Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place
@livuniheseltine.bsky.social
An interdisciplinary research institute focusing on the development of sustainable and inclusive cities and city regions at the University of Liverpool.
We thoroughly enjoyed our annual lecture earlier this week in front of a packed audience at the fantastic @victoriagallery.bsky.social. Read all about it here.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We thoroughly enjoyed our annual lecture earlier this week in front of a packed audience at the fantastic @victoriagallery.bsky.social. Read all about it here.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...
And now BBC broadcaster and @liverpooluni.bsky.social alumna Mairead Smyth introduces our panel featuring @priceoffootball.bsky.social @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social @evertonfc.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
And now BBC broadcaster and @liverpooluni.bsky.social alumna Mairead Smyth introduces our panel featuring @priceoffootball.bsky.social @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social @evertonfc.com
We kick off with @liverpooluni.bsky.social Vice Chancellor Professor Tim Jones introducing the lecture, highlighting the incredible impact football has had on the city of Liverpool, its culture and its economy.
October 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We kick off with @liverpooluni.bsky.social Vice Chancellor Professor Tim Jones introducing the lecture, highlighting the incredible impact football has had on the city of Liverpool, its culture and its economy.
We’re looking forward to our annual lecture at the Victoria Gallery & Museum this evening! The event is completely sold out, but we’ll be posting photos and updates here.
You can also read our policy briefing published to accompany the event here www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacu...
You can also read our policy briefing published to accompany the event here www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacu...
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We’re looking forward to our annual lecture at the Victoria Gallery & Museum this evening! The event is completely sold out, but we’ll be posting photos and updates here.
You can also read our policy briefing published to accompany the event here www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacu...
You can also read our policy briefing published to accompany the event here www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacu...
It's been great to feed into the development of #LCRGrowthPlan over recent months, and even better to be at today's launch event at @liverpooluni.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It's been great to feed into the development of #LCRGrowthPlan over recent months, and even better to be at today's launch event at @liverpooluni.bsky.social
With the dust settling on Labour Party Conference, we're looking forward to joining @instituteforgovernment.org.uk again at Conservative Party Conference in Manchester next week.
October 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
With the dust settling on Labour Party Conference, we're looking forward to joining @instituteforgovernment.org.uk again at Conservative Party Conference in Manchester next week.
Liverpool is no stranger to hosting big events - as witnessed with this week's Labour Party Conference. Should it go one step further and host the Olympics? @liamfog58.bsky.social discusses the potential of a joint bid with Manchester for the 2040 games. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...
October 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Liverpool is no stranger to hosting big events - as witnessed with this week's Labour Party Conference. Should it go one step further and host the Olympics? @liamfog58.bsky.social discusses the potential of a joint bid with Manchester for the 2040 games. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...
Event 3 of Monday at Labour Party Conference. @tjarnold.bsky.social attended this private roundtable on infrastructure investment, local growth plans and fiscal devolution.
September 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Event 3 of Monday at Labour Party Conference. @tjarnold.bsky.social attended this private roundtable on infrastructure investment, local growth plans and fiscal devolution.
Next up at Labour Party Conference we join @re-state.bsky.social and @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social for a session on innovation and public services.
September 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Next up at Labour Party Conference we join @re-state.bsky.social and @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social for a session on innovation and public services.
Liverpool is a city built on football. As LFC marks a 20th league title and Everton enters a new era at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, we host our 2025 annual lecture and ask: how does football shape our economy, communities and identity? Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heseltine-...
September 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Liverpool is a city built on football. As LFC marks a 20th league title and Everton enters a new era at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, we host our 2025 annual lecture and ask: how does football shape our economy, communities and identity? Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heseltine-...
We’re kicking off our Monday at Labour Party Conference with a @lpiphub.bsky.social panel event on local growth featuring our Co-Director Sue Jarvis.
September 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
We’re kicking off our Monday at Labour Party Conference with a @lpiphub.bsky.social panel event on local growth featuring our Co-Director Sue Jarvis.
Yesterday we supported a Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester APPG event in Parliament on housing and regeneration. The discussion, attended by MPs from the two city-regions, was opened by @tjarnold.bsky.social and focused on the opportunities for regeneration provided by devolution.
March 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Yesterday we supported a Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester APPG event in Parliament on housing and regeneration. The discussion, attended by MPs from the two city-regions, was opened by @tjarnold.bsky.social and focused on the opportunities for regeneration provided by devolution.
New policy briefing: Activating Liverpool’s railway heritage: Integrating historical rail assets for modern sustainable transport and communities by @chialinchen.bsky.social & @jxi2025.bsky.social www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in... @livunihss.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social @sotauol.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New policy briefing: Activating Liverpool’s railway heritage: Integrating historical rail assets for modern sustainable transport and communities by @chialinchen.bsky.social & @jxi2025.bsky.social www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in... @livunihss.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social @sotauol.bsky.social
“I cannot detach my story from the story of Liverpool” opens Lord Heseltine, following an introduction from Professor Michael Parkinson.
