Induction 2025
As the whole university looks towards the beginning of the next standard academic year, this staff update offers an overview of the work being undertaken to register and welcome our new students.
Programme-level induction planning and guidance
Induction activities will take place from Monday 15 to Friday 19 September (week 0) for those students who are commencing their scheduled teaching on Monday 22 September (week 1).
Timetables
Induction timetable planning has been underway for some months now, with guidance shared in February and induction timetables now available for staff to review on the timetables platform. As always, timetables are still subject to changes, especially during the clearing period.
Teaching and Learning Academy guidance
The Teaching and Learning Academy has shared this year’s induction planning guidance for programme leaders to support the transition of students into the university and onto their chosen programme of study.
JMSU induction talk requests
JMSU is again offering induction sessions of 15 to 30 minutes that can be scheduled into induction timetables, ensuring new students are aware of the range of opportunities to engage with the students’ union. Request a JMSU induction talk via email, please make your request by no later than Wednesday 26 August.
Sustainability during induction
The Environmental Sustainability and Energy team is reminding all staff to consider the sustainability of merchandise and materials that might need to be purchased for induction activities. Before making any purchases, it is advised to read through the Sustainable Procurement Policy and to consider product lifespan, and the opportunity for reuse, recycling and minimising waste at the end of an item's lifespan. The team has provided a short presentation pack with quick advice and pointers. If you have any questions email the team.
Information being shared with our new students
Good luck postcards
Ahead of the UCAS embargo, good luck postcards have been posted to home undergraduate students with LJMU as their firm or insurance choice reminding them of the process to follow on results day along with details of both the confirmation and clearing hotlines.
Get LJMU Ready and JMSU printed guides
Those same undergraduates with the university as their firm choice, or with an unconditional offer, have also received printed guides from LJMU and JMSU. The LJMU guide provides information on registration, moving in, induction week, and an introduction to our student support services, while the JMSU guide highlights freshers events and activities alongside an introduction to the student officers for 2025/26. Both guides will be sent to any remaining confirmed home undergraduate students after results day in a second mailout at the end of August. International students will receive an edited version of the LJMU guide when they arrive on campus in September.
Registration, student timetables and student ID cards
Registry Services will begin their schedule of communications to new postgraduate and undergraduate students from Monday 11 August. Their email, text and letter communications will equip new home and international students with their student ID numbers and instructions on completing their online registration and how to obtain their student ID card.
Home students who register by midnight on Friday 5 September will receive their student ID card in the post via Royal Mail tracked delivery, along with a lanyard and campus map. Those who register after this date will be asked to collect their card on campus during the first few weeks of term at pop-up hubs like in previous years. International students will collect their student ID cards during their bespoke induction and welcome events in September which they will be contacted about directly in August, or alternatively they can collect their ID cards from Academic Registry at Exchange Station.
Information about when and how to access timetables will also be shared as part of Registry Services’ communications.
- New students will be able to access their induction timetable from A-Level results day, Thursday 14 August, and their general programme timetables from Friday 5 September. Students should be directed to access these from the timetables platform.
- Personal timetables will be available from w/c Monday 15 September. Students will be able to access their personal timetable via their My LJMU account under My Timetable, but only once they are registered and fully enrolled on all of their modules.
Pre-arrival survey
The 2025-29 Access and Participation Plan commits the university to developing a pre-arrival survey for all incoming level 3 and level 4 students starting in the 2025/26 academic year. The survey will focus on the prior learning experience and expectations of students, as well as their confidence or readiness for university. It will be relatively short, around 10 questions, to maximise response rates and will be sent directly to eligible students via email after they have completed their registration. For the September 2025 intake the aggregated survey findings and demographic information will be shared at university and programme level with relevant staff w/c Monday 8 September.
Before You Arrive webpages and onboarding email newsletter
The Before You Arrive webpages have been updated again for September 2025 starters, acting as a central hub for information on registration, induction timetable guidance and a repository for other top-level information about the university that new students might need to know before they arrive on campus. On the webpages you can also access a digital version of the Get LJMU Ready guide 2025. Key information from these pages, along with information about freshers events, will be shared with new students in an onboarding email newsletter scheduled to be sent on Tuesday 2 September.
JMSU-led welcome activities and Freshers Fair
Free campus focus events
JMSU will host free campus-based welcome events during the first two weeks of the new academic year:
- Monday 15 September – James Parsons Building from 11am to 3pm
- Tuesday 16 September – Tithebarn Building from 11am to 3pm
- Wednesday 17 September – Student Life Building from 11am to 3pm
- Friday 19 September – John Lennon Art and Design Building from 11am to 3pm
- Tuesday 23 September – Education Building from 11am to 3pm
- Wednesday 24 September – Redmonds Building from 11am to 3pm
- Thursday 25 September - John Foster Building from 11am to 3pm
The Freshers Fair
The Freshers Fair will take place on Thursday 18 September at the Exhibition Centre from 10.30am to 5pm – the first 30 minutes of the day will be a designated quiet session. Similarly to previous years, the fair will feature not only the JMSU stalls but also our own professional services to highlight the support that is available here at LJMU. The university events team has issued emails to last year’s professional services exhibitors as coordination for this year’s event progresses with JMSU. If you have not been contacted but would like to be considered for a stand at the fair, please email the events team as soon as possible. There will also be shuttle buses put on to transport students from our campuses to the Exhibition Centre and further information will be available about the times and pick up points later in the summer.
