Study at LSTM
Welcome to our 2021/22 students
Dear Prospective Student,
As the world’s first institute dedicated to research and teaching of tropical medicine, LSTM has been working with partners on Global Health challenges since 1898. Our commitment to this agenda is more important than ever as we move forward and welcome students from across the globe in September 2021.
Over the past year, we have transformed and adapted our delivery model for teaching. Whilst some of the changes were made as a result of COVID-related issues, we are keen to embrace some of the best practice and innovative teaching that evolved. Moreover, we would like to reflect student feedback and experience of this model as we plan for the 2021/22 academic year.
At the forefront of any considerations are the health and safety of our students and staff. We are also working with the latest advice and guidance from the UK Government.
Within this context, all our Liverpool-based MSc programmes will offer a blended learning approach i.e. a mix of online and on-campus teaching during the 2021/22 academic year.
We appreciate and value the importance of face to face learning and interaction as an integral part of your student experience and for building relationships with peers and academics on your programmes and for improving attainment levels. We will ensure that plans are in place to enable a safe experience based on national COVID-19 guidelines.
Blended learning includes face-to-face delivery by academic staff in Liverpool as well as via Brightspace, our virtual learning environment. You will encounter a range of virtual classroom activities, digital teaching tools, learning resources and other activities with our academic staff and the wider LSTM student community. Students on laboratory-based programmes will continue to access lab sessions in Liverpool as required by the programme.
The blended delivery of programmes facilitates an interactive and structured mix of learning activities, which enables you to connect closely to your cohort and the academics delivering the programmes. As learners, you can engage with a variety of activities, many collaborative, which encourage dialogue and engagement in real-world problem-solving.
In all of our face-to-face teaching and laboratory sessions, we will follow UK government guidelines on social distancing as required at the time.
As a broad principle and subject to COVID-19 conditions permitting, we anticipate typically between 2-3 days per week will be spent on campus in face to face learning enhanced by online learning activities and self-study on other days.
Students will need to be on campus and attend the face-to-face learning sessions.
This model is currently for Semester 1 and 2 modules. Semester 3 remains is an immersive semester in your Research Project with full supervisory support.
This blended approach is based on our expectation that by autumn 2021, in-person teaching will be possible for students. However, this will of course be dependent upon the status of the pandemic at the time.
If a decision is made to move to more online delivery, it will be made through consultation and advice from Public Health England and Liverpool City Council. This will be communicated to existing and potential students at the earliest opportunity.
Your student experience is key. Our Student Advice and Wellbeing Team have enhanced the flexibility and breadth of provision to students over the past year to allow for support and access to mental health and wellbeing services both virtually and in person. We have worked extensively with our Student Representatives to help shape and modify our provision in line with student feedback.
We will be updating our frequently asked questions to ensure that we provide you with the latest information as we progress with our plans.
We look forward to welcoming you to the LSTM community.
With best wishes
Dr Martyn Stewart, Dean of Education (ad interim)
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Please keep checking for updates.
Meet the Education Team
Making a decision to join the LSTM global community is life-changing. We’d like to introduce you to some of the academic and professional services team involved in preparing for your arrival in September 2021.
A life-long relationship
When you join LSTM, you will be joining a family that meet in the most unlikely and remote places around the world.
Our staff & alumni have been part of the Ebola Response in West Africa; they were treating patients in Haiti after the earthquake; they were on some of the first flights to Thailand after the Tsunami; they have built roads where there were none; they have negotiated to secure aid whilst civil war and unrest were rife; they have brought hope to refugee camps; and closer to home they have advised the UK government on our response to Tropical & Infectious Diseases.
From medics and nurses to water & sanitation technical experts, from managing a TB programme in Sudan to creating new vaccines, from measuring parasites in lakes to finding new molecules; LSTM staff and alumni are making a difference in the world.
Why study at LSTM?
When you study at LSTM, you’ll learn from leading experts, deepen your understanding of global health priorities and the research underpinning them, discover new areas that excite you, and have opportunities for research overseas. All while living in the vibrant, culturally rich city of Liverpool.
