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1. Making Every Contact Count staff training: September to December

   Book onto the mental health and wellbeing training now.

2. Staff Infobase update protecting your bank details

   Did you know that you can add additional security around viewing and changing your bank details in Staff Infobase?

3. Looking after your safety this semester

   As the new semester begins it’s important to know the ways you can stay safe around campus and the city.

4. Staff networks explored, explained and celebrated

   Staff recently came together to celebrate the power of staff networks in the workplace and to mark the launch of the Admin and PA Staff Network.

5. Technicians survey 2024 to remain open for a further fortnight

   The National Technician Development Centre (NTDC) Technicians Survey at LJMU is open for responses for a further two weeks until Friday 5 April.

6. Pain Signalling in Humans: A Superfast Highway to the Brain Discovered

   Pain signals can travel as fast as touch signals, according to a new study from researchers at Liverpool John Moores University’s SomAffect Group, Linköping University (Sweden), and the National Institutes of Health (USA).

7. Alcohol deaths in the UK rose to record level in 2021

   Harry Sumnall, Professor of Substance Abuse, LJMU and Ian Hamilton, Honorary Fellow, University of York write in The Conversation

8. First Step Spring Internships available for Level 4 students

   A new pilot internship programme for first year students (level 4 only) with little to no previous work experience launched on Monday 15 January and close at midnight on Sunday 4 February. There will be no interview process for these opportunities, the Student Futures team will undertake a matching process between participating organisations and students. The internships will begin on Monday 4 March (start dates may vary for each role).

9. Academic Registry Roadshows

   Informal one-hour breakfast sessions open to all academic staff who want to learn more about the support available to them from Academic Registry.

10. Mongooses take life-threatening risks to mate with partners from rival groups

    Romeo and Juliet roles for banded mongooses