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  1. Fanny Louisa Calder 1838 - 1923

    Fanny Louisa Calder was a pioneer of domestic science and famously called the 'saint of laundry, cooking and health' by Florence Nightingale.

  4. Lord Jonathan Mance

    Read the oration for Lord Jonathan Mance on the award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University presented by Professor Frank Sanderson.

  5. Paul O'Grady MBE

    Read the oration for Paul O'Grady MBE on the award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University presented by Professor Frank Sanderson.

  6. Gillian Miller and Kevin Fearon

    Read the orations for Gillian Miller and Kevin Fearon on the award of their Honorary Fellowship form LJMU, the University's highest honour.

  7. Championing public health

    Find out more about the history of the Liverpool Training School for Cookery founded in 1875 by Miss Fanny Louisa Calder.

  8. Jane Williams (1898 - c. 2016)

    Jane was a student at the F.L. Calder College of Domestic Science, one of LJMU’s historic colleges, where she qualified as a teacher. She went on to teach at schools in Wales thanks to a personal reference from Fanny Calder herself. Records from her life help to tell the significant history of LJMU as an institution that supports the training of teachers, always placing importance on providing education for all. The records are held within LJMU’s Special Collections and Archives.

  9. Student support schemes

    LJMU offers a new laptop voucher scheme and support for data allowance costs to help students with their studies.