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1. Global themes for Postgraduate Research Festival

   The postgraduate research community from every faculty came together for LJMU’s annual PGR Festival at the Maritime Museum.

2. Business experts support 120 new jobs for greener homes firm

   Experts from Liverpool Business School are to guide a local firm's ambitions in the pre-owned kitchens business.

3. Open Data Week 2024: unlocking the power of data in research

   Join a week of online events and workshops from Monday 21 to Friday 25 October.

4. Major new joint research project will focus on mental health of jockeys and staff in the horse racing industry

   LJMU, Racing Welfare and the BHA will be carrying out a major new piece of research into the provision of mental health services across horse racing.

5. New stars discovery shed new light on Galaxy's formation

   An astronomer from LJMU’s Astrophysics Research Institute has discovered a new family of stars in the core of the Milky Way Galaxy which provides new insights into the early stages of the Galaxy’s formation.

6. Researchers reveal new findings into greatest scientific fraud

   A new analysis of the famous Piltdown Man forgeries, conducted by LJMU researchers, points the finger of suspicion even more firmly at their discoverer, Charles Dawson. The Piltdown Man scandal is arguably the greatest scientific fraud ever perpetrated in the UK, with fake fossils being claimed as evidence of our earliest ancestor.

7. Britain Afraid: Imperial Insecurities and National Fears - conference June 21/22

   Interview with organiser Dr James Crossland

8. Astronomers spot oldest ‘dead’ galaxy yet observed

   Dr Renske Smit, of the Astrophysics Research Institute, contributed to research in Nature

9. Primate population threat up by 20% in 20 years

   LJMU’s Professor Serge Wich, and other internationally recognised experts, have published a paper calling for urgent action to protect the world’s dwindling primate populations.

10. One day conference to shine expert insight on the history of the Battle of the Atlantic

    The Centre for Port and Maritime History is to host the event in association with the Battle of the Atlantic Memorial Trust, considering the history and legacies of the battle 80 years on.