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1. Piltdown Man research on primetime TV

   LJMU’s Dr Isabelle De Groote appeared on the BBC’s primetime hit TV programme, The One Show, during a special feature on the famous Piltdown Man forgeries.

2. New era of gravitational wave astronomy

   Astrophysics Research Institute works with European Southern Observatory to observe first light from gravitational wave source.

3. Great Britain’s Great War

   Jeremy Paxman Roscoe Review: How the First World War changed everything

4. Banded mongooses target family members for eviction

   Read more about how banded mongooses target close female relatives according to new findings.

5. Vice-Chancellor welcomes aspiring leaders from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities 

   Aspiring Leaders from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities Informal Networking Event

6. Graduation review: Monday 8 July 2019

   Graduation week kicked off in the sunshine at Liverpool Cathedral today as we celebrated with students from the Schools of Natural Sciences and Psychology and Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences.

7. Transatlantic research partnership in the arts

   LJMU’s School of Art and Design has agreed a five-year partnership with Transart Institute in New York City, which will see the two organisations offer a joint transdisciplinary doctoral programme from summer 2020. The aim of the programme is to create an exchange in research areas including contemporary art, art history, curating and exhibition studies, digital culture and technology.

8. £575k boost for student mental health provision in Liverpool

   A partnership featuring Liverpool John Moores University has been awarded £575k worth of funding from the Office for Students for a project to further develop mental health provision for students across Liverpool.

9. A giant interstellar bubble being grown in the Andromeda Galaxy

   An international team of astrophysicists have uncovered an enormous bubble current being ‘blown’ by the regular eruptions from a binary star system within the Andromeda Galaxy.

10. In memoriam: Professor David R. Burton

    It is with great sadness that the university has learned of the passing of Professor David R. Burton.