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1. Green app can help save £100 a month in travel costs

   Liverpool City Region residents could save up to £100 each month by swapping car journeys for bike rides or walks according to data from a new mobile app being launched this week.

2. LJMU's £10million to offset the cost of university

   Bursaries, scholarships and grants to students top £10million for the first time as cost-of-living bites

3. VC becomes Deputy Lieutenant of Merseyside

   LJMU Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nigel Weatherill, has been made Deputy Lieutenant in the County of Merseyside, recognising his contribution to the region

4. Representing the UK at European University Film Awards

   As the only UK university LJMU was one of 13 European universities to participate in this year’s first European University Film Awards(EUFA).

5. 200 firms supported in drive to low carbon economy

   £5.2 million Low Carbon Eco-Innovatory hits milestone and bids for fresh funding

6. Liverpool welcomes London's Lord Mayor for the day

   The Lord Mayor of the City of London visited Liverpool this week to back a major growth strategy and new vision for the city region. The Lord Mayor, Alderman the Lord Mountevans, met with business leaders in the city region as part of a visit organised by Professional Liverpool and Liverpool in London.

7. Making Every Contact Count training day

   This mental health training will take place on Tuesday 10 October, 9.30am to 3pm, Exchange Station G20 and 21.

8. New LJMU intranet launched

   Staff and student homepages get new look and feel with improvements in access to news, announcements and quick links

9. Empowering staff to support PGRs from racially minoritised groups

   Academic and professional services staff who support PGRs have a bespoke training and development opportunity designed by the educational charity Grit Breakthrough. Using a coaching approach to support PGRs is a two-day online coaching workshop, which will run across two days in November.

10. 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