Liverpool Health Commission, an independent panel established by Liverpool John Moores University, with research expertise and support provided by the university, has been set up to investigate and analyse health care policy issues.
LJMU has been awarded approximately £490,000 from Research England’s first ever International Investment Initiative (I3). The award has been jointly made to LJMU and The University of Western Australia (UWA) for the international collaboration project, i-CARDIO. The project has a dual focus; the first component is the delivery of workshops to develop innovative ways to detect cardiovascular diseases for preventative intervention using imaging techniques. The second element is the evaluation of Australia’s model of accreditation of clinical exercise scientists and physiologists. The accreditation incorporates university and work place-based learning to enable graduates to secure roles in the healthcare system as recognised allied health professionals.
We talk to Dr Robert Hesketh from the School of Justice Studies about his research into drug dealing as a substitute for employment in Merseyside street gangs.
Liverpool John Moores University has taken handover of its landmark new development on Copperas Hill. Contractor Morgan Sindall Construction has reached practical completion of the three and a half acre site in the heart of the city centre.
As February marks LGBT History Month, the LJMU Diversity and Inclusion Team caught up with Dr Lindsey Gaston, Liverpool Business School Senior Lecturer. Here he reflects on his own journey and experience.
On March 25, the University hands over its best research to the 2021 Research Exercise Framework, the REF. With more than 600 academics put forward and dozens more colleagues behind the scenes, the REF is arguably the largest project undertaken by the university community.
‘Breaking Ground’ saw internationally-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind discuss the inspiration behind some of the world’s most iconic buildings, including the reconstruction of the World Trade Center, the Jewish Museum in Berlin and Manchester’s Imperial War Museum.
Continued success in ‘University Oscars’
An LJMU student and several LJMU sports experts are behind a cohort of para-athletes who will be going for gold in Rio this week.
Fresh from broadcasting a Classic FM show in Redmonds Building radio studio to mark the 175th anniversary of the Liverpool Philharmonic, broadcaster John Suchet sat down with over 50 LJMU Journalism students to talk about his 40 year career as the face of British news.