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1. Liverpool Short Film Festival attracts massive interest

   Student organised festival receives 3,000 films from 15 countries

2. Broadcast Hub delivers interviews with Sky News and international broadcasters

   The Broadcast Hub is proving to be a useful tool for further raising the profile of the University, with Dr David Lowe conducting interviews with Sky News and broadcasters based in Istanbul and Dubai.

3. Lunar New Year celebrations at LJMU and across Liverpool

   This week LJMU and JMSU held Lunar New Year celebrations in the Student Life Building to welcome in the year of the rabbit. Find out more about Lunar New Year and celebrations happening across the city this weekend

4. One of only eight universities to secure prestigious international funding

   LJMU has been awarded approximately £490,000 from Research England’s first ever International Investment Initiative (I3). The award has been jointly made to LJMU and The University of Western Australia (UWA) for the international collaboration project, i-CARDIO. The project has a dual focus; the first component is the delivery of workshops to develop innovative ways to detect cardiovascular diseases for preventative intervention using imaging techniques. The second element is the evaluation of Australia’s model of accreditation of clinical exercise scientists and physiologists. The accreditation incorporates university and work place-based learning to enable graduates to secure roles in the healthcare system as recognised allied health professionals.

5. Women in Sport Journalism Day

   It has been called the last men's club in journalism, but expect a much more female future for the UK's sport coverage.

6. International curriculum handbook to enhance teaching of technology education

   Dr Matt McLain, a Senior Lecturer in Education and Professional Learning in the School of Education has co-edited the Bloomsbury Handbook of Technology Education, a forward thinking new text that brings together international perspectives to enhance technology teaching.

7. American university chiefs in Liverpool to mark landmark partnership with LJMU

   Liverpool John Moores University has announced a series of new ventures with a leading American university.

8. What's happening in Liverpool this semester?

   Liverpool was recently crowned the number one student city by the Student Crowd Awards, so what sort of amazing things can you get up to this new year and new semester both on and off campus. Here’s our top picks for things to do this semester.

9. Nanotech to lengthen life-span of electric vehicles

   Electric vehicles (EVs) are an important part of meeting global goals on climate change, but with more than half of their emissions coming in the manufacturing phase, product duration is key to ensuring EVs remain low-carbon emitters.

10. John Moores Painting Prize China comes to Liverpool

    This week LJMU played host to prize-winning works from the China residency programme of the John Moores Painting Prize.