Gill SmylieBusiness Development

ManagerResearch and Innovation

Services

Introduction to LJMU

Dream, Plan, Achieve

“…if you want to enough you can achieve anything…”

Sir John Moores1896 – 1993

LJMU Vision

“To be recognised as a modern

Civic University delivering solutions

to the challenges of the 21st century"

Professor Nigel WeatherillVice-Chancellor and Chief ExecutiveLiverpool John Moores University

. . . . . . driven by its core aims of delivering an exceptional student experience, excellence in teaching and learning, embedding research and scholarship in everything we do and developing key partnerships.

A Civic University

• Established 1825, a small mechanics college

• Liverpool Polytechnic, post 1992 University, strong vocational base

• LJMU employs 3,000 staff and has 25,000 students studying from a range of 250 degree courses

• 13 research centres, four research institutes, and 550 postgraduate research students, we are ranked in the top 25 English universities for PhD completion rates

• £160 million invested over the past 10 years on award-winning buildings and improving existing facilities for all students

How we are doing

• The Times Higher Education Table of Excellence: placed 61 out of 128 universities

• LJMU has jumped 29 places up the Guardian’s University League table 2014 - now ranked 69th in the UK

• For Business Engagement ranked 41st in the UK for value for contract research, 48th for CPD for business and community, 51st for collaborative research 

• £250 million invested on Cutting-edge technology and facilities, many unique in the UK and Europe

• Appointing inspiring academics to support our research and teaching as part of a significant investment in scholarship, learning and research

LJMU and Business Engagement

• LJMU can provide Research, Consultancy, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, Bespoke Training and Development, Facilitation services

• Specific sector projects: Open Labs, GERI, Low Carbon Hub

• We value our well-earned reputation for being in touch with the realities of the business world and having a team of academics who are not only experts in their fields but skilled and experienced in applying their knowledge to commerce and industry

• It does not matter whether you are an established organisation or a start-up, a major employer or a sole trader, a private sector company, public sector body or charity

Case Study – J. Hesketh Ltd

Academic support microbiological testing

Access to Business Consultancy

The BusinessSME working in flood damage restoration

The Business NeedRigorous proof that his innovation of a sanitizing device works and then moving it closer to market

Contacted LJMU Research and Innovation Services

Improvements to product design gaining improved efficiency and greater effectiveness