Find out what’s going on throughout the Knowledge Quarter and the wider city.

Development Company created to deliver Knowledge Quarter vision

A new company is being created to oversee investment and development in science and tech buildings across Liverpool.
13th March 2018/by Sally Bloor

Liverpool School of Art and Design to host its first art-science showcase

After being awarded the prestigious Leonardo LASER status, Liverpool school of Art and Design will hold their first LASER session focusing on the theme of faces and identity.
12th March 2018/by Sally Bloor

LJMU unveils new plans for Copperas Hill

Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has released new plans to create a vibrant new student destination in Liverpool city centre.
9th March 2018/by Sally Bloor

Liverpool’s flagship regeneration scheme to enter a new phase

Liverpool City Council has announced it is to develop a masterplan to deliver the regeneration of the gateway site to a £2bn regeneration scheme.
8th March 2018/by Sally Bloor

Liverpool on course for record breaking investment

Liverpool is on course to complete more than £1bn in regeneration projects for a record breaking 5th successive year.
8th March 2018/by Sally Bloor

Morgan Sindall inspires next generation of young women in construction

A Liverpool student hoping to pursue a career in construction has taken her learning out of the classroom to work on one of the city’s biggest construction sites, with the support of construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall.
7th March 2018/by Knowledge Quarter

Unique exhibition to run at Tate Liverpool to break the stigma of homelessness

LJMU student to host 'Narratives of homelessness', a public engagement event involving the creation of robotics, 3D models, and sculptures.
1st March 2018/by Sally Bloor

Fabric District creative hub unveiled

Plans for ‘The Tapestry’ on Gildart Street have been revealed, marking the launch of a unique creative hub in the centre of Liverpool’s rapidly emerging Fabric District.
13th February 2018/by Sally Bloor

Urgent repairs to begin to save historic building

Liverpool’s historic Wellington Rooms is to undergo urgent works in order to arrest the decay of the 202-year-old building.
12th February 2018/by Sally Bloor

Club Liverpool appoints Colin Sinclair as chair & unveils boost for local economy

Colin Sinclair, chief executive of Knowledge Quarter Liverpool, was last night (31 January) announced as the new chair of Club Liverpool, the city region’s conference ambassador programme.
1st February 2018/by Sally Bloor

New animation brings ‘the Greatest Scot of all time’ Robert Burns back to life

The team at LJMU Face Lab have created a ground-breaking new animated facial reconstruction of Robert Burns reciting one of his own poems.
25th January 2018/by Sally Bloor

Work begins at new Proton Beam therapy centre in Liverpool

Proton Partners International, the world’s leading developer of high energy proton beam therapy centres, has officially marked the start of work on its fourth UK-based oncology centre.
11th January 2018/by Sally Bloor

£12m Combined Authority funding to unlock Paddington Village

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has approved in principle a £12m grant for infrastructure work to unlock development on Liverpool City Council’s £1bn Paddington Village scheme.
12th December 2017/by Sally Bloor

£1.2m win for LJMU’s Astrophysics Research Institute

The Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) has won a £1.2m grant from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), to support cutting-edge research at Liverpool John Moores University
7th December 2017/by Sally Bloor