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Alumni Memories: Eurovision 2011Alumni Memories: Eurovision 2011

Alumni Memories: Eurovision 2011

In another of our Alumni Eurovision Memories, alumna and Eurovision superfan, Layla George (BA Hons Sociology and Social Policy 2003), shares her earliest Eurovision memories, and describes the excitement of attending her first Eurovision Song Contest in Dusseldorf in 2011 with partner and fellow alumnus Paul Dudley (BEng Hons Computer Science and Electronic Engineering 2004).\n\n 

Posted on: 24 April 2023

Alumni Memories: Eurovision 1985Alumni Memories: Eurovision 1985

Alumni Memories: Eurovision 1985

In another of our alumni Eurovision memories’ series, Dr Sarah Green (BSc Hons Molecular Biology 1998, PhD 2005), University fundraiser and Eurovision superfan, shares her earliest childhood memories of Eurovision.

Posted on: 20 April 2023

Alumni Memories: Eurovision 1998Alumni Memories: Eurovision 1998

Alumni Memories: Eurovision 1998

In the second of our Alumni Memories Eurovision specials, another of our alumni remembers her favourite Eurovision moment from 1998, and a ground-breaking winner.

Posted on: 19 April 2023

Alumni Memories: Eurovision 1967Alumni Memories: Eurovision 1967

Alumni Memories: Eurovision 1967

To mark the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, which this year Liverpool is proudly hosting on behalf of Ukraine, we asked alumni to contact us with their special Eurovision memories.\n

Posted on: 18 April 2023

Graduate and former Guild Officer’s start-up business successGraduate and former Guild Officer’s start-up business success

Graduate and former Guild Officer’s start-up business success

The Careers and Employability team spoke to graduate and former Guild Officer, Oba Akinwale about life after university, setting up his own business, overcoming obstacles his advice for anyone looking to bring their business idea to life.

Posted on: 7 March 2023

Veterinary graduate reunited with society scarf 60 years onVeterinary graduate reunited with society scarf 60 years on

Veterinary graduate reunited with society scarf 60 years on

It was like any other visit to the Guild of Students for veterinary student, Mike Hayes as he arrived at the union one evening in 1959. Only he entered the Guild wearing his veterinary school scarf and mistakenly left without it.

Posted on: 10 February 2023

The 2022 Alumni Christmas Gift GuideThe 2022 Alumni Christmas Gift Guide

The 2022 Alumni Christmas Gift Guide

Are you looking for some Christmas gift inspiration? Why not support your fellow graduate community and shop their small businesses?

Posted on: 7 December 2022

Three ways to support students this #GivingTuesdayThree ways to support students this #GivingTuesday

Three ways to support students this #GivingTuesday

Giving Tuesday is a global day of generosity when millions of people come together each year to give, collaborate and celebrate kindness.

Posted on: 29 November 2022

Fundraising: Spotlight on Dr Michael Cearns, Kevin O'Riordan Brain Cancer Research FellowFundraising: Spotlight on Dr Michael Cearns, Kevin O

Fundraising: Spotlight on Dr Michael Cearns, Kevin O'Riordan Brain Cancer Research Fellow

Michael recently took up his new post as PhD Fellow for the University’s ground-breaking immunotherapy research which is investigating potential new treatments for glioblastoma, the most common type of primary brain cancer.

Posted on: 15 November 2022

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    Alumni Memories: Eurovision 2011Alumni Memories: Eurovision 2011

    Alumni Memories: Eurovision 2011

    In another of our Alumni Eurovision Memories, alumna and Eurovision superfan, Layla George (BA Hons Sociology and Social Policy 2003), shares her earliest Eurovision memories, and describes the excitement of attending her first Eurovision Song Contest in Dusseldorf in 2011 with partner and fellow alumnus Paul Dudley (BEng Hons Computer Science and Electronic Engineering 2004).  

    Posted on: 24 April 2023