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1. Cosmic explosions offer new clue to how stars become Black Holes

   Scientists have witnessed for the first time exactly what happens to the most massive stars at the end of their lives.

2. Academics support project to protect sex workers from violence

   LJMU is set to be part of a ground-breaking Merseyside partnership that protects sex workers from violence.

3. Humanitarian migrant mission wins top THE Award

   Face Lab project to identify migrants who die crossing the seas to Europe judged best research project of 2023

4. Student Life and Sports Building win Best New Build Project award

   LJMU’s Copperas Hill development has won an award for the Best New Build Project at the Merseyside Civic Design Awards.

5. Research project into slavery

   LJMU is offering an opportunity to collaborate on a research project to examine the university’s historical associations with slavery.

6. Home Secretary welcomes LJMU monitoring of police officer health

   Suella Braverman tells Police Federation conference the biometric wellbeing scheme is unique and pioneering

7. Training police to the highest standards

   LJMU continues to impact the quality of police training in England and Wales with a new partnership to co-deliver a Graduate Diploma in Professional Policing Practice.

8. Chief Constable annual lecture

   A packed theatre listened to Sir Jon Murphy QPM deliver his third state of the city lecture, which this year focused on the question, 'Is there a future for neighbourhood policing?' The event was organised by the Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies.

9. The ‘Green Hell’ of our ancestors

   Tropical rainforests were once thought unliveable but scientists, including Liverpool John Moores University’s Professor Chris Hunt, are showing that our human ancestors lived in these conditions, and in fact the forests themselves are long-term documents of human action.

10. LJMU experts tackle rising suicide rates in police

    Roundtable in Madrid marks first impact of LJMU agreement with Civil Guard 'university' centre.