Now, you should be tipping in pubs and restaurants anyway. Because it’s polite and you seem nice enough. However, if you’re not in the habit of tipping in general, or only for a slightly more up-market meal, the policy of tipping in the USA can be an absolute minefield. Let’s...
Now this section is very far from being a humble brag about hanging out with a group of students drinking wine, although yeah… Being over the legal drinking age in the US, I partook in a few field trips and classes with the ‘Geography of Wine’ class to get an idea...
Boston is around two hours away from New Haven by train (as always, book in advance to get the cheapest tickets). So what are you waiting for? Getting around Boston can be done by subway (known as the T), buses, taxis and ferries. The T and buses work much like...
Now compared to your fiendishly complicated system in the USA (that’s how it seems to an outsider anyway!), the UK system is relatively straight forward for British students. In the UK, most students buy an (expensive!) ticket for the subject (or combined subjects) of their choice, get on and travel straight to their destination/graduation over three...
The main message here is simple: don’t panic! Jessica Rimmer guides you through the ways in which the grades you get at LJMU will differ from those at Southern. The expression of marks and grades differ greatly between the US and the UK. As percentage values don’t carry the same...
Want to know how to spend your free time in Liverpool whilst studying at LJMU? Ask a local. Isobel Currie lets you in on her favourite places to visit… Liverpool is a vibrant city with so much to do and see. The city revolves around its nightlife, so there are options...
LJMU English intern Isobel Currie tells you what to expect in classes at LJMU. The average university day at LJMU differs massively from that at Southern. If you’re studying on the English programme, for example, each of your modules will usually be timetabled for three hours per week. Usually, you’ll start with a...
Now, our country is nowhere near the size of yours. This may have its downfalls, but it does mean that you can experience lots of different cities while you’re studying at LJMU. From Liverpool you could easily visit Manchester and London on a day trip, and Edinburgh for a weekend; all...
On 12th July, three LJMU English students on the second year module ‘Working in the USA’ – Isobel Currie, Rupert French and Jessica Rimmer – travelled to New Haven, Connecticut to begin a three week internship project at Southern Connecticut State University. Part-funded by LJMU’s Curriculum Enhancement Project and the...
Lizzie Offiler was one of around 40 students who chose to take LJMU English’s Working in the USA module in her second year with us. Here’s her account of her experiences working and living in America this summer. On Friday 13th May 2016, I flew out to Boston Logan International Airport to begin...
It’s Autumn again: time for a new academic year, a new start, and, of course, a new diary. The latest edition of our world-renowned English Academic Journal is ready and waiting, fallen from its tree like a ripe fruit… (ok, enough). So if you’re studying English at LJMU, please make...
Here LJMU English PhD Joseph Thorne talks about his involvement with Liverpool Central Library’s current exhibition: When I first applied to LJMU (back in the distant past of 2014), I was promised involvement with an exhibition on the late-Victorian Liverpool poet, Richard Le Gallienne. I’d come across Le Gallienne in...
LJMU English Phd student Jennie O’Reilly has just received support funding from both LJMU and the American Folklore Society to deliver a conference paper in the US. Here she describes the research underlying her proposal… Back in June of this year I received an email from the American Folklore Society...
While on a recent research fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, LJMU English Professor Glenda Norquay took part in the Dangerous Women Project. This initiative explores what it means to be ‘a dangerous women’. Each day, over the course of a year, a...
Now in its fifteenth incarnation, In the Red Magazine champions Liverpool’s Student Writing Community in an annual prose and poetry collection. The objective of this year’s edition is to celebrate ‘Strength Through Variety’. That’s not just prose, poetry, comedy and music, but all forms of art so long as it’s expressive and...
Those of you interested in Oscar Wilde (who isn’t?), in literary Liverpool or in the 1890s might like to visit the current exhibition at the beautiful Hornby Library in Liverpool Central Library from 5 August–31 October 2016. This free exhibition celebrates the life and 150th anniversary of Richard Le...
LJMU English’s Professor Joe Moran‘s latest book, Shrinking Violets, will be Book of the Week on Radio 4 next week, starting on Monday 29th August. Joe’s ‘Field Guide to Shyness’ will be read by Nigel Planer. If you miss an episode, you’ll be able to listen again here. Can’t wait...
On Thursday 8th and Friday 9th September 2016 the Department of English at LJMU will host an international conference on the subject of Marginal Irish Modernisms. The conference will focus on reconsidering the meaning and scope of Irish modernism throughout the twentieth century and down to the present. The keynote...
The tenth annual Liverpool Travel Seminar will be held at Blackburne House, Liverpool, on Saturday 24 September 2016. The Liverpool Travel Seminar is a collaborative and interdisciplinary research forum launched jointly by Liverpool Hope University, the University of Liverpool, and Liverpool John Moores University in 2007. This year’s event is...
If you think LJMU’s English course might be for you, we still have a limited number of places available. Remember, though, that the Clearing process is very competitive. Here’s our advice for securing a place on our course for September 2016: Make sure you’ve checked all the information on our...
Back when I first decided to enter postgraduate education, opportunities for financial aid were few and far between. Ambition and outstanding grades didn’t necessarily translate to a Masters or a PhD; if you couldn’t afford the fees or the living costs, you would have to concede your place on your...
Welcome to LJMU English! This tab along with the T.E.A tab are your first stops for all the information you’ll need for your first few weeks. Beyond Freshers, us lot over at T.E.A (check out our actual faces under ‘Student Interns’ down the side there —–>) will be providing you with lots of...
