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1. Rethinking the orangutan

   The critically endangered orangutan—one of human’s closet living relatives—has become a symbol of wild nature’s vulnerability in the face of human actions and an icon of rainforest conservation.

2. City heritage walks return

   We are delighted to announce the return of our successful heritage walks around Liverpool.

3. Gigantic giraffids

   Using the latest imaging technology, researchers have revealed more information about a prehistoric mammal, previously thought to be an elephant-sized, moose-like creature, which was actually a close relation to modern-day giraffes.

4. Owen Copland: "A remarkable young man"

   Staff and students joined a flood of tributes to Owen Copland who died on Christmas Day after a long battle with a brain tumour.

5. Undergraduate students secure a place on the Football Association Women’s Leadership Programme

   Find out more about Ellie Burrows and Lizzie Craven have been successful in securing a place on the 2020 intake for the FA University Women’s Leadership Programme.

6. Law students revel in day in Supreme Court

   Mooting quartet do LJMU proud

7. Academic Board election update

   Information about who has been appointed to Academic Board

8. Get to know Liverpool as a new student

   A comprehensive guide to some of the best activities and attractions in the city.

9. Study reveals new insights into the origins of Scotland's mysterious Picts

   A newly published study in PLOS genetics led by School of Biology and Environmental Sciences experts Dr Adeline Morez, Prof Joel D. Irish and Dr Linus Girdland Flink is helping to shed new light on the origins of Scotland’s Picts.

10. Understanding time may be the key to the race against climate change - Dr Ruth Ogden, reader in experimental psychology

    Dr Ruth Ogden, reader in experimental psychology, Liverpool John Moores University writes in The Conversation