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1. Five ways an Academic Achievement Writing Cafe can help your studies

   Our third-year journalism student, Ryan Everett, went along to an Academic Achievement Writing Café, here’s what he learnt which could help your studies too

2. Five things for our new students to do before they arrive

   As more students confirm their places at LJMU and we prepare for clearing, here’s five essential things we’ll be encouraging our new students to do as soon as possible.

3. Oldest Pharaonic mummy from Museum of Florence finally has a face

   Forensic techniques by international scientists has led to the facial reconstruction of the oldest preserved mummy in the Egyptian Museum of Florence

4. Leading banker and philanthropist John Studzinski CBE delivers latest Roscoe lecture

   The investment banker and philanthropist gave an inspirational lecture as part of the Roscoe series delivered in partnership with the PH Holt Foundation.

5. Face Lab reveals average faces of 19th century British and Tasmanian convicts

   Research conducted by LJMU’s Face Lab has revealed the average faces of British and Tasmanian convicts from the 19th century.

6. Diwali 2019 starts on Sunday 27th October and lasts for five days

   Diwali is the famous festival of lights, when families and friends get together to feast and celebrate. The five day festival begins on Sunday 27th October 2019; each day has its own individual meaning and associated celebration. The third day of Diwali is regarded as the most important day. Diwali literally means a ‘row of Lights’. It is a celebration of light! It is a time filled with light and love. The festival does not follow the Gregorian but rather the Hindu calendar known as ‘Tithi,’ which is a lunar calendar. We would like to wish all our students and staff community who celebrate this festival a very happy Diwali!

7. Have you seen or experienced something that made you feel uncomfortable? Report it.

   Report and Support is LJMU's harassment and sexual misconduct reporting platform.

8. Our ancient relative who “walked like a human, but climbed like an ape”

   New fossils are the missing link that settles a decades old debate proving early hominins used their upper limbs to climb like apes, and their lower limbs to walk like humans

9. UN Report Warns Borneo’s Orangutans Face Severe Threats from Land Cover and Climate Change

   Over 80 percent of the orangutan’s remaining habitat in Borneo could be lost by the year 2080 if the island’s current land-use policies remain intact.

10. "Girls are good enough" – says LJMU student fighting for more women to enter STEM professions

    The UK's percentage of female engineers in the UK is far lower than other developed countries, according to a recent report by the Royal Academy of Engineering, with women only making up a small fraction of the nation's engineering graduates.