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  1. Valeria Carini

    Valeria completed her PhD in antimicrobial resistance with LJMU having fallen in love with the city during her Erasmus project. She became one of only five winners of the inaugural Pandemic Institute Student Excellence Awards 2022.

  2. James Savage

    James is a mental health nursing graduate, and one of many nursing students who went above and beyond during the Covid-19 pandemic, putting their training into practice to support the NHS during their studies.

  3. Ricky Wang

    International student Ricky is studying media, culture and communications at LJMU and has embraced the cultural differences of Liverpool compared to his home nation of China.

  4. Rhian Griffith

    Rhian Griffith was LJMU’s Racing Team Manager in 2015 during her time studying for her master’s in mechanical engineering.

  5. 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.

  6. Ruth Scully

    Ruth is one of thousands of mature students to have passed through the doors of LJMU, furthering her own career in children’s care and education after gaining her degree in 2016.

  7. Gary Blacker

    Gary is a paramedic science graduate of LJMU with over two decades of experience in the ambulance service. He has now made the transition to become a full-time member of staff at the university, teaching the next generation of health professionals. In 2023 he was named as an Outstanding Teacher at the students’ union awards after being nominated by his students.

  8. Dr Andrea Mallaburn

    Andrea is part of LJMU’s dedicated School of Education team who support and train our teachers of the future. She is also committed to driving forwards social justice, putting that ethos into all that she does, inspiring others so that they can raise their own aspirations.

  9. Marie Hie

    Marie is the 2022/23 President of Liverpool John Moores Students’ Union and is making a difference to the student experience by ensuring that they have access to the right support and that LJMU is inclusive and representative of the student population.

  10. Lucy Wilde

    Wildlife conservation graduate Lucy has used the knowledge and skills gained during her undergraduate studies at LJMU to carve out her own unique career as an ecologist and conservation detection dog handler.