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1. Harcourt Doyle (1913 – 2001)

   Harcourt was a student at the Liverpool City School of Art and Crafts, a historic predecessor to the current Liverpool School of Art and Design. He became a highly respected stained glass window artist and thanks to diligent record keeping from his family, many of his original window designs, alongside prints and personal letters from his time at the School of Art now tell both his personal story and the institutional history of the university that we know today. The records are held within LJMU’s Special Collections and Archives.

2. Dr Thomas Stewart Traill 1781 - 1862

   A prominent figure in the founding of the Liverpool Mechanics’ Institute, bringing accessible education to the working classes.

3. International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism

   Liverpool John Moores University has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism as part of our university approach to anti-discrimination in all of its manifestations.

4. Norman Thelwell (1923-2004)

   Norman is considered to be the most popular cartoonist in Britian since the Second World War and some regard him as the unofficial artist of the British countryside. As a graduate of the Liverpool College of Art, the forerunner to today’s Liverpool School of Art and Design, it was here that he undertook a course in illustration, one of the many ex-servicemen and women who joined the school after the war.

5. Jane Williams (1898 - c. 2016)

   Jane was a student at the F.L. Calder College of Domestic Science, one of LJMU’s historic colleges, where she qualified as a teacher. She went on to teach at schools in Wales thanks to a personal reference from Fanny Calder herself. Records from her life help to tell the significant history of LJMU as an institution that supports the training of teachers, always placing importance on providing education for all. The records are held within LJMU’s Special Collections and Archives.

6. Gareth Dixon

   Gareth is an active ambassador for LJMU and is extremely proud of his Liverpool Polytechnic history, as the second generation in his family to graduate from the institution.

7. 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.

8. Academic Quality

   Academic quality policies: AMR Procedures Manual, Contacts for advice on the annual monitoring process, External examining guidelines for staff, Guidelines for external examiners, Guidelines for validation and review, Light touch review method, Professional Doctorates Framework, RPEL Handbook, University Framework for Quality and Standards.

9. Professor Keith George

   Read the profile of Professor Keith George, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise).

10. Human Resources team

    Tina Purkis is the Director of LJMU’s Human resources department.