The Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES) are a world-leading research institute, highly ranked in REF 2014. Our research staff have been awarded the Research Team of the Year 2015 by Educate North. Find out more about our expertise, people who work here, publications, learning programmes and our services.
Find more details about our two main internship streams: Strength and Conditioning and Sports Nutrition.
Rio Boothe is an LJMU student and a para-athlete. He competes in athletics with the Manchester Harriers and with the LJMU Athletics Team. He’s a real role model for others with disabilities and is striving to raise awareness about the challenges disabled people face when trying to access sport.
Rachael is the winner of the Rose Paterson Sportswoman Community Award 2023 for her dedication to the sport of netball in Liverpool. Not only is she an inspiring community sports coach she juggles teaching and being a mum alongside her own development, having most recently gained an MPhil with LJMU.
Learn more about the director in charge of Sport and Physical Activity – Student Experience at LJMU, and explore the responsibilities and activities the department oversees.
See the opening hours for the LJMU Sports Centre.
From Liverpool FC to Everton or wakeboarding to climbing, explore the vast range of sporting activities available within the city, and start your adventure!
Discover how Barclays IT Unix Division benefited from working with LJMU staff, students and resources on a brainstorming product development project.
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Delta Fluids Products specialise in the field of controls, valves and gases. Discover how LJMU worked with this company to help develop a product.