30-1198: (Redirected from McLaverty ) Laverty is an Irish surname that may refer to Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942), Northern Irish writer of fiction Colin Laverty (1937–2013), Australian medical practitioner Conor Laverty , Irish Gaelic footballer Eugene Laverty (born 1986), Irish motorcycle road racer Jan Laverty Jones (born 1949), American businesswoman and politician John Laverty (born 1982), Irish motorcycle road racer, brother of Eugene and Michael Maura Laverty (1907–1966), Irish author, journalist and broadcaster Michael Laverty (born 1981), Irish motorcycle road racer, brother of Eugene and John Michael McLaverty (1904–1992), Irish writer of novels and short stories Paul Laverty (born 1957), Scottish lawyer and scriptwriter Peter Laverty (1926–2013), British-Australian painter, print maker, art educator and gallery director Randy Laverty (born 1953), American politician Shannon Laverty , Canadian stand-up comedian See also [ edit ] Lafferty [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
60-649: A medical laboratory technician and studied at Queen's University Belfast . He lived in Belfast until 1975, when he moved to Scotland with his wife, Madeline, and four children (Ciara, Claire, John, and Jude). He initially lived in Edinburgh and then the island of Islay before settling in the West End of Glasgow . He was Writer-in-Residence at the Universities of Aberdeen , Liverpool John Moores , Augsburg and Iowa State . He
90-553: A registered reader at any of the member libraries can have access rights to the other libraries within the partnership. The Tom Reilly Building houses the School of Sports and Exercise Sciences and the School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, which are both part of the Faculty of Science. Some 8,000 students use the building which is located at LJMU's City Campus on Byrom Street. The five storey, 6,493 m (69,890 sq ft) building
120-743: A sabbatical from their studies. The election process is normally contested in mid April, successful candidates assuming office the following academic year. Liverpool John Moores University has BUCS -registered teams in badminton, basketball, cricket , football , cycling , hockey , netball , rugby league , rugby union , tennis, volleyball, swimming, and American football . Many of the sports teams compete in BUCS competitions. Liverpool Students' Union has 15 BUCS sports, from which 36 teams run, catering for over 800 athletes. In recent years, LJMU students have competed for BUCS representative squads, in national finals and at World University Championships. In addition,
150-501: A screenplay for Cal in 1984, which was picked up for production by Goldcrest Films ; Helen Mirren and John Lynch starred in Cal (1984), and Mark Knopfler composed the film soundtrack, also called Cal . The film was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival , where Mirren won the award for Best Actress . It was received well by critics, but lost money in the box office on the order of –£118,000 net profit. He also adapted Lamb for
180-685: A university under the terms of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 under the new title of "Liverpool John Moores University". This new title was approved by the Privy Council on 15 September 1992. The university took its name from Sir John Moores , the founder of the Littlewoods empire. Moores was a great believer in the creation of opportunity for all, which embodies the ethos of LJMU in providing educational routes for people of all ages and from all backgrounds. This belief led Sir John Moores to invest in
210-567: Is a public research university in the city of Liverpool , England. The university can trace its origins to the Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts, established in 1823. This later merged to become Liverpool Polytechnic. In 1992, following an Act of Parliament , the Liverpool Polytechnic became what is now Liverpool John Moores University. It is named after Sir John Moores , a local businessman and philanthropist, who donated to
240-560: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Bernard MacLaverty Bernard MacLaverty (born 14 September 1942) is an Irish fiction writer and novelist. His novels include Cal and Grace Notes . He has written five books of short stories. MacLaverty was born in Belfast , Northern Ireland , and educated at Holy Family Primary School in the Duncairn district and then at St Malachy's College . After school, he worked as
270-797: Is however closer to the Mount Pleasant Campus and separated from the City Campus by the A5047 , and Liverpool Lime Street railway station . There are currently two libraries operated by LJMU, one for either campus: There is an LRC present in the Learning Commons of the Student Life Building on the Copperas Hill site between the two campuses. Students of the university can use any library in term-time and some non-term time periods within
