Alumni Journeys: LJMU School of Sport and Exercise Sciences

By: Liverpool John Moores University
  • Summary

  • In the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, at Liverpool John Moores University, we pride ourselves on equipping students with the tools, experience and insight to explore careers in or out of sport.
    We talk with former students about their journey from their course at LJMU into the world of employment. Here there's lots of good advice and top tips for prospective, current and former students.
    If you want to know what our courses are like..
    If you want to know where these might lead you..
    If you want to know what being a student in the school is like...
    We have it all for you here!

    © 2025 Alumni Journeys: LJMU School of Sport and Exercise Sciences
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Episodes
  • BSc Sport Development - Rebecca Garlick
    Jan 29 2025

    In our fourth episode we speak to Rebecca Garlick who works for the Football Association. Rebecca speaks about the importance of a support network whilst being a student - made up of friends, classmates and staff members.

    She also speaks of the importance of networking within LJMU whilst you have access to world leaders. She details how keeping in touch with people can pay dividends down the line in your career.

    We are ranked very high for teaching according to University evaluators, but we also like to think, we are ranked higher for our commitment to looking after our students according to them.

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    28 mins
  • MSc Sport Psychology - Daniel Rimmer
    Dec 4 2024

    In the second instalment of our "Sport & Exercise Psychology mini-series", we speak to another of our host's ex-course mates about where he went after finishing his MSc postgraduate degree in 2021.
    He talks about his reasons why he chose to come to LJMU above other institutions for the MSc and also alludes to where that has enabled him to go.
    Dan works outside of sport but it very much equipped to deal with issues, deal with clients and solve problems in other industries.
    We love this about our courses and are extremely proud of Dan with where he's gone and what he's doing!

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    27 mins
  • BSc Sport Psychology - Benjamin Curpen
    Dec 4 2024

    In the first instalment of our "Sport & Exercise Psychology mini-series", we speak to our host's ex-course mate about where he went after finishing his BSc (Hons.) undergraduate degree in 2020.
    We speak about levels 4-6 as a sport psychology student here at LJMU.
    Ben works in an industry which has little to do with sport and exercise sciences, however, we talk about how he was equipped to work outside of sport with the tools he'd developed at LJMU.
    We love seeing our former students thriving in other industries... it goes to show how well we prepare you for the world of work.

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    23 mins

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