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1. Your new Academic Board members

   Following the call for nominations for five vacancies on our Academic Board, the Secretariat is pleased to announce that they have filled the positions.

2. Acing your exams and assessments

   How to ace your exams and assessments, tips on mastering distraction and quick study hacks, insights on how to prioritise self-care, study spots on and off campus, booking rooms, and support during the exam period.

3. IT upgrades coming your way

   During the summer, IT services will be delivering an upgrade to Microsoft Office and Google Chrome will become the default browser.

4. Unitemps: Your Student Employment Hub

   Unitemps answers your frequently asked questions about part-time work while studying at LJMU.

5. Taking control of your future

   Meet Jack Fitzpatrick - LJMU third year student and inspirational speaker at our careers events for students and graduates with disabilities.

6. Research: Virtual reality proves violence breeds violence

   Simulation predicts history of violence in certain individuals

7. Cook Together: Two more free lunches this February

   As part of LJMU’s support with the rising cost of living, LJMU is offering free lunches every Friday throughout February as part of our Cook Together initiative.

8. How scavengers avoid infection and what we can learn from them - The Conversation

   Dr Darren Sexton of LJMU's School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences studies antibacterial products from the natural world of plants and animals

9. Why algae is a forensic biologists best friend

   Dr Kirstie Scott explains how diatoms provide evidence in BBC cold case

10. ‘Pest’ monkeys save palm oil industry millions

    MONKEYS save the palm oil industry hundreds of millions each year by killing damaging pests, according to researchers in Liverpool, UK.