300-519: Is located in the Redmonds Building on the Mount Pleasant Campus and has over 2,500 students and 100 academics. LBS offers undergraduate, postgraduate (including an Executive MBA) and research based programmes. Research areas include International Banking, Economics and Finance, Sustainable Enterprise, Public Service Management, Development of Modern Economic Thought, Performance Management, Marketing, Project Management, and Market Research. In
330-551: Is organised into five faculties (which are each split into schools or centres), most of the faculties are based at a particular campus site however, with many joint honours degrees and some conventional degrees, the faculties overlap meaning students' degrees are from both faculties. The five faculties are: LJMU is highly ranked for teaching and research in Sports and Exercise Sciences. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) awarded LJMU £4.5 million over five years for
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#1733085555406360-585: Is separated into two campuses in Liverpool: Between the two campuses is the Copperas Hill Site, opened in summer 2021, containing many faculties moved from the former IM Marsh Campus , and home to the Student Life and LJMU Sports Buildings. Its location between the two sites has been described by the university to help connect both of its campuses together, and is not regarded to be part of either. It
390-523: The surname Laverty . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laverty&oldid=1103982294 " Categories : Surnames Surnames of Irish origin Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from April 2022 Articles with short description Short description
420-510: The 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), LJMU reported notable research strengths in general engineering and sports-related sciences. By the 2008 RAE, LJMU was the top-performing post-92 university for Anthropology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, General Engineering, Physics (Astrophysics) and Sports-Related Studies. According to the UK Research Assessment Exercise 2014 (RAE 2014), LJMU every unit of assessment submitted
450-781: The Pharic McLaren Award for the best radio play from Radio Industries of Scotland for 'My Dear Palestrina' and the Jacobs Award for best play from Radio Telefis Eireann for television production 'My Dear Palestrina' in 1981, the London Evening Standard Award for best screenplay for 'Cal' in 1984 and the Bronze medal for screenplay of 'Lamb'; also voted best film by the youth jury and by the ecumenical jury, Lucarno Film Festival in 1987. Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool John Moores University (abbreviated LJMU )
480-658: The Students' Union also runs intramural sports leagues. The university also enjoys success at national and world level. Gymnast Beth Tweddle studied at LJMU and has achieved national, Commonwealth , European, and World medals whilst also competing at the Olympic Games. Every year the university sports compete for ' The Varsity Cup ' in the inter-university derby, Liverpool John Moores University Vs. University of Liverpool . The competing sports include: badminton, basketball, hockey, football, netball, volleyball, swimming, tennis, and
510-573: The establishment of a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) . The CETL award recognises LJMU's record for Physical Education, Dance, Sport and Exercises Sciences. LJMU is the only United Kingdom university to be awarded an Ofsted Grade A in Physical Education and it is also the premier institution for both teaching and research in Sport and Exercise Sciences. Liverpool Business School (LBS)
540-628: The institution and facilities, such as the John Foster Building (housing the Liverpool Business School ), designed by and named after leading architect John Foster. With the institution's backgrounds dating back as far as 1823, many of the university buildings date back also, with aesthetically pleasing Georgian and Victorian buildings found on a few of the campuses. LJMU now has more than 27,000 students from over 100 countries world-wide, 2,400 staff and 250 degree courses. LJMU
570-532: The institution grew over the centuries by converging and amalgamating with different colleges, including the F.L. Calder School of Domestic Science , the C.F. Mott College of Education , before eventually becoming Liverpool Polytechnic in 1970. The university also has a long history of providing training, education and research to the maritime industry, dating back to the formation of the Liverpool Nautical College in 1892. The institution then became
600-662: The library's opening hours. The Student Life Building is open 24/7 in term time. Students need their student identification card for entry to all buildings. There are more than 68,500 books in the Libraries' collections, with 1,630 work spaces available for students 24 hours a day. In addition to this there are over 16,000 e-books and 5,000 e-journals available. It is a member of the Libraries Together: Liverpool Learning Partnership (evolved from Liverpool Libraries Group) which formed in 1990. Under which,
