Professor Peter Toyne was the Rector at Liverpool Polytechnic between 1986 and 1992 and the first LJMU Vice-Chancellor, once it gained university status, from 1992 to 2000. His vision for the polytechnic and then the university benefited not just students but Liverpool too.
Read the oration for Professor Sir Howard Newby CBE on the award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University presented by Professor Phil Redmond.
Find out more about LJMU's commitment to develop cross-faculty research, to exchange knowledge, and to collaborate with external partners and organisations that focus on the Armed Forces community.
The Institute of Art and Technology focuses on the following themes: contemporary art, 3D digital art, the uses of art, exhibitions and curatorship, as well as design discourse and practice.
The School of Nursing and Allied Health has a wide range of courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and CPD level relating to health and social care.
See our detailed information about Brexit and the EU Settlement Scheme.
Sir Brian May, legendary Queen guitarist and astrophysicist, was the fourth Chancellor of the university, a post in which he championed the student focussed approach that is core to LJMU’s vision and values.
Read the oration for Jamie Carragher on the award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University presented by Professor Roger Webster.
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.
The second Chancellor of LJMU, serving for five years from 1994 to 1999, and the son of Sir John Moores who the university is proudly named in honour of.