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  1. Courteney Peterson

    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.

  2. Irene Mabel Marsh 1875 - 1938

    One of our pioneers, she started a revolution in physical education with a ground-breaking curriculum that still lives on at LJMU today.

  3. Abbie Romano

    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.

  4. Dr Calvin Liu

    Calvin joined LJMU in July 2017 and says that a milestone in his career was founding the international relations programme that he lectures on.

  5. Nisha Katona MBE

    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.

  6. Arthur Hyatt (1939-2022)

    As a craft, design and technology student of the then Liverpool Polytechnic in the 1980s, Arthur designed a special mace for use at graduation ceremonies and became the first mace bearer.

  7. Gaby Tran

    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.

  8. Ethan Mahony

    A pharmacy graduate from Limerick who was supported throughout his studies to play Hurling, Ethan also found his tribe here in Liverpool, a place with plenty of enduring Irish connections.

  9. Malik Al Nasir

    Malik Al Nasir is an author, poet and academic from Liverpool. From the age of 9 to 18 Malik grew up in care. By 18 he says he was left traumatised, semi-literate, homeless and destitute, many years later going on to successfully sue Liverpool City Council for neglect, racism and physical abuse.

  10. Mike Bode

    Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics, Mike Bode, was the founding Director of the Astrophysics Research Institute at LJMU and led the Institute until his sabbatical in 2014/15.