Queen's Students' Union

Good luck to all students who are receiving their A-Level results tomorrow. You have worked so hard and we hope that you get the results you have been wishing for! 🤞⭐

Maybe we will be seeing some of you around campus soon... but for now we hope you have a wonderful day celebrating your achievements! 🙌

Pantry and Swap Shop Update

Please note the SU Pantry and SU Swap Shop will be closed for summer break from Fri 31 July. They will reopen in September.

From 100 marchers in 1991 to 85,000 attendees last year, Belfast has come a long way. 🌈

This year marks 35 years since Belfast’s first Pride parade took to the streets of the city, and there are plenty of ways to get involved in the celebrations.

From picnics to banner making, quizzes to parades, find out what’s happening across Belfast and on campus in our latest blog:
https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/studentsunion/2026/07/07/celebrating-pride-on-campus/

SU Bank Holiday Closure Information:

The SU and it's services will be closed from 6pm, Fri 10 July. We’ll then reopen as normal at 8am, Wed 15 July.

The Union Bar has now closed for Summer Break! 😎

It will be back from Mon 20 July, serving up tasty food, pints and free entry events!

Congratulations to our new Activities and Engagement Student Officer, Molly Curran, who graduated this week with a BA in Spanish and Portuguese! 🌟

We’d also like extend a massive congratulations to all our recent Queen’s University Belfast graduates. We hope you enjoyed celebrating this incredible milestone and all your hard work.

Here's to exciting new beginnings and all the opportunities ahead. Wishing you every success for the future!

Summer Opening Hours 😎☀️

🏢The SU Building will be open during the following times (until Sun 30 Aug):

Mon-Thurs: 8am-10pm
Fridays: 8am-6pm
Saturdays: 10am-6pm
Sundays: Closed

🍕The Union Bar

Closed from Mon 6 - Sun 19 July. It will reopen on Mon 20 July, opening hours are:

Mon-Sun: 4pm-1am

🛒The Union Shop

Mon - Friday: 7.30am - 5pm
Saturday & Sunday: Closed

As the 2025/26 Student Officer team reaches the end of its term today, we're reflecting on the impact they've made throughout the year.

This year the team:

👉 Secured an agreement that will prevent accommodation fees from rising above the line of inflation for the next three years.
👉 Worked with the University to make student priority a top priority, including the introduction of night buses.
👉 Increased accessibility to reusable period products
👉 Drove the SU campaign to become Drug & Alcohol Harm Reduction accredited (the first SU in Ireland to do so)

We want to thank Amy, Eli, Nadine, Mórrigan, Róisín and Jack, who worked hard this year to represent and lobby for Queen's students, while also running their campaigns and projects.

Amy, Eli, Róisín and Jack- we wish you all the luck for whatever comes next!

Nadine and Mórrigan are continuing as part of your Student Officer team, with four new faces we will be introducing soon!

Supporting your wellbeing is a top priority at the SU. Here’s a look back at some of the impact made this year.

⭐️ 700+ students joined our free weekly Activity Hours, from ‘bad art’ workshops to photo journaling 🎨
⭐️ 10,000 free meals were distributed to help students through cost-of-living pressures
⭐️ The Pantry recorded 20,000+ visits, providing access to essentials, fresh fruit and veg 🥕
⭐️ SU Advice supported 2,100 students across almost 4,000 issues, helping secure £42k in financial outcomes
⭐️ Our free sexual health clinic welcomed 1,250+ student visits

Whether you’re looking for support, advice or a chance to connect with others, there is something here for everyone.

Student innovation and entrepreneurship flourished this year. Across a range of programmes, competitions and events, students developed new skills, refined ideas, launched businesses, and took existing ventures to new levels.

⭐️160 students were supported with SU Enterprise business one-to-ones.
⭐️13 businesses stepped into the QUB Dragons’ Den, for a share of the £32k prize pot.
⭐️ 40 student-led projects were awarded a total of over £53k in funding to turn ideas into a reality.
⭐️ £500k of external funding was secured by students and recent graduates to scale or develop their idea further.

If you’re looking to develop entrepreneurial skills, or start or grow your business, SU Enterprise can support you: https://www.q-su.org/EnterpriseSU/