We’re committed to protecting our environment and supporting a sustainable future for our students and the global community. On campus, we launched the UK’s first undergraduate degree on climate change and have revamped our buildings to reduce carbon emissions. Globally, used ground-breaking research to tackle peat fires in Indonesia and we’ve delivered flood resilience workshops in Cumbria.
Find out more about the history of John Moores University from its origin as the Mechanics School of Arts, through to being granted university status in 1992, right up to the present day.
In early 2024, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Professor Mark Power looked back at the legacy of Sir John Moores and his Littlewoods business, revisiting how the university came to bear his name and how the university is the custodian of the Moores’ family story.
Find out more about the history of the School and College of Commerce.
Find out more about the history of the School and College of Nursing and Midwifery.
Find out more about the history of I M Marsh College of Physical Training.
Find out more about the history of the College of Building.
Find out more about the history of Liverpool John Moores University.
Find out more about the history of the Liverpool Training School for Cookery founded in 1875 by Miss Fanny Louisa Calder.
Find out more about the history of the Liverpool College of Arts