Colette was a dedicated member of the catering team at LJMU for 42 years, having joined Liverpool Polytechnic in 1981. Sadly, in October 2023, just four months before her retirement, Colette passed away after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia just a few months earlier. She was a much-loved colleague, developing life-long friendships while working for the polytechnic and university. Colette also had, and continues to have, many family ties to LJMU.
LJMU rewards academic excellence via the Teaching and Learning Excellence Awards.
Richard Rigg was an engineer with Elder Dempster Lines in the early part of the twentieth century. Read the account of his experiences with the shipping company.
Researchers from the Liverpool Logistics, Offshore and Marine Research Institute (LOOM) works with over 50 UK and global industrial and regulatory partners. You can find out about some of these projects here.
One of the UK’s youngest Black professors, an LJMU alum and former lecturer who attributes the success of his academic career so far, in part, to the supportive leadership and peers here at the university.
Please contact us using the details below if you’d like to find out more about Elder Dempster Lines or the Homeward Bound Project. We welcome enquiries from schools, teachers and community groups.
Aldham Robarts, an Honorary Fellow, trustee and passionate supporter of the university. Two out of LJMU’s three library spaces are named after Aldham and his wife Avril who generously made donations towards the building of both key student spaces after the incorporation of the university in the early ’90s.
Marie O'Sullivan and Clifford O'Sullivan worked for Elder Dempster Lines, listen to their interviews.
The School of Humanities and Social Science has worked in partnership with Fine Art in the School of Art and Creative Industries to develop a new art project, inspired by the research, teaching and culture of the School.
Find out more about the Fellows Liverpool John Moores University honoured in 2004 including; His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Sue Johnston OBE, Claire Dove OBE, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, Gillian Reynolds MBE, Frank Cottrell Boyce and Dr John Roberts CBE.