630-644: The loss of love, with memory and pain...this is a novel of great ambition by an artist at the height of his powers’. His work has received multiple awards including being nominated for the Booker Prize in 1997 for Grace Notes . His novel Midwinter Break was the winner of the Bord Gáis Novel of the Year in 2017 and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award . Other awards were
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#1733085555406660-459: The midst of violence. Grace Notes , which was published in 1997, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction . It is about the conflict between a desire to compose and motherhood. The Anatomy School (2001) is a comedic coming-of-age novel. He has also written six collections of short stories, the contents of which are mostly in Collected Stories (Cape, 2013). MacLaverty wrote
690-507: The rising stars in the global academy under the age of 50 years. First Destination Survey results show that 89% of LJMU graduates are in employment or undertaking postgraduate study within six months of graduating. Students at the university are represented by the John Moores Students' Union . Representation for all students is central and is conducted by executive officers elected annually. In most cases, these students will be on
720-998: The screen; Liam Neeson and Hugh O'Conor starred in Lamb (1985) and Van Morrison composed the soundtrack. MacLaverty has written versions of his fiction for other media – radio plays, television plays, screenplays and libretti. In 2003 he wrote and directed a short film Bye-Child (BAFTA-nominated for "Best Short Film") and more recently wrote libretti for Scottish Opera's Five:15 series The King’s Conjecture , with music by Gareth Williams, and The Letter with music by Vitaly Khodosh. For Scottish Opera in 2012, and again with music by Gareth Williams, he wrote The Elephant Angel , an opera for schools, which toured Scotland and Northern Ireland . Novels Short story collections There have been several extensive assessments of his work including: Colm Tobin described '‘Midwinter Break as 'a work of extraordinary emotional precision and sympathy, about coming to terms – to an honest reckoning – with love and
750-688: The university's precursor institutions. The university had 25,050 students in 2022/23, of which 20,105 are undergraduate students and 4,945 are postgraduate, making it the 30th largest university in the UK by total student population. It is a member of the University Alliance , the Northern Consortium and the European University Association . Founded as a small mechanics institution ( Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts ) in 1823,
780-500: Was appointed the fourth Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University . He replaced outgoing Chancellor Cherie Blair , wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair . Honorary fellows in attendance at the ceremony included astronomer Sir Patrick Moore and actor Pete Postlethwaite . May was succeeded as Chancellor by judge Sir Brian Leveson in 2013. LJMU is a founding member of the Northern Consortium , an educational charity owned by 11 universities in northern England. The university
810-486: Was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2005. Currently, Liverpool John Moores University is receiving more applications than previously seen ; according to data in 2009, the total number of applications submitted to LJMU was 27,784. On 28 March 2022, former student and founder of Mowgli, Nisha Katona was installed as Chancellor of the university. Previously, in 2008, astrophysicist and Queen lead guitarist Brian May
840-554: Was completed in November 2009 and opened in March 2010 by Liverpool F.C. captain Steven Gerrard . The building provides sports and science facilities including; appetite laboratories, psychology testing labs, neuroscience labs, an indoor 70-metre running track, force plates , caren disc, physiology suites, a DEXA scanner , a driving simulator and a chronobiology lab. The university
870-465: Was rated as at least 45% internationally excellent or better. In 2012, the university's scientist published notable research suggesting that the dinosaur's extinction may have been caused by increased methane production from the dinosaurs, with some informally saying that dinosaurs "farted" their way to extinction. Liverpool John Moores University was included in the new 2013 Times Higher Education 100 under 50, ranking 72 out of 100. The list aims to show
900-602: Was the Ireland Fund Artist-in-Residence in the Celtic Studies Department of University of St. Michael's College , a college at University of Toronto , in October 2007. MacLaverty is the author of five novels and seven short story collections. His first novel Lamb was published in 1980. It is about faith, relationships and love. It was followed by Cal in 1983. This is an examination of love in
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