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1. Extra boost from LJMU aids Anna in her England rugby debut

   Advice from Performance Sport experts on strength training and nutrition helped the winger ahead of her England Women’s Rugby League debut.

2. Astro-ecology: Saving endangered animals with software for the stars

   A collaboration between astrophysicists and ecologists at Liverpool John Moores University is helping to monitor rare and endangered species and stop poaching.

3. Paralympics team GB are Rio ready with LJMU help

   An LJMU student and several LJMU sports experts are behind a cohort of para-athletes who will be going for gold in Rio this week.

4. Celebrating a decade of sport science internships with Everton Football Club

   As many as 60 graduates from the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences have secured roles at professional football clubs in England and overseas over the past decade thanks to an internship scheme with Everton Football Club.

5. Megalith tombs were family graves in European Stone Age

   In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, an international research team, led by Uppsala University with co-author Linus Girdland-Flink of LJMU, discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals buried in megalithic tombs on Ireland and in Sweden.

6. Lockdown study finds undiagnosed mental health crisis among new mothers

   This article by Vicky Fallon, Lecturer in Health Psychology at the University of Liverpool, Sergio A. Silverio, Kings College London and Siân Macleod Davies, Liverpool John Moores University was first published by `The Conversation.

7. 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

8. Talented athletes recognised at national awards

   Three athletes supported by LJMUs Performance Sport team, at the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, have received national recognition for their achievements.

9. Pandemic exacerbated disadvantages faced by young people with special needs and disabilities

   Education, mental health, and social care downgraded or, in some cases, withdrawn altogether.

10. Recognising the achievements of graduands

    Graduations - Tuesday 24 November 2015