Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure
The Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure excels in a wide range of areas, including teacher training, education and early childhood studies, tourism and leisure, events management, food studies, sport, dance and outdoor education. The Facuty also offers postgraduate programmes in advanced educational practice for teachers and educational professionals. The majority of our teaching takes place at the IM Marsh Campus, a modern ‘university village’ with excellent teaching facilities, a fully equipped Learning Resource Centre and a student social centre. Sporting facilities, including an indoor swimming pool, sports hall, dance studio and an all-weather sports surface are open to all students studying at the campus.
Innovative research and consultancy informs our courses at all levels, keeping our curriculum up-to-date and ensuring excellent results in OfSTED and HEFCE inspections. Whatever your needs, undergraduate, postgraduate, professional or technical, we will provide you with a rewarding, relevant and high quality educational experience.
The faculty has 3 directorates, with teaching delivered through Academic Centres in the Directorate of Academic Delivery.
A number of Cross-faculty teams and services provide overall support and outreach. As well as Work Related Learning and our internal administration teams, these include: Student Associates, which works with other regional providers; the Comino Centre, which is the local branch of a national educational foundation; and Marsh Sports. One major development is a newly-launched Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning.
Follow the links on the left of the page for details of the Centres, the campus and other teams and services.
Faculty News
Creativity, enthusiasm and commitment
Over 300 students, mainly from LJMU, Hope and The University of Liverpool, received certificates after their successful participation in the Student Associates scheme, a project funded by the Training Development Agency (TDA).
ArticleLJMU Leading the Way in Education
Professor Pat Shenton, Director of Quality and Strategic Development in the Faculty of Education Community and Leisure, has been invited to represent Higher and Further Education on the Practitioner Steering Group and the Quality Assurance Group for the Trust and Foundation Schools Programme.New Dean of Faculty Appointed
Kate Johnston has been appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure.
Kate has been the Director of Academic Delivery for the Faculty for the last four years, leading staff working on a wide range of education, sport, tourism and consumer programmes.
Campus Development Update
The IM Marsh Campus is soon to feature a new purpose-built teaching and learning environment and improved access and landscaping features.Teacher Education Research Network Project
In collaboration with the University of East London and the University of Manchester, LJMU have been awarded ESRC funding of £100k to deliver the TERN project.LJMU's new Food Academy
A brand new kitchen facility, 'The Food Academy', has been launched at the IM Marsh campus, along with a new commercial venture designed to address some of the demands of the corporate world with the challenges of the kitchen.
