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    University of Liverpool Reviews

    Updated 18 October 2018
    101 reviews

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    Pros

    • "FriendLy team, flexible hours, Good pay, ReSPected workforce, Good work ethic, Well structured, Good pastoral care services" (in 4 reviews)

    • "Liverpool is a great city, full of history and opportunities to be out and about" (in 4 reviews)

    Cons

    • "poor infrastructure (CAT3 very badly designed); poor management/financial team; poor technical team (many members with very little proficiency)" (in 5 reviews)

    • "Parts of senior management are not very good, especially in HR" (in 4 reviews)

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    1. "Fantastic"

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      Former Employee - Teacher
      Former Employee - Teacher
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at University of Liverpool (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great teameork throughout the organisation and beyond

      Cons

      None I can think of at this moment in timr

      Advice to Management

      None great supportive and knowledgable throughout place

    2. "Full of box ticking"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at University of Liverpool full-time

      Pros

      Extremely flexible
      Might get some publications

      Cons

      Politically obsessed with equality of outcome
      Beurocratic
      Slow and lacking drive

      Advice to Management

      Stick to the job, don't bring more identity politics into academia

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    3. "Demonstrator"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Liverpool, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Liverpool, England

      I worked at University of Liverpool part-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      reputable university, with high standard

      Cons

      cant find any cons as i spent very positive time there

    4. "phd student Liverpool"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      flexible, lot of bonuses for conferences and travelling

      Cons

      fuzzy targets, slow advancements, can be stressfull

    5. "Small minded University with little prospects"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in York, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in York, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook

      I worked at University of Liverpool full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      There is nothing to recommend working here

      Cons

      Bullying by Senior Managers, that wasn't taken seriously.
      Staff are homophobic/ transphobic.

      Advice to Management

      Janet Beer - look at your Directors and look at how they treat their staff and deal with those problems. I wouldn't recommend working here to anyone.

    6. "kickstart internship"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at University of Liverpool full-time

      Pros

      good environment, friendly staff, close to town

      Cons

      mediocre work could be structured better

    7. "Good place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Good pensions system. Annual salary increase. Flexible working times.

      Cons

      Difficult to get a permanent position, as everywhere else in academia

    8. "Student Ambassador"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at University of Liverpool part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      - Plenty of opportunities to practice communication skills
      - Decent pay
      - Great Staff

      Cons

      - Not enough work hours

    9. "PhD within the Institute of Integrative Biology at UoL"

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      Current Employee - Phd Student Researcher in Liverpool, England
      Current Employee - Phd Student Researcher in Liverpool, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at University of Liverpool full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      inclusive environment
      great microscopy, and omic resources
      collaborations are highly encouraged and work well
      Athena swan gold

      Cons

      very long working hours and a culture driving incredibly hard work in particular within some new research group

      Advice to Management

      Better recognition of the heavy workload place upon PhD research students and streamline the monthly report system as it is very time consuming

    10. "Best job in the world"

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      Current Employee - Student Advocate in Liverpool, England
      Current Employee - Student Advocate in Liverpool, England
      Recommends

      I have been working at University of Liverpool part-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Student Advocate job at Widening Participation and Outreach
      Wonderful people
      Great pay
      Super flexible
      Extremely understanding
      Rewarding

      Cons

      Absolutely no cons at all

      Advice to Management

      Never change

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