Alumni Newsletter: June 2021

In this month's edition: we celebrate National Volunteers' Week; we also reveal our Alumni Award winners; and Professor Iain Buchan’s Events Research Programme reports back on the success of the pilot events that took place in Liverpool throughout May. A new series of ULMS master-classes is available to view online; and our alumni share their memories, including one alumnus who helped create the postcode.

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National Volunteers' Week 1 - 7 June

This week, as we mark National Volunteers' Week, we celebrate the thousands of alumni volunteers who each year donate their valuable time to help our students with mentoring and employability opportunities, and help the University achieve its strategic aims.

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Alumni Awards

The 2020 Alumni awards ceremony takes place later this month and will celebrate the 22 alumni, including 10 recent graduates, whose achievements have been rewarded this year.

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University appoints new Dean of Veterinary Science

The University has appointed Professor Paul Lunn (BVSc Hons 1982) as its new Dean of Veterinary Science. Professor Lunn will succeed Professor Susan Dawson who is stepping down from her role as Dean after 10 years in the post.

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Victoria Gallery and Museum on a sunny day

University of Liverpool Naming Framework

Consultation opened last week to allow students, staff, alumni and our local communities the opportunity to comment on the University’s updated Naming Framework. Click the link below to answer our short survey and share any feedback you may have on our updated Naming Framework principles.

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Alumni Memories: The University of Liverpool alumnus who brought you the postcode

In 1975, alumnus Professor Jim Alty who at that time was Director of the Computer Centre at the University of Liverpool, was contacted by the Merseyside and North Wales Brewing Association. Little did he realise that that was the start of his involvement in the development of what would become the postcode.

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Liverpool Connect on a laptop

Liverpool Connect

Our new and improved Liverpool Connect is now live! Liverpool Connect is our online networking platform, offering alumni the opportunity to share their career advice and story with current students and fellow alumni through informal mentoring.

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Management School

ULMS Masterclasses

The Management School's free online webinars provide a toolkit of skills to help you excel in your career.  Each theme offers new ways of thinking about international business issues and are presented by a member of academic staff or fellow alumni with industry expertise. You can access the recordings of previous webinars, free of charge, at any time, wherever you are located in the world.

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Ensemble 10/10 at the Tung Auditorium

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic's Ensemble 10/10 recently announced it will make the Tung Auditorium its new home, when the new Yoko Ono Lennon Centre opens in Spring 2022.

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Musical Memories: Made In Liverpool

At our recent online fundraising event for the Yoko Ono Lennon Centre, Artistic Director Richard Hartwell talked to Campaign Ambassadors Nick Riddle and Robin Bloxsidge about their musical memories and enjoyed a musical interlude from Harbottle and Jonas. The recording of the event is now available.

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Guild Awards 2021

The Guild of Students recently announced the winners of this year's Guild Awards.

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How science and society came together

Professor Iain Buchan's Event Research Programme (ERP) has evaluated the success of a series of pilot events that recently took place across the Liverpool City region, and found that they had no impact on the spread of COVID-19.

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Professor Tom Solomon elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences 

Professor Tom Solomon, Chair of Neurology and Director of the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections at the University of Liverpool, is among 50 world-leading UK researchers to be elected to the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

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Obituary: Emeritus Professor Trevor Norton

The University is saddened to hear of the passing of Trevor Norton (BSc Hons Botany 1963, PhD 1966) (1940 – 2021) Emeritus Professor of Marine Ecology and Head of the University of Liverpool’s Port Erin Marine Laboratory.

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Events

Great Famine Voices Roadshow Manchester

Sunday 6 June, 2:00pm - 3:00pm (BST)

The Institute of Irish Studies is delighted to once again join the National Famine Museum at Strokestown Park, Ireland, and the Irish Heritage Trust, for an online discussion as part of the Great Famine Voices Roadshow. This year the focus will be on the Irish in Manchester.

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Making an Impact: Collective Knowledge Economy

Tuesday 8 June 2021, 10:00am - 11:00am (BST)

Dr Karen Salt, an internationally recognized systems specialist, draws upon her considerable experience as a researcher, leader and policymaker to consider the UK’s R&D system as a collective knowledge economy. In doing so, she asks how we can lead, build and co-construct the future of the system – together.

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A Magical Mystery Tour of Liverpool

Monday 14 June 2021, 1:00pm - 2:00pm (BST)

Join the Music Department's Dr Mike Jones for our special online event: A Magical Mystery Tour of Liverpool. Mike will be joined by alumni, Bill Heckle, who runs the world-famous Cavern Club, and Colin Hall, music promoter & journalist, to discuss The Beatles' legacy on tourism in Liverpool.

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