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1. LJMU's £10million to offset the cost of university

   Bursaries, scholarships and grants to students top £10million for the first time as cost-of-living bites

2. Bringing the Universe down to Earth

   Astrophysicists engage public through RHS gold garden and £100k STEMM outreach project

3. Camping makes you happy - new study

   A major new study revealed how camping in 'great outdoors' improves well-being and mental health

4. UK’s most comprehensive study into domestic abuse

   LJMU and the Digital-Trust have launched the UK’s most comprehensive study into domestic abuse, investigating physical violence, coercive control and digital abuse within relationships.

5. Liverpool announced as one of the cheapest cities for students to live

   According to new research, on behalf of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Portsmouth, Liverpool and Newcastle respectively all landed in the top three in the Student Living Index. The research takes into account the everyday cost of living and accommodation costs.

6. Girls feel strain of lockdown more - study

   A study of the impact of the pandemic on adolescents has found girls significantly more likely to suffer from lockdown stress and anxiety than boys.

7. Birth trauma may increase risk of harmful drinking

   First UK study to look at psychological birth trauma and long-term effects on coping with drink

8. New muscle study to help combat frailty in old age

   Read how Scientists at LJMU and the Australian Catholic University have established a new technique for studying muscle growth in humans that could advance treatments to prevent frailty in old age.

9. Ten students spend life changing summer in Nepal

   The ten students and now LJMU graduates, visited Nepal for a month-long Turing funded trip, working on the Dignity Without Danger (DWD) research project.

10. Study 'solves mystery' of shifts in physical appearance of ancient Nubians

    The shift from hunter-gatherer to farmer likely explains evolutionary jumps in appearance amongst many ancient peoples, says a new study.