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

LJMU fashion students design Pretty Green Psychedelic Parkas for Liverpool store

Psychedelic parkas designed by fashion graduates from the Liverpool School of Art & Design will be on display at Pretty Green’s store in Liverpool One.
30th May 2018/by Sally Bloor

Zia Chaudhry MBE is to join LJMU as the Director of the Foundation for Citizenship

Zia will lead the University’s social engagement activity, building on LJMU’s long history of community engagement and impact, ensuring that the University maintains strong and innovative partnerships with other community organisations.
30th May 2018/by Sally Bloor

Science and innovation renaissance will drive the local Industrial Strategy

Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram hailed the Liverpool City Region as “undergoing a renaissance in science and innovation”, at this year’s Business of Science Conference which took place on Thursday at the Hilton Hotel, Liverpool.
22nd May 2018/by Sally Bloor

Ainscough Pieces Together Tower Crane at Paddington

Ainscough’s Heavy Cranes Division has assembled a tower crane at one of Liverpool’s biggest construction sites, the £1billion Paddington Village project.
16th May 2018/by Sally Bloor

English lecturer named British Academy Rising Star for her work with UK war widows

Senior Lecturer in English Literature & Cultural History Dr Nadine Muller has been named one of this year's Rising Star Engagement Award winners by the British Academy.
3rd May 2018/by Sally Bloor

Liverpool’s best kept secret: From cutting-edge equipment to world-class expertise

Sophie from the KQ Liverpool team met with Dr. Duncan Robertson from the University of Liverpool Technology Directorate to find out how innovative businesses can access the facilities and expertise of a world-class research university for FREE.
3rd May 2018/by Sally Bloor

Business of Science Conference tackles City Region’s cluster growth challenges

Growth challenges facing the Liverpool City Region will take centre stage at this year's Business of Science Conference which is being held in the city for the first time on Thursday 17th May.
30th April 2018/by Sally Bloor

Liverpool enters race for channel 4 relocation

Liverpool has announced it is to submit a ''compelling bid'' to host Channel 4's new national headquarters.
24th April 2018/by Sally Bloor

Subject specific Saturday clubs encourage creativity in Merseyside teenagers

LJMU has launched subject specific Saturday clubs to raise the aspirations of young people in Merseyside.
20th April 2018/by Sally Bloor

LJMU awarded £44,000 to promote chemistry to school pupils in hard to reach areas

LJMU has been awarded £44,000 to expand an innovative chemistry outreach scheme to encourage young people from 11 schools across deprived areas of Liverpool City Region, to become the scientists of the future.
17th April 2018/by Sally Bloor

Morgan Sindall welcomes students for a tour of Paddington site

30 German exchange students and lecturers from Augsburg University of Applied Sciences have taken part in a tour of the Paddington Village site, where Morgan Sindall is delivering two key projects for the planned £1 billion extension to the city’s Knowledge Quarter.
13th April 2018/by Knowledge Quarter

Wanted: operator for landmark hotel at £1bn scheme

Liverpool City Council is to launch an international search to find an operator for a landmark hotel in the heart of its £1bn Paddington Village development.
12th April 2018/by Sally Bloor

Above us only stars

Unique performance to explore the mysteries of the Universe as Liverpool hosts the largest professional astronomy and space science event in the UK for over a decade.
29th March 2018/by Sally Bloor

What can Liverpool’s brand learn from Oslo?

Kevin Horton reflects on his recent visit to Oslo and considers the benefits of embracing a low carbon approach for the Liverpool brand.
27th March 2018/by Sally Bloor