Student Blogs
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From: LSTMPlans revealed for new multi-million infection innovation and training centreNews article27 Oct 2021 -
From: LSTMColoniality and History at LSTM: Reflections and experiences of PGR StudentsBlog15 Sep 2021 -
From: LSTMIn conversation: DTMH student Dr Lia Lopez and LSTM's Dr Tom WingfieldBlog3 Sep 2021 -
From: LSTMThe Impact of LSTM MSC Global Health on my career as a health worker at Ministry of Health during COVID-19: A practical experience from LiberiaBlog7 Jul 2021 -
From: LSTMReflections on completing the MSc Global Health.Blog7 Jul 2021 -
From: LSTMModules have direct impact on practiceBlog26 May 2021 -
From: LSTMLearning and interacting with students worldwideBlog26 May 2021 -
From: LSTMThoughts on the MSc Global HealthBlog26 May 2021 -
From: LSTMIntercalating at LSTM – MSc students contributing to research extend far beyond a dissertation!Blog26 May 2021 -
From: LSTMLSTM lights up in rainbow colours for LGBTQ+ History MonthNews article1 Feb 2021 -
From: LSTMLSTM Graduation 2020News article29 Jan 2021 -
From: LSTMCervical cancer – why is it a global public health issue?Blog14 Oct 2020 -
From: LSTMWorld Mental Health Day 2020: one LSTM student’s research on mental health amongst health workers in Sierra LeoneNews article9 Oct 2020 -
From: LSTMKintsugi: Stronger, Bolder, GolderBlog7 Oct 2020 -
From: LSTMTaking the LEAP into humanitarian practice – student experienceBlog25 Sep 2020 -
From: LSTMNew online course launched on the control of vector borne diseasesNews article8 Sep 2020 -
From: LSTMWork and study - My MSc Global Health experienceBlog18 Jun 2020 -
From: LSTMMy global health journey with LSTMBlog18 Jun 2020 -
From: LSTMAn opportunity that came at the best time.Blog18 Jun 2020 -
From: LSTMGaining the confidence to influence global efforts improving health and safety of vulnerable populations: My MSC Global Health journeyBlog18 Jun 2020 -
From: LSTMMy Perspective and Prospects as LSTM Global Health StudentBlog18 Jun 2020 -
From: LSTMPandemic Preparedness PurseBlog1 Apr 2020 -
From: LSTMThe Virtual DoctorsBlog11 Mar 2020 -
From: LSTMLSTM’s Club Tropicana at VG&M’s Family Fun Day!News article9 Mar 2020 -
From: LSTM“You cannot cook without smoke”Blog2 Mar 2020 -
From: LSTMLSTM scholarships supporting 2020 International Year of the Nurse and MidwifeNews article31 Jan 2020 -
From: LSTMLSTM Graduation 2019News article5 Dec 2019 -
From: LSTMExpedition medicineBlog7 Nov 2019 -
From: LSTMCan a film become a public health problem?Blog30 Oct 2019 -
From: LSTMRunning around Edinburgh and the back-streets of my mindBlog23 Oct 2019 -
From: LSTMThe District Health OfficerBlog17 Oct 2019 -
From: LSTMFrom DTMH to Maluk TimorBlog9 Oct 2019 -
From: LSTMNo smoke without fireBlog3 Oct 2019 -
From: LSTME-cigarettes – the key to smoking cessation in LMIC?Blog25 Sep 2019 -
From: LSTMBlazing a Trail from Liverpool to DiliBlog18 Sep 2019 -
From: LSTMThis blog has no title, just words and a tune..Blog11 Sep 2019 -
From: LSTMLSTM shortlisted for Times Higher Education Award 2019News article6 Sep 2019 -
From: LSTMUnwanted PersonsBlog4 Sep 2019 -
From: LSTMMetallica – nothing else mattersBlog21 Mar 2019 -
From: LSTM“Amppipal Hospital” in Nepal: A German-Nepal Friendship StoryBlog12 Mar 2019 -
From: LSTMWhat is going wrong on the path for a TB cure in Myanmar?Blog21 Feb 2019 -
From: LSTMArriving in Liverpool, new beginnings and reflecting on 9 months in South SudanBlog14 Feb 2019
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From: LSTMPlans revealed for new multi-million infection innovation and training centreNews article27 Oct 2021
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From: LSTMColoniality and History at LSTM: Reflections and experiences of PGR StudentsBlog15 Sep 2021
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From: LSTMIn conversation: DTMH student Dr Lia Lopez and LSTM's Dr Tom WingfieldBlog3 Sep 2021
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From: LSTMThe Impact of LSTM MSC Global Health on my career as a health worker at Ministry of Health during COVID-19: A practical experience from LiberiaBlog7 Jul 2021
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From: LSTMReflections on completing the MSc Global Health.Blog7 Jul 2021
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From: LSTMModules have direct impact on practiceBlog26 May 2021
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From: LSTMLearning and interacting with students worldwideBlog26 May 2021
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From: LSTMThoughts on the MSc Global HealthBlog26 May 2021
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From: LSTMIntercalating at LSTM – MSc students contributing to research extend far beyond a dissertation!Blog26 May 2021
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From: LSTMLSTM lights up in rainbow colours for LGBTQ+ History MonthNews article1 Feb 2021
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From: LSTMLSTM Graduation 2020News article29 Jan 2021
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From: LSTMCervical cancer – why is it a global public health issue?Blog14 Oct 2020
