Sales Manager in Events...

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Queen Mary Hosts BBC Three Live Show 'Free Speech'

Queen Mary Hosts BBC Three Live Show 'Free Speech' | March 2012

Question Time success makes Queen Mary the ideal venue for new BBC Three debate show 'Free Speech' Following on from the success of hosting the BBC's Question Time in October, Queen Mary's Grade II Victorian Octagon venue saw the first outing of the new live BBC Three debate show 'Free Speech' on 7th March. Hosted by Jake Humphrey, the format involves direct audience participation...

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Park Crescent Conference Centre is celebrating its 10th anniversary

Park Crescent Conference Centre is celebrating its 10th anniversary | February 2012

On Thursday 23 rd February 2012 PCCC officially turns 10.  We are celebrating with bubbles and canapés and we are going to blow away the winter blues by letting our hair down to the very best tunes from the last ten years. This is your invitation to help us celebrate.  PCCC has been part of Venuemasters for three years now and we would like to say thank you to everyone...

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Academic Venue Show 2012