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1. Big Ideas: "This is just the beginning of English Devolution" - expert

   Dr Paul Anderson, an expert in English politics, in a Q&A on devolution

2. International Women's Day

   International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th every year; it is a focal point in the movement for women’s rights.

3. New Liverpool Health Commission to focus on first 1,000 days of life

   Liverpool Health Commission, an independent panel established by Liverpool John Moores University, with research expertise and support provided by the university, has been set up to investigate and analyse health care policy issues.

4. Galaxies are cosmic cauldrons heated by star formation

   Astronomers show that stars form rapidly and drive interstellar gas bubbles throughout galaxies.

5. 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.

6. Championing positive culture change

   It was standing room only at LJMU's BAME Staff Network launch held at Sensor City earlier this month. The session, which was chaired by Professor Ahmed Al-Shamma’a, featured a range of enlightening and informative keynote talks.

7. ‘Macho’ culture self-perpetuating in armed police units in England & Wales

   School of Justice Studies report for National Police Chiefs Council

8. 'Deviant entrepreneurship' in Merseyside street gangs

   We talk to Dr Robert Hesketh from the School of Justice Studies about his research into drug dealing as a substitute for employment in Merseyside street gangs.

9. Artificial Intelligence to give new access to 500-year-old manuscripts

   Ground-breaking computational methods will be used by a team of researchers to advance the access of historical collections and study the history of Early Colonial Mexico.

10. LJMU launch new Disability Sport and Physical Activity Network (DisSPA)

    LJMU were joined by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE DL & Professor Greg Whyte to launch new Disability Sport and Physical Activity Network (DisSPA Network) this month.