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- 1 2 Clarkson, L. A. (2004). A university in troubled times : Queen's Belfast, 1945 - 2000. Dublin [u.a.]: Four Courts Press. p. 195. ISBN 1-85182-862-1.
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- ↑ Alumni, Queen's (16 June 2017). "Prof James McElnay, PVC Research, Enterprise & Postgrad Affairs, appointed Acting President and Vice-Chancellor @QueensUBelfast @QUBFoodProfpic.twitter.com/tWcnDi0jHB".