In considering what is 'transferable' from this department, we have to recognise that it is part of a particular institution. Founded from a merger of long-established Catholic and Anglican teacher training institutions, with a high intake of women, Liverpool Hope University College is now developing a distinct institutional mission. This identity includes an emphasis on its Christian foundation, a commitment to opening up access to higher education, including the local community, and developing students with a set of core graduate qualities. To express this differently, in the context of the developing mass high education system in the UK, Liverpool Hope University College is forging a particular 'market niche'.
Students take three subjects in their first year, and two subjects in their second and third years.
The geography programme contains a core and a range of options reflecting staff interests. It is essentially an undergraduate department with a developing range of masters courses. The description below focuses on particular aspects of the curriculum. Many of the students are 'first generation' university students for whom this programme is an induction to university life. There are formal links established with a variety of access programmes in the Merseyside area.