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1. Improving animal welfare

   Happy Hamsters: Examining the effect of emotions on cognitive processes in pets

2. Students inspired by Steven Gerrard story

   Honorary Fellow and former Liverpool FC and England captain visits LJMU

3. Astronomical Day celebrating National Care Leavers Week.

   In celebration of National Care Leavers Week LJMU welcomed 40 looked after pupils from 10 schools across the North West Region.

4. How can staff enhance the student experience? ‘Make every contact count’

   More than 120 staff from across the university attended an engagement workshop on prioritising the student experience.

5. Free summer gym memberships

   Get active this summer with a FREE LJMU gym membership!

6. Start-up funding opportunity for new student businesses

   The LJMU Start-up Hub is excited to announce that the new Bathgate Boost award is now open! The £500 award is designed to support students who can demonstrate their business idea. Sitting alongside this funding is a package of support from the Start-up Hub team built around developing your start-up and skills as an entrepreneur. The award is open to all current LJMU students and new alumni who graduated from LJMU during 2023.

7. Male suicide support 'model' during COVID

   Liverpool charity James' Place is helping to prevent men dying by suicide according to a new report by LJMU.

8. Emma commended at Westminster for widening access in education

   LJMU PhD student and member of the Student Recruitment and Admissions team Emma Smith has received a commendation for her contribution to widening access at a national awards ceremony held in the Palace of Westminster recently.

9. Preparing for Student Induction

   Bethan Reid from the Learning Technology @ LJMU blog writes about using Canvas and preparing for Induction

10. 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).