By studying the gas and stars that shape the Milky Way as well as other galaxies in the local Universe, we can understand the life cycles of stars like our Sun, unravel the chemical enrichment history of the universe, and probe the existence of black holes across a wide mass spectrum.
Find out more about the Fellows Liverpool John Moores University honoured in 2009 including; Ian Smith, Rita Tushingham, Sir Phillip Craven MBE, Keith Cameron, Peter Bullivant, Dr Simon Fishel, Pauline Daniels, Nicholas Wainwright and John Kennedy CBE.
Read the oration for Admiral Sir Philip Jones on the award of his Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University.
Read the full oration for Alex Brooker on the Award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University.
Read the full oration for Janet Dugdale on the Award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University.
Bert was a famous disability rights campaigner, himself a wheelchair user, dedicating his life to advocating for improvements to the daily life of those with disabilities. He was also an alumnus of the Liverpool Polytechnic, later becoming an Honorary Fellow and serving as a governor, while working closely with the university on its equality and diversity policies.
LJMU is proudly named in honour of Sir John Moores, a successful businessman who founded Liverpool’s famous Littlewoods retail and football pools company.
Find out more about June Furlong.
A leader in the development of sport and exercise science study in the 1970s and the first ever Professor of Sports Science in the UK.
A British potter who was responsible for reviving the art of ‘sgraffito’ in the UK in the 1950s. She studied at Liverpool College of Art in the 1940s where she discovered a passion for ceramics and later went on to teach at the college too.