The World of Work Careers Centre would like to congratulate their Employer Engagement team for winning a prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) award.

The ceremony, considered the Higher Education communities’ ‘Oscars’, commended LJMU three times on the night – making the University as successful as The Godfather, To Kill a Mockingbird and Jurassic Park.

The Employer Engagement team won their award for their work alongside the Sound City conference in 2015, the team’s work saw 55 students gain a total of 240 days work experience with music industry heavyweights from 29 countries.

Working as reporters, events organisers and videographers LJMU students played a pivotal role in the success of the conference and the students gained crucial insider knowledge, contacts and experience to help them accelerate into the jobs market.

To find out more about the Employer Engagement award, as well as the two other highly competitive and prestigious awards LJMU won at this years’ THE Awards click here.