Catherine is a Professor of Creative Writing and Associate Dean Research at LJMU and in 2023 released her own memoir documenting her family’s move to Australia for a better future, as many Brits did in the ‘50s and ‘60s. With the help of an LJMU grant she was able to travel to her parents native Yorkshire to conduct research for the book, bringing a personal perspective on migration to audiences around the world.
Read the oration for Barbara Dickson OBE on the award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University presented by Professor Frank Sanderson.
The River Flow 2024 programme is subject to change and will be finalized soon. Registration will open from 8am, while sessions will run from 8.30am to 5.30pm, with lunch provided at 1pm.
Find out how Undertaking a placement provides you with valuable work experience and gives you the chance to develop a range of work-related skills demanded by graduate employers.
Learn more about Liverpool’s role as the ‘second city of empire’, the world fair’s movement, exhibition culture, and Liverpool Mechanics’ Institution in the nineteenth century.
Abbie is a senior research engineer at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) having spent nine years studying at LJMU. A last-minute switch from studying pharmacy to civil engineering has seen her career take a whole different direction.
Case studies
Read the oration for Gemma Bodinetz on the award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University presented by Roger Phillips.
Read the full oration for Lady Edwina Grosvenor on the Award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University.
Read the oration for Commodore Rod Walker on the award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University presented by Professor Frank Sanderson.