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1. Students at the Heart Conference

   A Quick Update - blog by the conference team

2. In memoriam: Peter Law

   The university is deeply saddened by the death of Peter Law, who passed away peacefully after a short illness on Thursday 8 February.

3. The universe is smoother than the standard model of cosmology suggests – so is the theory broken?

   Ian G McCarthy, Reader in Astrophysics at Liverpool John Moores University writes for The Conversation's Cosmology in Crisis series.

4. Research supports fears of UK voter suppression

   Scrutiny of pilots for Photo-ID scheme cause for concern for legal experts

5. Instagram: no link with anxiety, depression and loneliness

   Research presented at British Psychological Society counters assumptions around self worth and lifestyle

6. Sport science programmes promote greater diversity

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

7. Early language learning linked to school maths performance - report

   Two-year study concludes into how children develop numeracy skills

8. Professor's shock at destruction of Earth's habitats

   Leading primatologist Serge Wich has expressed his shock after contributing to research which suggests only 3% of the world's land remains ecologically intact with healthy populations of all its original animals.

9. New book reveals lives, loves and losses behind War Widows’ Quilt

   A new digital exhibition book tells the moving stories that lie behind the squares of the War Widows Quilt, a collaborative piece of art made by more than 90 war widows.

10. Hiking retirement age to 70+ inequitable, say experts

    Industrial Relations expert at Liverpool Business School Dr Maddy Stevens critical of 'unfair' pension plan