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1. Vice-Chancellor receives Maritime Ambassadors Award

   LJMU Vice-Chancellor Professor Nigel Weatherill has been recognised by Mersey Maritime for his commitment to securing the future of the Liverpool City Region Maritime Sector.

2. LJMU main university in China maritime partnership

   A Memorandum of Understanding is set to strengthen a relationship between Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) and LJMU that stretches back over ten years in Maritime, covering extensive research projects and postgraduate opportunities.

3. How AR technology could transform flood risk understanding and build resilience in the face of climate change

   Communities affected by flooding, and agencies responsible for managing flood risk, have had a first look at new Augmented Reality (AR) technology which shows the extent of future flood risk in their neighbourhoods.

4. Elvis and The Beatles

   As BBC2 marked the 50th anniversary of a momentous meeting between Elvis Presley and The Beatles, LJMU lecturer Jeff Young penned a drama for the occasion inspired by the secret meeting that took place in Elvis’s Bel Air mansion in 1965.

5. Addressing UK engineering's innovation lag

   Anthony Walker, Strategic Manager for the Horizons project, spoke with The Engineer about the adoption of game-changing technologies such as AI across the UK engineering sector and argues for urgent action.

6. Study of 'nearest human relative' suggests parenting more influential than genetics

   Paper in Communications Biology looked at influencers of stress in 600 chimpanzees

7. Sensor City hi-tech innovation centre launch

   A new hi-tech business hub that could create 1,000 jobs and house 300 new businesses over the next decade has officially launched.

8. Blue tits individually decide: "Should I stay or should I go?"

   A new study reveals that energy resources, shelter and the environment are not the only factors involved in blue tits’ decisions to migrate or remain resident, their individual personalities also play a role.

9. Book your place at journalism and EDI conference

   The journalism department is hosting a free one-day conference on EDI in journalism education on Wednesday 26 June.

10. Ethnically diverse and Ethnic minority to substitute the BAME Acronym across LJMU

    Following a university wide survey and subsequent focus groups, ethnically diverse or ethnic minority are to replace the use of BAME across the university.