https://www.jmsu.co.uk/articles/top-10-tips-for-being-a-fresher

It’s your first year and you want to fit in, manage your money and do well in your studies whilst making the most of your student experience. Seems like a lot doesn’t it? Here’s some simple tips for to easily get through your first year. 1 – Move into your accommodation as soon as you can You...

https://www.jmsu.co.uk/articles/tsv-taking-care-of-your-wellbeing-post-pandemic

Lockdown’s been hard on everyone, some more than others, but it’s safe to say that no one has escaped its clutches unscathed. It’s also made this year the worst year to be a student, you can’t see friends or family, you’re bogged down with Zoom Doom and you can’t even have a drink at your local. ...

https://www.jmsu.co.uk/articles/celebrating-equality-at-ljmu

This year we introduced new roles at JMSU to help us champion minority groups of students at LJMU. Our Equality Rep positions cover six underrepresented areas: LGBT, Trans and Non-binary, International, Women, Disabled and BAME. Six students filled these positions and have been working in the...

https://www.jmsu.co.uk/articles/cost-safety-and-wellbeing-update-from-alex

Hi everyone – I’m Alexandria, your returning Vice President Community & Wellbeing officer here at JMSU! I have had a fantastic start to my second term in my role engaging with our students and campaigning on important issues. Below I will share what I’ve been up to and how I have been working...

https://www.jmsu.co.uk/articles/it-has-been-an-absolute-honour-representing-you-megan-vp

Before starting university, I was so quiet and I had a bit of a dislike for my personality. I felt like I couldn’t do anything right, and it seemed as though I couldn’t find a group in which I could fit in. Then I joined Liverpool John Moores University. Six hair colours, ten piercings, seven...

https://www.jmsu.co.uk/lgbt-month/support

LGBT+ support Social and mental wellbeing LGBT Switchboard – Switchboard is an LGBT+ helpline – a place for calm words when you need them most. They’re here to help you with whatever you want to talk about. Nothing is off limits and conversations are 100% confidential. Call 0300 330 063...

https://www.jmsu.co.uk/about-us/work-for-us/right-to-work-in-uk-guidance

Right to work in UK guidance In the UK, all employees require a ‘Right to Work’ check, regardless of their nationality. We must ensure that our potential employees have their right to work established before they commence employment of any nature - this includes elected officers, volunteer...

https://www.jmsu.co.uk/articles/how-you-can-look-after-yourselves-and-others-during-ramadan-2020

This year's Holy Month of Ramadan is quickly approaching and due to start this evening (Thursday 23 April 2020) and will continue for 30 days, ending on the evening of Saturday 23 May 2020. The Eid al-Fitr celebration marks the end of Ramadan. During Ramadan, many Muslims will observe the dawn to...

https://www.jmsu.co.uk/resources/2021-fto-candidate-pack

This guide is for all candidates in the Full-Time Officer Elections (Second Term Election 2021/22). It includes information on the following:  What You Need to Know About the Role  Finalising Your Manifesto  Rules and Regulations  Complaints  Voting  ...

https://www.jmsu.co.uk/our-history/how-the-pre-92-union-shaped-our-union-today

This is a question that is important to answer to prove how important every action before the 1992 formation of Liverpool John Moore’s was. Of course there were events and characters and protests that are a huge contributing factor to this question but this question is the mentality of the curren...