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From: LSTMWorld Mental Health Day 2020: one LSTM student’s research on mental health amongst health workers in Sierra LeoneNews article9 Oct 2020
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From: LSTMKintsugi: Stronger, Bolder, GolderBlog7 Oct 2020
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From: LSTMTaking the LEAP into humanitarian practice – student experienceBlog25 Sep 2020
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From: LSTMNew online course launched on the control of vector borne diseasesNews article8 Sep 2020
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From: LSTMWork and study - My MSc Global Health experienceBlog18 Jun 2020
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From: LSTMMy global health journey with LSTMBlog18 Jun 2020
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From: LSTMAn opportunity that came at the best time.Blog18 Jun 2020
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From: LSTMGaining the confidence to influence global efforts improving health and safety of vulnerable populations: My MSC Global Health journeyBlog18 Jun 2020
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From: LSTMMy Perspective and Prospects as LSTM Global Health StudentBlog18 Jun 2020
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From: LSTMPandemic Preparedness PurseBlog1 Apr 2020
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From: LSTMThe Virtual DoctorsBlog11 Mar 2020
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From: LSTMLSTM’s Club Tropicana at VG&M’s Family Fun Day!News article9 Mar 2020
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From: LSTM“You cannot cook without smoke”Blog2 Mar 2020
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From: LSTMLSTM scholarships supporting 2020 International Year of the Nurse and MidwifeNews article31 Jan 2020
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From: LSTMLSTM Graduation 2019News article5 Dec 2019
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From: LSTMExpedition medicineBlog7 Nov 2019
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From: LSTMCan a film become a public health problem?Blog30 Oct 2019
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From: LSTMRunning around Edinburgh and the back-streets of my mindBlog23 Oct 2019
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From: LSTMThe District Health OfficerBlog17 Oct 2019
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From: LSTMFrom DTMH to Maluk TimorBlog9 Oct 2019
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From: LSTMNo smoke without fireBlog3 Oct 2019
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From: LSTME-cigarettes – the key to smoking cessation in LMIC?Blog25 Sep 2019
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From: LSTMBlazing a Trail from Liverpool to DiliBlog18 Sep 2019
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From: LSTMThis blog has no title, just words and a tune..Blog11 Sep 2019
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From: LSTMLSTM shortlisted for Times Higher Education Award 2019News article6 Sep 2019
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From: LSTMUnwanted PersonsBlog4 Sep 2019
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From: LSTMMetallica – nothing else mattersBlog21 Mar 2019
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From: LSTM“Amppipal Hospital” in Nepal: A German-Nepal Friendship StoryBlog12 Mar 2019
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From: LSTMWhat is going wrong on the path for a TB cure in Myanmar?Blog21 Feb 2019
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From: LSTMArriving in Liverpool, new beginnings and reflecting on 9 months in South SudanBlog14 Feb 2019
The Library
There has been a library at LSTM since its earliest years. LSTM's Nobel Prize winner, Ronald Ross donated some books of his own to form the nucleus of the collection at the turn of the century. Today, our primary aim is to support LSTM staff and students in all areas of their study and research.
Decolonising the Curriculum
A ‘Decolonising the Curriculum’ group has been formed, who are working to address the impact of colonialism in our curriculum and pedagogy, and our wider approach to education. Separately, we have also embarked on a project to review and update LSTM’s history including confronting our colonial origins.
Teaching partnerships
Non-governmental organisations, governments, multilateral agencies, professional bodies and industry, and Higher Education Institutions can access our programmes through mutual partnership arrangements to train selected cohorts of staff. Our specialist academics can also design and facilitate high-quality bespoke programmes tailored according to participant and business needs.
Pembroke House
Development of a space for educational collaboration with overseas partners and students overseas, linking with learning on-campus in Liverpool.
Learning from COVID, we will feed into the design the opportunities and challenges of simultaneously teaching students on-campus and online, we are planning a highly flexible learning environment with a primary focus being to engage via immersive experience technology.
