Samantha Elmes Graduate Case Study | Student Futures
Samantha Elmes graduated with a Degree in History and English and is now working as a diplomat for the Foreign, Development and Commonwealth Office (FCDO).
Samantha Elmes graduated with a Degree in History and English and is now working as a diplomat for the Foreign, Development and Commonwealth Office (FCDO).
Charlie Gregory, who graduated with a degree in Media, Culture, Communication, talks about the Discovery Internship he completed during his final year in 2023.
Lucy Daniels graduated in 2024 with a degree in International Tourism Management. She is the founder of Explorer Travel Holidays by Lucy, a one-stop Travel Advisory service selling a range of different holiday packages, holiday extras and tours across the UK, Europe and Worldwide.
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Melissa Hale graduated from LJMU with a degree in Zoology before embarking on a Masters at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and then a PhD, followed by roles as a QuickBase Developer, Junior Cloud Developer and SharePoint Developer.
As part of the celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences in 2025, a range of Nutrition graduates from recent years share reflections of their time at LJMU and how it has influenced their careers and personal growth.