As a professional tutor at Liverpool Hope University, Mike Taylor has interviewed numerous prospective students over the years. A running theme is that they are excited to train at Liverpool Hope because they know a teacher who trained there, who has recommended that they follow in their footsteps. They also often tell Taylor, who specialises in the training of secondary school science teachers, that they want to learn at Liverpool Hope because of its inspiring history and progressive reputation, as well as its guiding philosophy of preparing its graduates to serve the common good.
In 1844, when the first of Liverpool Hope’s three founding colleges was established, England needed some of that. There were just five universities in the country, but none admitted women, and the majority didn’t accept Catholics or Jews. Liverpool Hope’s founding colleges were among the first to begin opening up higher education to those groups and since then, the university has been a trailblazer for harmony and inclusiveness.
