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1. In memoriam: Bob Askwith

   The university is deeply saddened by the death of Dr Bob Askwith.

2. REF 2029 resources and workshops

   Resources and briefing sessions are being made available to researchers interested in developing case studies for REF 2029.

3. Cosmic fireworks as distant star ‘squeezed’ by massive black hole

   Daniel Perley and collaborators describe only third Black Hole 'tidal event' on astronomical record in the journal Nature

4. Next-gen smart road surfaces prove potential

   Yangming Gao and Patryk Kot publish first lab trial results of electronic self-sensing asphalt in the international journal of Construction and Building Materials

5. Generation X hardest hit as drug deaths rise yet again in England and Wales

   Record deaths but many drugs not even included in figures.

6. Anthropologists play down links between modern humans and Denisovans

   An anthropologist at Liverpool John Moores University and other researchers have played down links between modern Asian physiology and a recently discovered early human species, Denisova hominins.

7. Celebrating 40 years of Sports Science

   LJMU at the forefront of sporting innovation and development since 1975.

8. Alcohol deaths in the UK rose to record level in 2021

   Harry Sumnall, Professor of Substance Abuse, LJMU and Ian Hamilton, Honorary Fellow, University of York write in The Conversation

9. Board of Governors - Non-Teaching Staff - Call for Nominations

   Call for nominations to fill the Non-Teaching Staff vacancy on the Board of Governors

10. Green business scheme shortlisted by Times Higher

    Clean Growth UK initiative impacts 2,300 organisations