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1. Report backs calls for 'joined-up' public services

   Public Health Wales and LJMU set out 'best practice' for multi-agency working

2. Early humans were using stone tools three million years ago

   LJMU paleontologists part of international team to discover oldest prehistoric butchery site ever found

3. Early language learning linked to school maths performance - report

   Two-year study concludes into how children develop numeracy skills

4. National Eye Health Week 18 - 24 September

   We are promoting the importance of good eye health, sharing important eye care advice to encourage adopting healthy habits and highlighting the need for regular eye tests.

5. Galaxies are cosmic cauldrons heated by star formation

   Astronomers show that stars form rapidly and drive interstellar gas bubbles throughout galaxies.

6. ADHD Foundation 'Neurodiversity Umbrella Project' welcomed onto campus

   You may have noticed a rainbow installation of more than 80 umbrellas in the Student Life Building. We're delighted to partner with the ADHD Foundation to bring the Neurodiversity Umbrella Project.

7. Astro-ecology: Counting orangutans using star-spotting technology

   LJMU, WWF and HUTAN came together to examine better ways of detecting the great apes in the Bornean forest canopy, by using drones fitted with thermal-imaging cameras.

8. Being Human Festival: Making death more sustainable

   A LJMU project, out of the School of Art & Design, seeks to raise awareness of new sustainable forms of human burial

9. Neanderthals did not bury dead with flowers - research

   Professor Chris Hunt's research at Shanidar Cave in Iraq indicates early Man had strong burial rituals

10. Academic makes film for BBC Arts

    Dr Nadine Muller, Senior Lecturer in English Literature & Cultural History at LJMU, has appeared in her first presenter-led documentary, a short film for BBC Arts based on her research on the history of widowhood in Britain.