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1. Project Harpocrates scholarship for police staff seeking a career in covert investigations and intelligence

   The police staff, drawn from Nottinghamshire Police, West Midlands Police and British Transport Police, secured the scholarship opportunity under an initiative known as Project Harpocrates. The project seeks to support law enforcement efforts to recruit and retain staff in the highly specialist area of covert operations and specialist intelligence.  Whilst the project was open to all officers one of the specific aims of the project is to increase the representation of  Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff (BAME)  in this challenging and exciting area of investigation and intelligence management.

2. Digital and creative industries reap rewards of LJMU ‘Activate’ scheme

   A business support scheme to connect digital and creative firms with academic and sector experts has received glowing feedback.

3. Lecturer's work featured in national showcase

   A project featuring a lecturer from LJMU will take centre stage next week (Monday 14 June Saturday 19 June) at the British Academys Summer Showcase.

4. Major new study into impacts of COVID-19 on children

   A major study has been launched to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 on children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

5. Exercise maintains 'rhythm of life'

   Exercising at a regular time of day may help to ward off mental health conditions by protecting the body's natural circadian rhythms, research suggests.

6. Great apes predicted to lose 90% of African homelands, study finds

   A triple-whammy of climate change, land-use change and human population growth is set to decimate the habitats of Africas great apes gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos over the coming 30 years.

7. What the Pandemic Taught Me 3 - LJMU Together

   Two academics and two professional services staff contribute their 'take-aways' to the debate ....

8. New mental wellbeing peer support

   We have a new team in place to help support any member of staff with their mental wellbeing. The LJMU Connectors are on hand to provide peer support and make sure colleagues have access to the appropriate resources and services.

9. Civil engineers offer solution to Bangladesh's toxic construction industry

   A NOVEL brick made from industrial waste has the potential to make a positive environmental impact and create 'clean jobs' in Bangladesh and elsewhere.

10. Machines that 'learn how to learn'

    Researchers have developed a new approach to machine learning that mimics humans ability to learn how to learn.