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1. Access your LJMU email

   Log into your LJMU email account to send and receive emails, manage your calendar and more...

2. Access the LJMU Policy Centre

   Find University policies and related documents.

3. Access Symplectic

   Log into Symplectic. The Symplectic database provides a means for members of staff and postgraduate research students at LJMU to capture their publications and professional activities.

4. Student attendance

   Access the Student Attendance Monitoring portal - find attendance documentation and reports

5. Contact us about Elder Dempster

   Please contact us using the details below if you’d like to find out more about Elder Dempster Lines or the Homeward Bound Project. We welcome enquiries from schools, teachers and community groups.

6. 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.

7. Elder Dempster teaching resources

   Expand your knowledge of Elder Dempster with our teaching and learning resources.

8. 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.

9. Elder Dempster events

   Throughout the year, we hold a number of events relating to Elder Dempster Lines. We'll post details about upcoming events on this page. Read more about the workshops, talks and training we've held in the past.

10. Our offer to you

    PLSU are here to support Faculty of Science students with all aspects of your placement journey. We offer information, advice and guidance, as well as coaching support in relation to Science placements and professional employability skills development.