Mission and Values

The University’s Mission and Values

Liverpool Hope University is an ecumenical, Christian foundation which strives

• to provide opportunities for the well-rounded personal development of all students;

• to educate the whole person in mind, body and spirit, irrespective of age, social or ethnic origins or physical capacity, including in particular those with promise who might otherwise not have had an opportunity to enter higher education;

• to be a provider of high quality educational programmes responsive to the needs of students in the UK and abroad;

• to sustain an academic community, enriched by  Christian values and culture, which supports teaching and learning, scholarship and research, encourages the understanding of other faiths and beliefs, and promotes religious and social harmony;

The values to which Hope aspires and which are integral to the fulfilment of the Mission are to strive

• to be globally credible while contributing to the educational, religious, cultural, social and economic life of Liverpool, Merseyside, North-West England and beyond.
• to be open, accessible and inclusive,
• to take faith seriously, being fully Anglican, fully Catholic, fully ecumenical, fully open to those of all faiths and beliefs
• to be intellectually stretching, stimulating, challenging,
• to be hospitable, welcoming, cheerful, professional, full of Hope; creating collegial, aesthetically pleasing environments and supportive communities,
• to be well-rounded, holistic, integrated, a team, a community of communities, collaborating in wider partnerships.