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| + | The '''University of Liverpool''' is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] based in the city of [[Liverpool]], [[England]]. Founded as a college in 1881, it gained its [[Royal Charter]] in 1903 with the ability to award degrees and is also known to be one of the six '[[red brick university|red brick]]' civic universities, the first to be referred to as The Original Red Brick. It comprises three faculties organised into 35 departments and schools. <ref>https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/management/about/accreditation</ref> | ||
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| + | Nine [[Nobel Prize winners]] are amongst its alumni and past faculty and the university offers more than 230 first degree courses across 103 subjects.<ref>https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/why/liverpool-pioneers/</ref> Its alumni include the CEOs of [[GlobalFoundries]], [[ARM Holdings]], [[Tesco]], [[Motorola]] and [[The Coca-Cola Company]]. It was the world's first university to establish departments in [[oceanography]], [[Master of Civic Design|civic design]], architecture, and biochemistry at the [[Johnston Laboratories]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070902011543/http://www.liv.ac.uk/about/history/</ref> In 2006 the university became the first in the UK to establish an independent university in China, [[Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University]], making it the world's first Sino-British university.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130801202347/http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/our-universities/3779-university-of-liverpool</ref> For 2020–21, Liverpool had a turnover of £597.4 million, including £112.5 million from research grants and contracts. It has the seventh largest endowment of any university in England. | ||
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| + | [[UNITAID]] gave $40 million to the University of Liverpool to sabotage an important [[hydroxychloroquine]] trial in 2020. | ||
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 University of Liverpool  (University)    | |
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| Motto | HAEC OTIA STUDIA FOVENT |
| Formation | 1881 |
| Headquarters | Liverpool, England |
| Type | Public |
| University based in the city of Liverpool, England. | |
The University of Liverpool is a public research university based in the city of Liverpool, England. Founded as a college in 1881, it gained its Royal Charter in 1903 with the ability to award degrees and is also known to be one of the six 'red brick' civic universities, the first to be referred to as The Original Red Brick. It comprises three faculties organised into 35 departments and schools. [1]
Nine Nobel Prize winners are amongst its alumni and past faculty and the university offers more than 230 first degree courses across 103 subjects.[2] Its alumni include the CEOs of GlobalFoundries, ARM Holdings, Tesco, Motorola and The Coca-Cola Company. It was the world's first university to establish departments in oceanography, civic design, architecture, and biochemistry at the Johnston Laboratories.[3] In 2006 the university became the first in the UK to establish an independent university in China, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, making it the world's first Sino-British university.[4] For 2020–21, Liverpool had a turnover of £597.4 million, including £112.5 million from research grants and contracts. It has the seventh largest endowment of any university in England.
UNITAID gave $40 million to the University of Liverpool to sabotage an important hydroxychloroquine trial in 2020.
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
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| Yıldırım Aktürk | 1941 | Turkey | Academic | Connections in the Turkish government. Member of the Board of Directors of TUSIAD | |
| Aamer Anwar | 30 December 1967 | UK | Journalist Lawyer | ||
| Julie Girling | Politician | A member of the European Parliament | |||
| Syed Kamall | 15 February 1967 | Politician | A member of the European Parliament | ||
| Kevin McNamara | 5 September 1934 | 6 August 2017 | UK | Politician | British Labour Party politician |
| Tony McNulty | 3 November 1958 | ||||
| Mark Phythian | Academic | UK academic working on intelligence and security topics. | |||
| Michael Scoullos | Greece | Academic | Greek academic who worked for the European Environment Agency. | ||
| Malcolm Shaw | 1947 | Author Academic Lawyer Editor | Can the US and Israel stitch up the genocide hearing at the International Court of Justice?<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> | ||
| F. E. Smith | 30 September 1930 | UK | Politician | ||
| Michelle Stanistreet | May 1974 | Journalist Union organizer |
References
- ↑ https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/management/about/accreditation
- ↑ https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/why/liverpool-pioneers/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070902011543/http://www.liv.ac.uk/about/history/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130801202347/http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/our-universities/3779-university-of-liverpool
