22nd July 2025

“Education can be a tough environment to work in, but QMC seems to be making it a nice place to work!” Queen Mary’s College has been recognised as the Best Place to Work at Basingstoke and Deane’s annual INSPIRE Business Awards, organised by Destination Basingstoke. The prestigious award was presented on Thursday 17th July at…

15th July 2025

Queen Mary’s College’s first-year students took part in a successful and wide-reaching Work Experience (WEX) programme, with over 500 students completing meaningful, in-person or virtual placements. These placements took place across a broad range of industries in organisations such as Google, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Barclays, Bloomberg, Herbert Smith Freehills, National Trust, IBM, National…

3rd July 2025

On the 1st July 2025, Queen Mary’s Sixth Form College celebrated the launch of Sunny Side Down, a new poetry anthology created by student writers from the Dead Poets enrichment group, founded and led by English teacher Charlotte Reilly. The book has recently been published and is available on Amazon, with all proceeds going towards…

27th June 2025

Queen Mary’s College has wrapped up QMC Social Action 2025 this week, marking the second successful year of the initiative following 2024’s outstanding debut. This year, QMC first-year students have raised £30,693. What is QMC’s Social Action Project? The Social Action Project is a three-day challenge for first-year students that combines personal development with community…

11th June 2025

We are incredibly proud to share that Queen Mary’s College student, Hannah Boyle, was named a finalist in the Young Role Model category at this year’s Place to be Proud of Awards, hosted by Destination Basingstoke. Hannah, who studies Media, Film and English Literature A Levels, was recognised for her outstanding commitment to community work…

2nd May 2025

Queen Mary’s College’s Robotics team has won the Excellence in Engineering Award (sponsored by UK Electronics Skills Foundation), in the 2025 Robotics Competition.  What is the Robotics Competition? The Student Robotics competition is an annual event for teams of 16 to 19 year olds. They are challenged to design, build, and programme self-sufficient, independent robots….

1st April 2025

Queen Mary’s College was proud to enter four teams again this year for the North Hampshire Rotary Technology Tournament.  What is the North Hampshire Rotary Technology Tournament? The North Hampshire Rotary Technology Tournament is an engineering challenge with teams of four competing against other schools and colleges from Winchester, Alton and Basingstoke. This year’s competition…

14th March 2025

Dr. Patrick Heighway, a former student at Queen Mary’s College, was awarded the prestigious European XFEL Young Scientist Award.  Journey At QMC and After At QMC, Patrick studied Mathematics, Physics, Ancient History and Graphic Communication.  Recalling his time at college, he said, “I couldn’t imagine a better environment than QMC to bridge the gap between…

7th February 2025

Queen Mary’s College is delighted to celebrate its 2025 student offers from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge (Oxbridge). This year, QMC students have received offers across an impressive range of subjects. Notably, 24% of QMC’s Oxbridge applicants received offers, surpassing the recent global success rates published by both universities. By comparison,…

27th January 2025

On January 20th, Queen Mary’s College celebrated becoming the first educational facility in Hampshire to be established as a third-party hate crime reporting hub. What is a Third-Party Reporting Hub? A third-party hate crime reporting hub allows victims to report hate crimes and incidents without needing to go directly to the police. QMC will act…