Faculties at Liverpool Hope University

Subjects at Liverpool Hope are grouped into Faculties. There are three Faculties and each of the Deans is a member of the Rectorate Team (Hope's Senior Management Team).

The Faculty of Arts & Humanities is led by Professor Nicholas Rees. The Faculty includes six departments in Music; Fine Art and Design; Drama, Dance and Performance Studies based at the Creative Campus - as well as English; Politics, History, Communication and Media; Theology, Philosophy and Religious Studies located at Hope Park. Theology and Religious Studies, English, and Music are all areas in which internationally excellent research is conducted, some of which, in Theology and Religious Studies has been ranked as world leading. There is internationally significant research expertise in Drama, Dance, History and Politics and growing research expertise in Media and Fine and Applied Arts.

The Faculty of Education, headed by Professor Bart McGettrick, includes all Initial Teacher Training programmes (BA QTS and PGCE), Disability Studies, Education Studies, Early Childhood Studies and Childhood and Youth Studies as well as a range of Foundation Degrees, Masters and CPD courses. There is a growing research culture within the Faculty.

The Faculty of Sciences & Social Sciences

The Faculty of Sciences and Social Sciences is led by Dr John Brinkman. The Faculty strives to be excellent in both research and learning and teaching whilst providing exceptional levels of student support. There is a broad and varied research culture within the Faculty, with research groups in, amongst others, Business and Management, Health and Wellbeing, Landscapes, Social Work, Computer Sciences and various aspects of Psychology. The Faculty of Sciences and Social Sciences is composed of 6 Departments which each represent a range of disciplines:

Department of Computer Sciences
Department of Geography (includes programmes in Environmental Management, Tourism and Leisure)
Department of Health and Applied Social Sciences (includes programmes in Biology and Nutrition)
Department of Psychology
Department of Social Work, Care and Justice (includes programmes in Criminology)
The Business School

The Faculty also has a highly successful Sports Studies provision which is delivered by experts from across all Departments. At Postgraduate level the Faculty has Masters awards in Business and Management, Environmental Management, Criminal Justice, Research Methods, Computer Sciences, Health Exercise and Nutrition. It also offers PhD study in a range of disciplines.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 01 September 2010 )

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