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  1. Professor Colin Fallows

    Professor Colin Fallows is an artist, curator and Professor of Sound and Visual Arts here at LJMU within the Liverpool School of Art and Design. Since joining the school in 1978, he has been able to share his knowledge and experience with thousands of students.

  2. Professor Viv Bennett

    Read the oration for Professor Viv Bennett on the award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University presented by Rebecca Burke-Sharples.

  3. Professor Clare Milsom

    From geology lecturer to Registrar and Chief Operating Officer, Clare joined the polytechnic as it prepared to become a university and has followed the journey of LJMU from its beginnings in the early 1990s to present day. She is passionate about the transformative power of education.

  4. Professor Mike Riley

    Professor Mike Riley has worked at LJMU for some 33 years and is the Director of the School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment. He is passionate about giving students the tools they need to be the best that they can be in the world of building and construction.

  5. Professor Frank Sanderson

    Professor Frank Sanderson is one of the pioneering team that launched the sport science degree at Liverpool Polytechnic and was admissions tutor in September 1975 when the first students enrolled.

  6. Professor Roger Webster

    Professor Roger Webster is the former Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies and Professor of Literary Studies at the university. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by LJMU in 2017 for his outstanding contribution to arts and cultural education. He brought together a book on the origins and history of LJMU, released in 2017 for the university’s 25th anniversary.

  7. Professor Catherine Cole

    Catherine is a Professor of Creative Writing and Associate Dean Research at LJMU and in 2023 released her own memoir documenting her family’s move to Australia for a better future, as many Brits did in the ‘50s and ‘60s. With the help of an LJMU grant she was able to travel to her parents native Yorkshire to conduct research for the book, bringing a personal perspective on migration to audiences around the world.

  8. Professor Tom Reilly 1941 – 2009

    A leader in the development of sport and exercise science study in the 1970s and the first ever Professor of Sports Science in the UK.