March 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“I cannot detach my story from the story of Liverpool” opens Lord Heseltine, following an introduction from Professor Michael Parkinson.
“I cannot detach my story from the story of Liverpool” opens Lord Heseltine, following an introduction from Professor Michael Parkinson.
March 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“I cannot detach my story from the story of Liverpool” opens Lord Heseltine, following an introduction from Professor Michael Parkinson.
All set and looking forward to welcoming a sold out audience to this fantastic venue!
March 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
All set and looking forward to welcoming a sold out audience to this fantastic venue!
We’re back at beautiful St George’s Hall this evening, hosting Lord Heseltine as part of Liverpool Literary Festival. He’ll be in conversation with our ambassador Professor Michael Parkinson, discussing his new book ‘From Acorns to Oaks: An Urgent Agenda to Rebuild Britain’.
March 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We’re back at beautiful St George’s Hall this evening, hosting Lord Heseltine as part of Liverpool Literary Festival. He’ll be in conversation with our ambassador Professor Michael Parkinson, discussing his new book ‘From Acorns to Oaks: An Urgent Agenda to Rebuild Britain’.
Read the second in our collection of our policy briefings, focused on tackling inequalities through place-based policy. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...
January 31, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Read the second in our collection of our policy briefings, focused on tackling inequalities through place-based policy. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...
New policy briefing: 'The wellbeing potential of urban blue space: lessons from Liverpool City Region' by Joanna Hayes and Charlotte Lyddon @livunisoes.bsky.social
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@livunihss.bsky.social @livunigeog.bsky.social @livuniplanning.bsky.social
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@livunihss.bsky.social @livunigeog.bsky.social @livuniplanning.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
New policy briefing: 'The wellbeing potential of urban blue space: lessons from Liverpool City Region' by Joanna Hayes and Charlotte Lyddon @livunisoes.bsky.social
www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...
@livunihss.bsky.social @livunigeog.bsky.social @livuniplanning.bsky.social
www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...
@livunihss.bsky.social @livunigeog.bsky.social @livuniplanning.bsky.social
New policy briefing: @sabinejacques.bsky.social and Mat Flynn (Institute of Popular Music at @liverpooluni.bsky.social) discuss how changes to copyright and licencing can protect musicians from the potential impacts of AI. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...
December 13, 2024 at 12:33 PM
New policy briefing: @sabinejacques.bsky.social and Mat Flynn (Institute of Popular Music at @liverpooluni.bsky.social) discuss how changes to copyright and licencing can protect musicians from the potential impacts of AI. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...
With the English Devolution White Paper due in the coming days, it's interesting to reflect on the devolution journey so far. Here's @andyburnham.bsky.social speaking at our annual lecture earlier this week, on why he and @lcrmayor.bsky.social left Westminster and devolution is now "irreversible".
November 28, 2024 at 9:51 AM
With the English Devolution White Paper due in the coming days, it's interesting to reflect on the devolution journey so far. Here's @andyburnham.bsky.social speaking at our annual lecture earlier this week, on why he and @lcrmayor.bsky.social left Westminster and devolution is now "irreversible".
Our chair for the evening Mairead Smyth introduces the two mayors, with @andyburnham.bsky.social kicking off proceedings by reflecting on the legacy of John Prescott, saying he laid the foundations for the English devolution we see today.
November 25, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Our chair for the evening Mairead Smyth introduces the two mayors, with @andyburnham.bsky.social kicking off proceedings by reflecting on the legacy of John Prescott, saying he laid the foundations for the English devolution we see today.
Followed by @livuniheseltine.bsky.social Co-Director Sue Jarvis who highlights the contribution of universities to prosperity across the North West.
November 25, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Followed by @livuniheseltine.bsky.social Co-Director Sue Jarvis who highlights the contribution of universities to prosperity across the North West.
Kicking off the event is @liverpooluni.bsky.social Vice Chancellor Professor Tim Jones, who welcomes a packed audience including our guest Lord Heseltine.
November 25, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Kicking off the event is @liverpooluni.bsky.social Vice Chancellor Professor Tim Jones, who welcomes a packed audience including our guest Lord Heseltine.
We’re excited to be welcoming @lcrmayor.bsky.social and @andyburnham.bsky.social this evening for our annual lecture at Liverpool’s beautiful St George’s Hall. The event is sold out, but we’ll be posting updates here throughout the event.
November 25, 2024 at 4:46 PM
We’re excited to be welcoming @lcrmayor.bsky.social and @andyburnham.bsky.social this evening for our annual lecture at Liverpool’s beautiful St George’s Hall. The event is sold out, but we’ll be posting updates here throughout the event.