Gill Smylie Business Development Manager Research and Innovation Services Introduction to LJMU

Dream, Plan, Achieve “… if you want to enough you can achieve anything …” Sir John Moores 1896 – 1993

LJMU Vision “To be recognised as a modern Civic University delivering solutions to the challenges of the 21 st century " Professor Nigel Weatherill Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Liverpool 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 now ranked 69th in the UK For Business Engagement ranked 41 st in the UK for value for contract research, 48 th for CPD for business and community, 51 st 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 Business SME working in flood damage restoration The Business Need Rigorous 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