QUB Economics Society

Official account of QUB Economics Society @QUBelfast @QUBSU. Likes, shares, posts and links ≠ endorsement

[QUB Economics Society @qubeconomics]

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QUES aims to better your experience of economics at university by engaging with both academic and social events and providing a platform to learn more about economics-related careers.

[QUBBusiness @QUBBusiness]

Dr Alan Fernihough, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Queen's Business School, has been awarded the Barrington Medal 2024 by the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: https://t.co/kP6llZCy6o

[Economics Observatory @EconObservatory]

#ChartOfTheDay Economic Inactivity in Belfast at the 2021 Census (ages 16+)

Make sure you check out our Data Hub to explore, create and share your own charts #dataviz https://t.co/Acs8XaKr6L

[Discover Economics @DiscoverEcon]

We were delighted to team up with Adam McGeoch from the Fraser Of Allander Institute for our Pride in Economics event. Take a look here 👉 https://t.co/G3YPsrarUb

#pride #pridemonth #economics #diversity #prideinecon #prideineconomics #lgbtq

[John Turner @ProfJohnTurner]

The Good Friday Agreement was signed on 10 April 1998. In this this @EconObservatory piece @GrahamBrownlow @DJordan_Econ and I reflect on how the Northern Ireland economy has changed over the past 25 years. #GFA25 https://t.co/gMCfsXtToe

[John Turner @ProfJohnTurner]

Kyle Richmond’s @QUCEHBelfast @QUBManagement poster at #EHS2023

[National Student Survey @nss_ipsos]

In your final year and want to feed back on your university or college experience? Take part in the National Student Survey 2023. It's open now: https://t.co/k2yoEx36vA #YourViewsYourNSS #NSS2023

[CORE Econ @coreeconteam]

❓ Bank runs, too big to fail, bailing out... Have the students been asking about the failure of Silicon Valley Bank?

👉 We've got what you need!

1⃣ A CORE Insight
2⃣ Unit 17 of The Economy

A 🧵 below with ideas... You're welcome!

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[Giuseppe Cavaliere @CavaliereGiu]

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[QUBBusiness @QUBBusiness]

This International Women’s Day, we are celebrating all the women of Queen’s Management School. Here are just some of our vibrant, brilliant female staff. #IWD23

[Thomas Scotto @tjscotto]

To mark #AdamSmith300, @UofGSocSci has opened a student competition for UK undergraduates & post-graduates asking students to redesign covers of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations or The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Specifics here: https://t.co/EcjXMFJcG4.

[Into The West @IntoTheWestRail]

Even in London new rail lines massively out-perform expectations/predictions once they open. As always with rail - if you build it, they will come 👍

https://t.co/KjAZQTgxuP

[CORE Econ @coreeconteam]

🎊 10 years (and counting) of CORE Econ 🎊

CORE Econ was born on 3 January 2013. First adopted by a handful of universities, today 400+ unis in 65 countries use CORE Econ.

Director @WendyCarlinEcon celebrates CORE Econ's achievements in her message ➡️ https://t.co/pCzAwsYpcR

[Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel]

One of my objectives in 2023 is to learn R. Does anyone know of a course or a book for beginner-beginners?

[Dr Anne Devlin @anne_dev1]

A thread on econ inactivity in NI 🧵
1)Econ inactivity long been much higher in NI than in other UK regions/countries. Although there has been some convergence it has been slow!
2)This trend of convergence appears to have been reversed in the midst of the pandemic.

[JPCampbellBiz @JP_Biz]

New research by @ESRIDublin suggests productivity (economic output per worker) is 40% lower in Northern Ireland than in the Republic with this gap opening up over the last 20 years.

[QUBBusiness @QUBBusiness]

Catastrophic risks force policy-makers to make quick decisions based on limited information. What can today’s policy-makers learn from the #GreatIrishFamine?

@ClioChris, @DoranAine & Alan Fernihough explore: https://t.co/Cg7vJZaET8

#QMSResearch

[QUBBusiness @QUBBusiness]

⭐Hiring: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in #Economics⭐

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape the future direction of the Economics Department from both a research & teaching perspective.

Deadline: 28/11/22

Apply here: https://t.co/Kfo3M4Yn6T

#AcademicJobs

[Queen’s University Belfast Library @QUBLibrary]

To recap 👻:
The McClay Library = Probably #haunted
QUB Medical Library = Haunted
@QUBBiomed = Probably haunted but by a very small and quiet ghost
Old tower Library (RIP) = That was DEFINITELY haunted 100 %
HSC @healthcarelib = All haunted
@AFBILibrary = Not haunted

[Graham Brownlow @GrahamBrownlow]

Share away.
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Economics at Queen's University Belfast https://t.co/UtMXAsyY4g #jobsacuk