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1. Oliver gets 'best of both worlds' with Degree Apprenticeship

   Flinders Chase graduate engineer achieves his goal as a Civil Engineer

2. Research Data Repository has a fresh new look and search functions

   You can now search by year, division, field of research, author, data type and funder.

3. Competitive football players have superior vision, LJMU-led study suggests

   A new study lead by LJMU has found that the visual abilities of competitive football players are substantially better than those of healthy non-athletes.

4. NHS frontline workers are first to graduate in Masters

   "Their dedication to becoming Advanced Healthcare Practitioners was astonishing"

5. Computer scientists trial rapid information system at Merseyrail stations

   Merseyrail staff will be the first in the country to have delay updates in the palm of their hand.

6. The evolution of large-bodied dinosaurs

   Scientists from LJMU, working with external researchers, have developed examine the evolutionary history of sauropod dinosaurs using computer models.

7. Advance HE Aurora Programme final days to apply

   LJMU staff are reminded that the application deadline for the Advance HE Aurora Programme, a leadership development initiative for women, is Friday 4 November 2022.

8. 'Modern slavery is a global issue'

   The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is marked on 2 December. Dr Scott Foster, Reader in Post Graduate Research Culture, spoke to our Diversity and Inclusion team.

9. Cave bears may have been adapting to survive the ice age

   Recent research published in Quaternary Science Reviews on the long extinct cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) has found their attempt to adapt to the growing harshness of the last ice age before their extinction.

10. Generation X hardest hit as drug deaths rise yet again in England and Wales

    Record deaths but many drugs not even included in figures.