Other welcome activities
As well as the Freshers Fair and free campus focus events, JMSU will have a full bookable events schedule for students with both daytime and evening activities to take advantage of throughout the first weeks of term. Further details will be released on Thursday 14 August via the JMSU website with a specific microsite for freshers events, activities, support and FAQs.
More staff information about JMSU's freshers programme.
Reminder of new academic year changes
OfS condition of registration
From 1 August 2025, LJMU and all higher education providers in England are required to meet a new condition of registration for the Office for Students (OfS) that focuses on harassment and sexual misconduct and the impact that such activities can have on the ability of students to remain in and achieve within higher education. All staff are encouraged to take some time to consider the new guidance on our webpages about the condition of registration, and to understand the role that you can play in making LJMU a safe and inclusive campus. New mandatory training will be rolled out to all staff next month and to our students from September. Staff are encouraged to complete the training ahead of the new academic year.
Student Life and Wellbeing Department
The Student Advice and Wellbeing Department has been renamed the Student Life and Wellbeing Department, bringing together the existing Student Advice and Wellbeing and Sport and Physical Activity teams delivering greater integration between mental and physical wellbeing for students right across the university. The department now has three distinct teams: Student Advice & Wellbeing, Student Living & Physical Activity, and Occupational Health.
Updated Student Advice and Wellbeing webpages
The Student Advice and Wellbeing webpages have been given a refresh over the summer to help our students better navigate the support available to them. Additionally, there is a new section for staff so that you can quickly and accurately signpost students to the right services. Feedback on the changes and suggestions for further information, or resources, staff would like included on the site are encouraged - email Shannen Dabson. The webpages will continue to be developed to reflect the recent changes to the department that now includes our sport and physical activity offer.
LJMU Library
The library will no longer be based in the Student Life Building, and library services will be delivered from our two campus libraries aligned with LJMU’s new faculties:
- The Library: City Campus (formerly Avril Robarts) will focus on Health, Technology, and Science
- The Library: Mount Pleasant Campus (formerly Aldham Robarts) will support Arts, Humanities, Education, Business, and Law, and house Special Collections and a postgraduate study area
A new Academic Success team has also been formed, combining Academic Engagement Librarians and Academic Achievement Tutors and their services. From September 2025, Academic Success Hubs will operate on the ground floors of both libraries.
Security on campus
This September as part of our ongoing commitment to the safety of our students and staff, we’ll be launching SafeZone, a safety app for use on campus, which will allow individuals to contact campus security and get help fast. Students and staff will be encouraged to download the app at the start of the new semester.
Key dates
Monday 11 August
- Registry Services new student email, text and letter communications schedule commences
Thursday 14 August
- A-level results day, clearing and confirmation
- Induction timetables available from today
- JMSU freshers microsite launches
Monday 18 August
- Continuing student registration will open and emails will start to go out from this date
Monday 1 September
- PGCE/PGDE students can collect their student ID cards from the Student Life Building
Tuesday 2 September
- Legal Practice Course (LPC) students can collect student ID cards from the Redmonds Building
Friday 5 September
- General programme timetables available from today
- Cut off for posting of new student ID cards – if registering after this date students will need to collect their ID cards on campus
Saturday 6 September
- International postgraduate and one semester exchange students can start to move into their LJMU approved halls from today
- Home postgraduate students can move into their LJMU approved halls from today
Monday 8 September
- International undergraduate students can start to move into their LJMU approved halls from today
Monday 8 September to Friday 3 October (weekdays only)
- International students can collect their student ID cards from Academic Registry at Exchange Station during the office hours of 9.30am to 4.30pm
Wednesday 10, Thursday 11 and Friday 12 September
- International welcome events and international student ID card collection at the Student Life Building
Wednesday 10 to Sunday 14 September
- Free events for students both on campus and around the city as LJMU co-host the British Science Festival 2025
Thursday 11 September to Friday 3 October (weekdays only)
- Student ID card pop-up collection hubs from 8am to 6pm at the following LJMU buildings: Tithebarn Building, Student Life Building and James Parsons Building
Friday 12 September to Friday 3 October (weekdays only)
- Additional student ID card pop-collection hub opens as above at the Redmonds Building (unable to open from Thursday 11 September due to building playing host to British Science Festival events)
Friday 12 and Saturday 13 September
- Home undergraduates move into their LJMU approved halls
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 September
- Additional weekend student ID card pop-up collection hubs from 10am to 4pm at the Tithebarn Building and Student Life Building
Monday 15 September
- Induction week starts (week 0)
- Personal timetables available during this week if students are fully registered and enrolled on all modules
Wednesday 17 September
- Sport Building welcome event, from 10am to 6pm
Thursday 18 September
- Freshers Fair at the Exhibition Centre, King’s Dock from 10.30am to 5pm
Monday 22 September
- Teaching starts for the standard academic calendar (week 1)
Wednesday 24 September
- Part-time Jobs Fair, from 1pm to 3pm, Student Life Building
Transition for current students
Work is already underway around re-registration and student communications for those returning to their studies in September. The Teaching and Learning Academy has provided a guidance document on supporting returning students’ transition to the next level of study.
Continuing student registration will open on Monday 18 August and emails will start to go out from this date. Continuing students should use their existing student ID card. If they have lost their card and need a replacement, then they should complete the replacement ID card form on My LJMU and wait for a confirmation text before collecting their replacement ID card from either the City Campus Library or Mount Pleasant Campus Library. An email newsletter will be issued to all continuing students about returning to campus on Tuesday 2 September before the all student fortnightly email newsletter launches again on Tuesday 16 September.
Thank you to everyone involved in induction and transition planning from the across the university, and for all the support you provide to our students.
