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1. Outreach – events

   Discover upcoming outreach events and book your place on one of our exciting opportunities.

2. About the Elder Dempster project

   The Homeward Bound: A Liverpool-West Africa Heritage Project documents the lives and memories of Elder Dempster’s seafaring and office staff. As part of the project, we recorded 25 oral testimonies.

3. Success stories – Start-up hub

   Discover how LJMU students turned their passion into successful businesses with support from the Start-up Hub.

4. Barry Groombridge interview – Elder Dempster

   Barry Groombridge joined Elder Dempster Lines aged 16. Barry’s first voyage was from London to the United States, via West Africa. The voyage lasted nine months. Listen to Barry’s interview to hear about the Christmas he spent with nuns in Madeira and what life was like as a purser at Elder Dempster Lines.

5. International student support

   Explore the help, advice, and support available for international students at LJMU to ease your transition and make the most of your student life.

6. Partners – Being Lean and Seen

   Find out who the partners are behind the Being Lean and Seen project. The project is based in the Liverpool Business School.

7. New finds and related archives – Elder Dempster

   Read more about new finds for the Elder Dempster Lines - the largest UK shipping group between Western Europe and West Africa from the late-nineteenth century to the 1980s.

8. Funding for research students

   Discover the funding options available for postgraduate research students at Liverpool John Moores University and whether you are eligible to apply.

9. Data Protection, Freedom of Information and Public Sector

   You'll find policies related to Freedom of Information.

10. Harry Madden interview – Elder Dempster

    Harry Madden was a Junior Engineer for Elder Dempster Lines. Listen to Harry Madden's interview.