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1. Get in touch with our Teaching and Learning Academy

   Get in contact with the Teaching and Learning Academy.

2. The history of Elder Dempster Lines

   Read more about the history of Elder Dempster Lines - the largest UK shipping group between Western Europe and West Africa from the late-nineteenth century to the 1980s.

3. Timeline – Elder Dempster

   Browse through the dates on the Elder Dempster timeline to learn more about the history of the Elder Dempster Lines shipping company.

4. Partners – Being Lean and Seen

   Find out who the partners are behind the Being Lean and Seen project. The project is based in the Liverpool Business School.

5. About the Elder Dempster project

   The Homeward Bound: A Liverpool-West Africa Heritage Project documents the lives and memories of Elder Dempster’s seafaring and office staff. As part of the project, we recorded 25 oral testimonies.

6. BBC presenter Jane Garvey 'tells it like it is' to students

   Students studying English at LJMU were treated to a special Q&A with the presenter of BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour.

7. Research areas – Being Lean and Seen

   Find out about the research areas within the Being Lean and Seen project, based in the Liverpool Business School.

8. The Critical Research Seminar Series

   The Critical Research Seminars are a series of talks and debates that examine social policy. Seminar topics include: policing, youth justice, prison policy, drugs policy, death in custody and violence against women.

9. Settling in, staying connected

   Whether you are a new or returning students we want you to make the most of your student experience, support your wellbeing and help you settle into your student home here while you study with us. Find out what support there is available in relation to your student accommodation and student home.

10. Jim Forsey interview

    Jim was a Purser at Elder Dempster Lines. Listen to Jim's interview.