Nicola has more than 25 years of experience in primatology research and teaching, tracing her curiosity about primates back to her childhood growing up in East London and making visits to London Zoo. She is also an advocate for driving forwards inclusivity at the university.
Rio Boothe is an LJMU student and a para-athlete. He competes in athletics with the Manchester Harriers and with the LJMU Athletics Team. He’s a real role model for others with disabilities and is striving to raise awareness about the challenges disabled people face when trying to access sport.
Fadi is a 2023 graduate from the maritime business and management programme. He came to the UK as a refugee, having fled his home in Damascus, Syria, and gaining his initial qualifications in Greece. He used his dissertation research to highlight the challenges facing the shipping sector and their obligations under international law to help vessels in distress, including refugee and migrant boat crossings.
Courteney is an English graduate who became a mum while studying at LJMU. She went on to receive a prize as one of the top students thanks to her grit and determination to obtain her degree.
Anyika graduated in economics from LJMU in 2008 and was in the very first class of scholars in the Sports Scholarship programme that launched in 2004. She went on to become an Olympic-winning track and field athlete.
Calvin joined LJMU in July 2017 and says that a milestone in his career was founding the international relations programme that he lectures on.
Our sixth Chancellor and our first alumni Chancellor, Nisha Katona MBE, is an ambassador, advocate and role model for our students and staff. After studying law at LJMU, she went on to work as a Barrister for nearly 20 years before setting up her own business, Mowgli, one of the fastest growing restaurant movements in the country.
Back in 2007 LJMU acknowledged the then Prince of Wales with an Honorary Fellowship and hosted him during the tenth Roscoe Lecture series. Dedicating much of his life to others, as the heir apparent to the throne, HRH The Prince of Wales was recognised for his services to charity, education and the environment.
Gaby is the 2022/23 Liverpool John Moores Students’ Union (JMSU) Vice President for Community and Wellbeing, and as an international student herself, champions the diverse student population who have found their home at the university and in the city of Liverpool.
Dr Sasha Kosanic is an interdisciplinary scientist whose research focuses on answering complex questions about climate change and the impact it is having on nature and societies. She is also an advocate for inclusion in education, as a former Paralympian and a scientist living with Cerebral Palsy, she looks to highlight inequalities wherever she finds them and to drive forwards change in research and academia.