South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo said: “This award is great news for Queen’s University and provides recognition of the excellent work being carried out there.
“This is a prestigious award and shows that Queen’s is right up there with the best in the UK. People in Northern Ireland are right to be proud of the excellent standard of higher education we have on offer here.
“Promoting entrepreneurship is a particularly important endeavour because for Northern Ireland to significantly grow its economy, we need to create more jobs within the private sector.”
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