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1. LJMU and British Horseracing Authority launch new Racing PhD focusing on jockey nutrition and wellbeing

   Improving jockeys’ wellbeing and fitness through research and sporting partnerships

2. Size really does matter! Professor Satya Sarker talks nanomedicine.

   Professor Satya Sarker, Director of the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, has published a new book on nanomedicine. We asked him about advances in this exciting field of science which actually dates back to Asia, 2,500 years ago.

3. 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?

4. Human speech evolved from great apes

   Researchers have shown that, contrary to previous arguments, great apes do have control over their voice, and can learn how to ‘speak,’ throwing new light on the evolution of speech.

5. Nine funded projects combat discrimination and inequality

   The impact made by nine research projects led by LJMU staff has been celebrated at an event on campus.

6. LJMU train 40 Mersey Care matrons and nurses in anticipatory and advanced care planning

   Helping patients across Merseyside to be involved in the planning of their future treatment and care.

7. LJMU project looks at roots of racism in maternity care

   Midwifery and History students team up to explore the history of racism in maternity care in Liverpool since Slavery

8. LJMU students learn to drive with virtual reality driving lessons

   Students from Liverpool John Moores University are trialling cutting edge technology that will enable them to learn to drive without the use of a car.

9. Songs, stories and games earn history lecturer national recognition

   Singsongs, card games and radio shows would not normally be part of a History degree unless you are lucky enough to be taught by lecturer Lucinda Matthews-Jones, that is.

10. Elvis and The Beatles

    As BBC2 marked the 50th anniversary of a momentous meeting between Elvis Presley and The Beatles, LJMU lecturer Jeff Young penned a drama for the occasion inspired by the secret meeting that took place in Elvis’s Bel Air mansion in 1965.