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1. War hero visits LJMU in battle for mental health

   National hero Phil Packer MBE visited Liverpool John Moores University today (Jan 30) as part of a campaign for better student mental health.

2. Students urged to buy second-hand

   STUDENTS in Liverpool are turning old jumble into quirky bags to raise awareness of waste in the fashion industry.

3. Sea pollution explored in new podcast

   Academics at Leeds Beckett and Liverpool John Moores Universities are using sound - and the short stories of Merseyside writer, Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957) - to bring to life the magnitude of plastic pollution in our seas.

4. Sport science programmes promote greater diversity

   "We have a chicken and egg situation, which is unsustainable"

5. LJMU campaigns successfully for better status for clinical exercise professionals

   Clinical Exercise Physiologists can now become registered health professionals

6. Exercise during chemotherapy reduces tumour growth

   World-first: study demonstrates exercise promotes tumour regression in humans

7. Alcatraz, Auschwitz, Chernobyl…the appeal of dark tourism

   Is dark tourism just another fad in the age of the selfie and tick list travelling? Gillian O’Brien explains its appeal and gives it historical context.

8. Why the fitness and leisure sector should be awarded ‘essential service’ status – by Professor Greg Whyte OBE

   Leading sport scientist puts the case for not locking-down leisure

9. Help us make a difference to Student Health and Wellbeing

   Take part in our Student Lifestyle and Health Survey and help shape our wellbeing services.

10. Global impact for publication on lack of exercise under ‘lockdown’

    Research which highlights changes to the human body during lockdown and other sedentary situations is having a huge impact among scientists worldwide.