Getting geared up for university – your questions answered
With the new academic year just around the corner, we’ve put together some useful advice to prepare you for starting uni this autumn.
With the new academic year just around the corner, we’ve put together some useful advice to prepare you for starting uni this autumn.
Daniel Jolly graduated in 2024 with a degree in Sport Business. He now runs his own business, Dan J Media, a photography and videography business specialising in sports, music and live events after receiving support from the Start-up Hub.
Science and Football students give their post-match analysis of the Sweden and England game of the World Cup.
Business with Marketing student Ollie Facer tells us how he improved his employability during his studies through volunteering and completing a Discovery Internship.
Lauren Griffiths graduated in 2022 with a degree in International Tourism Management and currently works as a Sales and Marketing Executive for We Are Social Nation. In July 2025, along with a business partner, she opened her own business, Opal and Mersey, a content studio based in Liverpool.
Ellen Johnston is a student at LJMU on the BSc Sport & Exercise Science degree. She started her online health and wellness coaching business in 2024, supporting women to thrive in all aspects of their life and catering for their physical, mental, emotional, relational, environmental and existential health.
Chloe Thomas and Kara McDougall talk about their experiences as women in the engineering sector.
Geography graduate Lucy Shaw tells us about a paid summer internship she undertook at Mott MacDonald in their environmental and social consultancy team whilst studying at LJMU.
Whether they are working away in the farmer’s field or being used as evidence in court, maggots are helping us in our day-to-day lives in surprising ways. Isn’t it time you gave these misunderstood creatures the credit they deserve?
History student Emily Knowles tells us about the Discovery Internship she undertook as a Classroom Learning Support Intern at Knotty Ash Primary School.