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  1. Doctoral Academy projects

    Find out how The Doctoral Academy are broadening opportunities for postgraduate students to increase their Equality, Diversity and Inclusion awareness.

  2. Professor Stafford Beer 1926 – 2002

    Stafford Beer was a scientist, poet, painter, founder of management cybernetics and world leader in operational research. He was appointed Honorary Professor of Organisational Transformation at Liverpool Polytechnic in 1989, and today the Collection bearing his name is among the most prized of LJMU's archives.

  3. Home and Away Collection

    Find out more about the Home and Away collection, a range of promotional catalogues for domestic products and travel-related leaflets from the 1930's to the 1970's.

  4. Jane Williams (1898 - c. 2016)

    Jane was a student at the F.L. Calder College of Domestic Science, one of LJMU’s historic colleges, where she qualified as a teacher. She went on to teach at schools in Wales thanks to a personal reference from Fanny Calder herself. Records from her life help to tell the significant history of LJMU as an institution that supports the training of teachers, always placing importance on providing education for all. The records are held within LJMU’s Special Collections and Archives.

  5. Harcourt Doyle (1913 – 2001)

    Harcourt was a student at the Liverpool City School of Art and Crafts, a historic predecessor to the current Liverpool School of Art and Design. He became a highly respected stained glass window artist and thanks to diligent record keeping from his family, many of his original window designs, alongside prints and personal letters from his time at the School of Art now tell both his personal story and the institutional history of the university that we know today. The records are held within LJMU’s Special Collections and Archives.

  6. LJMU history

    Explore collections relating to LJMU's history since we opened in 1823 as the Liverpool Mechanic's Institute.

  7. Nineteenth Century Periodicals

    This nineteenth century periodicals collection ranges from cheaply produced weekly journals to monthly illustrated fiction volumes, featuring the work of Dickens and Millais.

  8. Jeff Nuttall: My Own Mag

    See the Jeff Nuttall and the My Own Mag collection which consists of a complete run of My Own Mag - an experimental British magazine.