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1. January Media Highlights

   LJMU knowledge and expertise hit the headlines in January with stories and commentary in New Scientist, The Independent, BBC News 24, The Liverpool Echo, BBC 5 Live and more.

2. The Forgotten Athletes: Jockeys' Health reinvented

   Jockey-turned-academic helps 400 riders with diet and performance

3. Liverpool Telescope helps inspire city's children

   New school book launched in city's Knowledge Quarter

4. LJMU academics assess US Election race

   A week out from potentially one of the most consequential US elections in history, academics from LJMU assess some of the key factors which may decide the outcome.

5. Women in Blitz among topics of history Great Debate

   Nine schools and college take part in Historical Society Liverpool heat

6. 'Reverse Big Ideas' on Policing, Criminalisation and the Community

   40 speakers and guests attended an event in LJMU’s Education Building last week to discuss the themes of policing, community and criminal justice.

7. Stars’ odd behaviour gives up hidden black holes

   Black hole hunters are turning detective to uncover hidden behemoths in Space.

8. Salters’ Festival of Chemistry

   Inspiring future generations of scientists

9. New stars discovery shed new light on Galaxy's formation

   An astronomer from LJMU’s Astrophysics Research Institute has discovered a new family of stars in the core of the Milky Way Galaxy which provides new insights into the early stages of the Galaxy’s formation.

10. Sinuses shed light on how humans got their unique skull shape

    They are most-commonly associated with a blocked nose and headaches but the humble sinuses could hold an important key to the evolution of the human face.