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1. Get involved in the British Science Festival 2025

   The British Science Festival is coming to Liverpool in 2025 and organisations across the city can get involved to deliver engaging events and activities.

2. Aldham Robarts Library to reopen on Sundays from 7 January

   We’re pleased to share that the Aldham Robarts Library will resume its normal opening hours and will once again be open on Sundays from 7 January.

3. Global Recycling Day

   Global Recycling Day is on 18 March and you could win a £500 prize by helping us to create an exhibition of art and sculpture.

4. Staff dental plan

   An opt-in period is now open for a staff dental plan.

5. Celebrating the success and growth of the knowledge sector across the North of England

   RISES revealed as Educate North Research Team of the Year

6. Scientists discover the dawn of spoken language evolution

   Why did our ancestors combine a consonant with a vowel to make up the first word? Scientists from several institutes have found some clues to the answer.

7. The Secrets of the Neanderthals

   Scientists from LJMU and Cambridge help piece together human remains and the story of the Neanderthal cave dwellers of Shanidar

8. LJMU Staff - Book Your Place Today! Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Workshops (2019/20)

   LJMU’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Team are proud to be working in partnership with an array of equality and diversity training specialists and subject matter experts, in order to offer LJMU Staff the opportunity to participate in the following Faculty-based workshops.

9. Dinosaur footprint expert to feature in Channel 5 series fronted by Stephen Fry

   Dinosaurs with Stephen Fry, airing from Sunday 12 February on Channel 5, will feature expert analysis from LJMU’s Dr Peter Falkingham. He will explain how birds are modern descendants of dinosaurs by looking at the motion of ostriches compared to the T. rex.

10. Long service awards

    The university has updated the Long Service Awards scheme to include celebration of reaching additional key milestones at 25, 35, 45 and 50+ years’ service.