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1. Exchange students – accommodation

   If you are an exchange student on a programme such as SOCRATES or ERASMUS, you can find out all the information you need about your accommodation.

2. Reducing deadline bunching

   This guidance outlines the detrimental impact of assessment bunching on students and offers suggestions on how this can be managed in programmes.

3. Elder Dempster Lines

   Elder Dempster Lines was one of the UK’s largest shipping companies. As part of the Homeward Bound project, we’ve spoken to a number of Elder Dempster’s former employees and passengers, recording their ‘real’ stories and experiences. You can listen to their Elder Dempster stories here.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. When and how to request accommodation

   Find out how to search and apply online for accommodation that meets your wants and needs.

7. Sharing Practice - Faculty Distance Learning Course Examples

   Following the Faculty TEL survey we have collated a handful of good practice examples of courses and approaches designed/redesigned to support distance learning via active blended learning. Read more...

8. Timeline – Elder Dempster

   Browse through the dates on the Elder Dempster timeline to learn more about the history of the Elder Dempster Lines shipping company.

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. Derek Bailey interview – Elder Dempster

    Derek Bailey joined Elder Dempster Lines in 1957. In his interview, Derek recalls what it was like living on a ship with a wife and children at home. Derek also speaks about Elder Dempster Lines’ latter years.