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1. Is university for me?

   Considering university brings about a myriad of thoughts and feelings. Third year Adult Nursing student ,Natalie Beltran gives her perspective on why taking the leap back into study was worth it.

2. How to write a standout personal statement

   Struggling to write a personal statement to support your university application? Our in-house expert, Andrew Cooper, shows you how to approach this essential document.

3. 6 days in the life of a geography student on Almeria field trip

   Geography students, Holly Hadden and Georgina Harriss, share their experiences of a recent field trip to Almeria, Spain.

4. How chimp DNA techniques turned us into jungle detectives

   Wild chimpanzees are hard to find, but their DNA – left-behind genetic traces – is opening up a new way of studying them, write experts Alexander Piel and Fiona Stewart

5. St. George's Park visit

   On Friday 8 March, over 20 students studying BSc and MSc programmes in LJMU's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences visited St. George's Park, the home of the Football Association.

6. We are engineers: meet product design engineering students, Chloe and Kara

   Chloe Thomas and Kara McDougall talk about their experiences as women in the engineering sector.

7. A chimpanzee cultural collapse is underway, and it’s driven by humans

   Chimpanzees now face the daunting task of surviving in a habitat increasingly infested and assaulted by humans. And as their populations decline, so does their behavioural variation. In short, humans are causing chimpanzee cultural collapse.

8. 9 tips for a successful Degree Apprenticeship interview

   We've been working closely with Degree Apprentice employers so we've gained some insight into what they are looking for in candidates.

9. Safari tourism may make elephants more aggressive – but it’s still the best tool for conservation

   Going on safari in Africa offers tourists the opportunity to see some of the most spectacular wildlife on Earth – including African elephants, but as it becomes more popular worldwide, it’s worth remembering that we often don’t know how tourism affects the animals we observe.

10. How we can use light to fight bacteria

    This research could provide an answer to some of the problems posed by antibiotic resistance