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  1. Paul Killen

    Paul celebrated his 25th anniversary of working at LJMU in 2023, our Bicentenary year, and in 2024 will reach a marvellous milestone of 40 years working in education and will retire from the profession.

  3. Dr Kathleen Vandenberghe

    Kathleen has been a lecturer at LJMU since 2018, using her expertise and knowledge from a career in counselling to teach students on our MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice programme. In 2023, Kathleen was recognised by her students as Outstanding Personal Tutor in the students’ union, JMSU, Student Experience Awards.

  5. Phil Bakstad

    Phil has worked at LJMU for over 16 years. He’s currently the Student Inclusion Lead within the Student Advice and Wellbeing Team and has recently started a new role as Diversity and Inclusion Associate Dean for Professional Services. Since 2010, Phil has also led on organising and representing LJMU at the annual Liverpool Pride March.

  6. Dr Elizabeth Malone

    Elizabeth is the Head of Primary Programmes within the School of Education, and her own career in teaching brought her to work at the university. In 2023, she won a JMSU Student Experience Award, after being nominated as an outstanding teacher with students praising her for her support, empathy, and enthusiasm in all that she does.

  7. Previous study

    Studied in higher education before? Find out about the funding available to you.

  8. Careers and start-up support for our Alumni

    The Student Futures Team offer free lifetime support to our LJMU Alumni. Find out more about our services, how to use our online careers platform, how to stay connected to the university via LJMU connect, and about Graduate Outcomes.

  9. Sir Bert Massie CBE DL (1949 – 2017)

    Bert was a famous disability rights campaigner, himself a wheelchair user, dedicating his life to advocating for improvements to the daily life of those with disabilities. He was also an alumnus of the Liverpool Polytechnic, later becoming an Honorary Fellow and serving as a governor, while working closely with the university on its equality and diversity policies.

  10. Ngunan Adamu

    LJMU journalism graduate Ngunan is a successful broadcaster, presenter and producer who is a well-known scouse voice across the city from her work with BBC radio and podcasting. Ngunan is also passionate about supporting the voices of underserved communities, from supporting women with training to get into media to driving culture change and bringing Black voices to the forefront.