David worked for Liverpool FC and the Liverpool Echo and as a freelance journalist before turning to teaching at universities in Salford and Chester prior to LJMU.
Raising awareness on the problems associated with dyslexia was top of the agenda at a conference in Liverpool.
A so-called ‘teacher shortage’ in England generates claims of a strain on schools, but the Government denies this.
The University of Liverpool has one of the most eco-friendly science labs in the world, according to a website ranking.