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    University of Liverpool Reviews

    Updated 19 December 2018
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    Pros

    • "Very friendly and a great city to live in" (in 5 reviews)

    • "Great city to live in, very friendly people, excellent academic structure" (in 3 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 5 reviews)

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    1. "Best place to work at start of your career"

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      Former Employee - Research Assistant in Liverpool, England
      Former Employee - Research Assistant in Liverpool, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      Fantasttic career opportunity.
      Opportunity to work on various project and develop at your own pace

      Cons

      can get far too political at times. Some PI are on power trip

      Advice to Management

      Please invest more in new equipment and better facilities

    2. "PhD in Dept of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology"

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      Former Employee - PhD In Pharmacology
      Former Employee - PhD In Pharmacology

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

      Pros

      Good Flexibility for work, Encouragement to explore ideas

      Cons

      Publishing results takes a lot of time

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    3. "11years at the University"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at University of Liverpool full-time

      Pros

      Good salaray, holidays and staff benefits

      Cons

      No communication
      Senior Management just dont care

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your staff

    4. "good place for work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at University of Liverpool full-time

      Pros

      great culture, opportunity for development

      Cons

      additional hours, quite often grand dependent job positions

    5. Helpful (1)

      "Very Poor"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at University of Liverpool full-time

      Pros

      Salary is okay
      Location is central in Liverpool

      Cons

      Academics treat Professional Services very poorly, which is reinforced by PS colleagues on a high grade to advance own career.
      Departments are poorly run as Academics don't understand how to run day to day operations but lead areas.
      Overall, very poor organisation to work

      Advice to Management

      Continuing to treat PS staff so poorly will just lead to a higher turnover of staff

    6. "A Review from a research student perspective"

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      Current Employee - PhD Student in Liverpool, England
      Current Employee - PhD Student in Liverpool, England

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

      Pros

      Very friendly and a great city to live in. University has some of the best ongoing research in certain fields and often secures funding to continue research. Facilities are mostly good and access to them is also good.

      Cons

      The organisation of admin at the University is poor and things will often get lost in the system or take much longer than they should. Communication between departments can also be poor and it can again result in delays.

    7. "Student demonstrator"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at University of Liverpool part-time

      Pros

      Good well paid. Nice staff.

      Cons

      Not many hours given sometimes

    8. "Postdoctoral Research Associate"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at University of Liverpool full-time

      Pros

      Flexibility, very hard working colleagues

      Cons

      Lack of growth opportunity, lack of investment in employee

      Advice to Management

      Need to overhaul postdoctoral research funding

    9. "Good company"

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      Current Employee - Postdoctoral Research Associate in Liverpool, England
      Current Employee - Postdoctoral Research Associate in Liverpool, England

      I have been working at University of Liverpool full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Friendly environment
      Good salary
      Independence in the lab

      Cons

      Lack of longer contracts
      No incentive to stay in academia

    10. "Research & gross misconduct, plagiarism and fraud liptrott"

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      Current Employee - Postdoctoral Researcher in Liverpool, England
      Current Employee - Postdoctoral Researcher in Liverpool, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at University of Liverpool full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Cutting edge research & some opportunities to collaborate.

      Cons

      Research misconduct liptrott, gross mis-conduct, plagiarism and fraud liptrott supported in dept of pharmacology liptrott. Personal information used to threaten and intimidate liptrott to block publicly funded research out-put liptrott and destroy researchers careers liptrott.

      Advice to Management

      Important to stop rewarding mis-conduct in dept of pharmacology as this undermines merit based progression.