Events and lectures
We offer many events across our departments specific to many age groups.
Herdman Symposium
In recent years this symposium has become a significant event in the North West England attracting over 250 participants each year.
The Herdman Symposium has been running since 1973 and is an annual regional gathering of Earth Scientists. For one day every year, the Herdman Symposium delivers a new scientific programme of talks given by internationally leading experts across earth sciences and centred on topical issues of the day. It is organised by the Herdman Society, which is the geology and geophysics undergraduate society at the University of Liverpool with links to physical geography and environmental geoscience.
The symposium is pitched at the undergraduate level, although our excellent speakers manage to excite interest across all levels including postgraduate students, academic staff, local geological society members, school students and teachers.
Past events
- Herdman Symposium 2025 - Earth sciences in the anthropocene
- Herdman Symposium 2024 - Energy and sustainability
- Herdman Symposium 2023 - Looking Back and Looking Forward in Earth Science
- Herdman Symposium 2022 - Impacts of geoscience
- Herdman Symposium 2021 - "Virtual Herdman symposium 2021: dynamic Earth".
- Herdman Symposium 2020 - "Climate variation throughout Earth's histroy".
Access2Nature
Access2Nature offers a transformative experience for care-experienced young individuals through a three-day immersive programme focusing on environmental education. We aim to raise awareness about climate change, habitat loss, and pollution and uncover potential career paths in conservation.
We hope to empower our participants to appreciate nature through experiences, understand nature through science, and work with nature, through skills
When, where, what?
15 miles away from the busy city of Belfast lies a hidden world. Here, nature is in charge. Lighthouse Island is home to >3,000 pairs of Manx shearwater (a small seabird), wildflowers, otters and much more besides.
Over three days, we aim to introduce participants to three key issues: climate change, habitat loss and pollution and, through hands-on activities, explore how these are impacting nature and what we can do about it.
Contact Dr Ollie Padget for more information.