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1. Partnership puts students at heart of Albert Dock dig

   Liverpool's Albert Dock is set to be the backdrop for a high-profile LJMU archaeological dig later this month.

2. Students at the Heart Conference

   A Quick Update - blog by the conference team

3. Care experienced girls and young women still at risk of unnecessary criminalisation

   Girls and women who have been through the care system should be diverted away from custodial sentences into community alternatives wherever possible, says a new report published today (Weds 4 May 2022). And the study adds that moves to prevent the criminalisation of girls in care need to be high on the agenda for change.

4. Lockdown study finds undiagnosed mental health crisis among new mothers

   This article by Vicky Fallon, Lecturer in Health Psychology at the University of Liverpool, Sergio A. Silverio, Kings College London and Siân Macleod Davies, Liverpool John Moores University was first published by `The Conversation.

5. New LJMU Film On Tackling Unconscious Bias

   LJMU's new "Never Judge A Book By Its Cover" film explores three key themes; Unconscious Bias, Intercultural Competence and Micro-Aggressions

6. LJMU partnerships to tackle skills gap in construction

   LJMU wowed industry partners with its future homes research at the launch of a new £370,000 centre for construction skills.

7. Student teachers learn together with families seeking asylum in Toxteth

   A group of student teachers are working with families seeking asylum in Liverpool to provide education sessions for children without a place at school.

8. Probes effective against illegal rhino and tiger trade

   POACHERS who disguise rare animal remains in a multi-billion dollar trade are a step closer to being caught out, according to scientists in Liverpool, UK.

9. Spectacular Neanderthal find reopens debate about earliest 'burials'

   The discovery of a virtually complete Neanderthal skeleton in Northern Iraq is set to reopen the debate about whether our closest ancient human relatives buried their dead.

10. Dazzling Iron Age discovery

    Archaeologists have discovered evidence of the first wealthy Iron Age community in the North West of England.