QUB Planning School

Tweets from the Planning School at Queen's University Belfast - interesting things about our courses, our research and other spatial stuff.

[QUB Planning School @PlanQUB]

👀 QUB planning is ranked No 3 in the Uk for planning in the 2025 Guardian Univeristy Guide after another excellent score in the National Student Survey. Fantastic that our students recognise the quality of the learning opportunities we provide!

https://t.co/nKaAXOh9E3

[QUB Planning School @PlanQUB]

Plans to turn Co Tyrone public toilet into one bed apartment – The Irish News https://t.co/zK7fcmuCEm

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The Earth's Corr: 2024 was a landmark year for the environment in Northern Ireland - Shauna Corr - Belfast Live https://t.co/ezfxVlEFaV

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The five-minute city: inside Denmark’s revolutionary neighbourhood | Denmark | The Guardian https://t.co/KsUbx8AXen

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Translink's new Grand Central Station in Belfast operating in breach of planning rules due to Enterprise trains https://t.co/mxUN9blvQY

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‘A blend of ancient and modern’: inside Thessaloniki’s new €3bn metro system https://t.co/0OuEt1lx2Z

[Queen's Communities and Place (QCAP) @QUBCommunities1]

🏘️ Hosford Community Homes and QCAP shared insights on community-led housing at the Private Sector Rented Conference. Showing how community-academic partnerships can support local housing and place-based solutions to homelessness in Northern Ireland..

[QUB Planning School @PlanQUB]

India's capital woke to a thick layer of smog on Wednesday as pollution levels soared.
https://t.co/JvynaDEv66

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Belfast's 'ugliest building' to be demolished https://t.co/jOz7jCAwe7

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Delays to wind farms show that planning system needs overhaul | https://t.co/OsANcN9iuK https://t.co/upDvOXlHDa

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Gruggandoo: Hilltown wind farm proposal ‘sitting in planning system for almost a decade’ | https://t.co/OsANcN9iuK https://t.co/EgadLWxXPT

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The world’s most feminist city: how Umeå in Sweden became an idyll for women https://t.co/ppjHp7UTPs

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

“The story of SLAPPs begins with environmental defenders.” @holt_charlie speaking at the Anti-SLAPP conference today on how SLAPPs are used to target environmental defenders. Alongside speakers @MatthewOToole2, Geraint Ellis, Alison Hough, and Fred Logue.

[Change Stories @Change_Stories_]

In center of Belfast, a group of artists and activists have turned an abandoned space into a community garden. They come together planting, nurturing, harvesting and cooking food. They share knowledge, memories and recipes, as they root around in the past and plan for future.

[QUB Planning School @PlanQUB]

Stops have included interface areas, social economy projects, gentrification, planning history of the Divis Flats, marine governance and the general evolution of the city …

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Last stop on the study-visit-at-home for the ENSGOV research group aimed at introducing all our new research staff and PhD students to the current challenges in Belfast, told through the lens of staff research

[The Office for Environmental Protection @OfficeforEP]

Current pressures on nature in Northern Ireland are unsustainable and urgent action is needed to protect and improve the environment for this and future generations – read our report on the drivers and pressures affecting biodiversity here 👉https://t.co/K2uTJVacrp

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NI nature facing unsustainable pressure, says watchdog https://t.co/rOaO0JcWpK

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New paper on financialization, state de-risking and planning system change in Ireland and Serbia - from QUB's @RWaldron_Plan and UCD's @lindafox_rogers & Dr Ana Peric Momcilovic @UCDRUP - In European Planning Studies

Limited free downloads:
https://t.co/XlyKCOm3kW.

[GroundsWell Consortium @GroundswellCon]

Yesterday in Belfast, our violence against women & girls in public spaces network met to discuss our upcoming work

We also heard from Elaine Crory (@WRDA_team), Finola Dornan (@PoliceServiceNI) & Sarah McMahon (@RutgersSSW)

Read more about our plans
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