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1. LJMU first university to use teaching and research 'robot dog'

   Civil Engineers show off canine construction robot at LJMU Open Day.

2. Dance soiree to explore ‘Growing Old in the Soviet Union’

   Participants are invited to watch a 30-minute dance following the life trajectory of two Soviet citizens and then to give views about ageing and older people as part of an LJMU History and Wellcome Trust project.

3. Tyrannosaurus or Hadrosaur: How well can AI identify dinosaur footprints?

   Artificial intelligence comes out on top in machine v human challenge to identify fossil dinosaur tracks

4. Respect Always Coffee and Catch Ups this November

   Do you feel respected within LJMU? All staff are invited to Respect Always 'Coffee and Catch Ups' throughout November to tell us your thoughts. Refreshments will also be provided.

5. 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

6. Professorship, readership

   The Professorship and Readership Conferment process for 2023 is now open.

7. Heating engineer wins Undergraduate of Year Award

   Engineering graduate Bas Pilar wins Undergraduate of Year Award from Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

8. Athletics coach Graham helps sprinter Ola Abidogun win Commonwealth bronze

   LJMUs Head of Capital Development, Graham Pilkington, was in Birmingham earlier this week as he watched one of his athletes, Ola Abidogun, win bronze in the T45-T47 100m.

9. REF success leads to significant boost in funding

   LJMU is to receive 52% more funding from Research England

10. Tell your students about Freshers 22 activities

    Students can sign up for Freshers 22 activities or staff can make a group booking for their programme.