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1. LJMU making an impact at Six Nations rugby

   Professor Graeme Close and his team support England Rugby nutrition for the ninth Six Nations tournament

2. Summer and graduate placement opportunities

   A great range of 200-hour part-time (20 hours per week over 10 weeks) and five-month full-time, paid student summer placements are currently available exclusively to LJMU students.

3. Pioneering concept unites University and cultural giants

   Unrivalled access for students: Jackson Pollock at Tate Liverpool

4. 2016 Lever Prize shortlist

   School of Art and Design and FACT partnership project praised

5. Driving innovation, research and development for the Merseyside maritime sector

   Ground-breaking Maritime partnership for skills and innovation

6. Thoughtful design can help people with Dementia

   Professor Mary Marshall OBE, director for 16 years of the world expert’s in applied dementia research: the Dementia Services Development Centre at the University of Stirling, gave an architectural lecture which explained why certain designs in buildings can be distressing for people with dementia.

7. Elvis and The Beatles

   As BBC2 marked the 50th anniversary of a momentous meeting between Elvis Presley and The Beatles, LJMU lecturer Jeff Young penned a drama for the occasion inspired by the secret meeting that took place in Elvis’s Bel Air mansion in 1965.

8. World’s obese population hits 640 million

   More than one in ten men and one in seven women across the globe are now obese, according to the world’s biggest obesity study.

9. Honorary Fellowship: Dr John Cater CBE

   Liverpool John Moores University awards Honorary Fellowship to Dr John Cater at Liverpool Cathedral on Monday 11 July 2016.

10. LJMU academic shaping solutions to tackle climate concerns across the construction industry

    Dr Ana Bras has been nominated as chair of an international committee looking to find solutions to climate challenges across the whole chain of construction.