In 1984, there were 14 per cent of female graduates in engineering and technology courses. In 2015, there was still only 14 per cent of female graduates in engineering courses. This sad statistic formed the basis of an impactful lecture by Chi Onwurah MP about the gender imbalance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Technology (STEM) subjects and subsequent careers.
Planning permission has been granted for a new £19 million Shakespeare theatre for Prescot, Knowsley, which will have education at its heart.
More than one in ten men and one in seven women across the globe are now obese, according to the world’s biggest obesity study.
A year before Liverpool Polytechnic became Liverpool John Moores University, another major change happened at the institution. In April 1991, the Liverpool School of Nursing and Midwifery amalgamated with the Poly, laying the foundations for today’s School of Nursing and Allied Health.
A new analysis of the famous Piltdown Man forgeries, conducted by LJMU researchers, points the finger of suspicion even more firmly at their discoverer, Charles Dawson. The Piltdown Man scandal is arguably the greatest scientific fraud ever perpetrated in the UK, with fake fossils being claimed as evidence of our earliest ancestor.
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Chinese artists made welcome in Liverpool for the John Moores Painting Prize 2016 at LJMU's John Lennon Art and Design Building.
Liverpool John Moores University awards Ambassador Fellowship to Professor the Lord David Alton at Liverpool Cathedral on Wednesday 13 July 2016.
The sun shone on the third day of LJMU's 2016 Summer Graduation Ceremonies at Liverpool Cathedral on Wednesday 13 July.
Liverpool John Moores University awards Honorary Fellowship to Lord Hall of Birkenhead at Liverpool Cathedral on Friday 15 July 2016.