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  1. Sir John Moores 1896-1993

    LJMU is proudly named in honour of Sir John Moores, a successful businessman who founded Liverpool’s famous Littlewoods retail and football pools company.

  2. Julia Carter Preston (1926-2012)

    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.

  3. George Mayer-Marton (1897-1960)

    From a Second World War refugee to establishing the Department for Mural Art with the then College of Art, George’s influence on our former art students and on the city of Liverpool has lasted the test of time.

  4. Professor Stafford Beer 1926 – 2002

    Stafford Beer was a scientist, poet, painter, founder of management cybernetics and world leader in operational research. He was appointed Honorary Professor of Organisational Transformation at Liverpool Polytechnic in 1989, and today the Collection bearing his name is among the most prized of LJMU's archives.

  5. Stuart Sutcliffe 1940-1962

    A talented artist who studied at our College of Art in the 1950s and is famously known as the ‘lost’ Beatle having originally formed the band with his friend and fellow student John Lennon.

  7. 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. The Diversity and Inclusion Funded Project 2025 to 2026

    The University Funded Diversity and Inclusion scheme is a pot of money set aside to provide grants for supporting research initiatives across the University aimed at challenging discrimination and inequalities, increasing representation of under-represented groups, raising awareness of issues related to Diversity and Inclusion, and facilitating implementation of good practice at the University.