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1. Discover magazine recognises Homo naledi research

   Research regarding the discovery of a new species of human relative shedding light on the origins and diversity of our origins was selected as the second most important scientific story in 2015.

2. Postgraduate Research Festival

   The programme included 3MT Final, Poster Competition and career insights from Alumni and external organisations

3. ‘Pest’ monkeys save palm oil industry millions

   MONKEYS save the palm oil industry hundreds of millions each year by killing damaging pests, according to researchers in Liverpool, UK.

4. £10m study to predict heart and stroke disease

   EU's Horizon Programme funds TARGET< a collaboration with 10 countries led by LJMU to use AI models to track common disease evolution

5. Great Apes ‘outnumbered 200 to 1’ by 2050 in own feeding grounds

   Research review in Frontiers in Conservation Science predicts habitats increasingly overrun by farmers

6. Professorship and Readership Conferment 2022: Call for submissions

   Each year applications are invited for the conferment of Professorships and Readerships and the process for 2022 is now open.

7. In memoriam: Professor David R. Burton

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

8. Royal Photographic Society award for Professor Wilkinson

   Professor Caroline Wilkinson, Director of LJMU’s School of Art and Design, has received a prestigious award from the Royal Photographic Society (RPS).

9. Honour Based Abuse, Female Genital Mutilation and Forced Marriage conference held in partnership with Savera UK 

   LJMU equality and diversity team worked in partnership with SaveraUK to host an inspiring HBA, FGM and FM event in November 2019.

10. Strategies for survival

    Scientists uncover why inbreeding occurs in some social species.