Highest education honour for Liverpool John Moores University as it wins Queen Elizabeth Prize
LJMU's Face Lab has been awarded the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education.
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has been awarded the highest honour in education.
The university’s Face Lab has earned the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education, in recognition of its pioneering work around facial identity and representation.
The Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education are part of the UK national honours system, recognising “at the highest level of state outstanding work in UK universities and colleges”.
The criteria to receive an award include excellence, innovation and well-evidenced benefit for the institution itself and the wider world.
LJMU’s Face Lab, established in 2015, specialises in craniofacial identification research, teaching and knowledge exchange.
Its academics and researchers deliver innovative craniofacial projects in forensic identification and digital heritage, advancing interdisciplinary research and knowledge exchange in heritage, arts, culture and forensic investigation.
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Professor Mark Power, Vice-Chancellor of LJMU, said: “We’re absolutely delighted that we’ve been recognised with this accolade for the world class work that we undertake here at the university. Congratulations to all staff involved.”
LJMU is one of 19 higher and further education institutions announced as winners this week. A formal honours ceremony will take place next February.