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1. How will Actus benefit you?

   Colleagues across LJMU have begun using Actus, our brand new online platform to support staff development.

2. New way to request visitor parking and out of hours or security access

   Campus Support (Security) now has a number of staff request forms available via the LJMU HelpMe portal, to help with the management of requests.

3. Take charge of your pension

   This Pension Awareness Week (11-15 September) access free, impartial, and straightforward pension information, as well as a series of live sessions.

4. Memory offers new clues to onset of dementia

   People dying with Alzheimer's 11% down on memory tests taken years earlier

5. CBD use in rugby high as players seek to soothe pain

   A new study from Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) highlights the high prevalence of cannabidiol (CBD) use among professional rugby players despite warnings it could lead to drugs bans.

6. LJMU Estates Roadmap to 2020 progresses with 4-6 Rodney Street

   LJMU is currently in the process of mapping around six major capital developments across the city centre, the majority to be completed by 2020.

7. Can grass help solve the cleaner energy crisis?

   Government calls on expertise of LJMU plant biologist for energy solution

8. Are you an international student coming to study at LJMU?

   Here MA Film student, Alejandra Cardona Mayorga from Colombia, speaks to current international students, to discuss the benefits of their accommodation whilst studying here at LJMU, and their pro tips for booking rooms.

9. Simulated evolution of the Universe

   A study conducted by an international team of astrophysicists, including Dr Rob Crain and Dr Ian McCarthy from the LJMU Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI), has emerged as one of the major research highlights of 2015.

10. Liverpool City Region HDD project trials Open RAN technology at Comic Con event

    LJMU is part of a consortium aiming to improve digital connectivity in high density settings.