Our research aims to improve cardiovascular health via exercise training and physical activity. Our two main areas of expertise are cardiac function and structure and vascular function and structure in health and disease.
All you need to know about how to apply for LJMU’s research opportunities, including advice on preparation for writing your research proposal.
Dr Kay Standing and Dr Sara Parker are currently completing a British Academy Small Grant Project on re-usable sanitary towel projects, assessing their wider impact on women's health and wellbeing in Nepal. Find out more about this research.
Read Karen Critchley's story - When Karen graduated with a degree in Fine Art from LJMU she was not at all sure what she wanted to do with her life. Some 14 years on she has a Masters in Public Health under her belt and a flourishing career at the Public Health Institute.
It is essential to decarbonise transport and logistics, one of the largest sources of greenhouse-gases emission, to save the planet. The big question to researchers, and indeed to humanity, is how to decarbonise transport and logistics effectively.
Each scholarship funding is for three years of a full-time PhD degree programme, and includes tuition fees, a tax-free maintenance stipend of around £18,622 per annum (rising in line with URKI rates) and additional research costs of up to £1,600 per year.
LJMU has developed strong teaching and research collaborations with Nepal in areas such as public health, gender and education - find out more about our research with the country.
The Faculty of Engineering and Technology are proactive in addressing the gender imbalance in the engineering and technology sectors. Find out how.
LJMU is committed to improving student mental health and is leading on a project to improve student mental health provision, working in partnership with key organisations in the city.
LJMU works with a number of schools and colleges to provide opportunities to help pupils with their maths or English, work as a teaching assistant, mentor, after school club facilitators or offer subject support.