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1. Director Ken Loach talks to students

   Legendary British film director Ken Loach joined staff and students for a screening of his 1995 film 'Land and Freedom' followed by an hour-long Q&A.

2. Radical conservation offers hope for Orangutan

   A new study involving LJMU’s world-leading animal conservationists says radical action is needed now to avert the loss of thousands more orangutans.

3. LJMU produced films to be shown at COP26 in Glasgow

   LJMU films of how fast rising sea levels impact island communities will be shown to delegates at Glasgow COP26 next week.

4. LJMU ‘Eco-bricks’ set to extinguish Bangladesh’s polluting kilns

   Civil Engineers from LJMU are helping solve one of the most pressing industrial problems in Bangladesh with a new process for making bricks.

5. Hanukkah Sameach (Happy Hanukkah)!

   Liverpool Jewish Society and our EDI team explain the importance of the festival in the Jewish calendar

6. Genetics plays huge part in animal migration - study

   Reindeer from one 'genetic ancestry' travel ten times further on average than others

7. World Walking Day 2021

   Its #WorldWalkingDay this weekend (3 October) and in partnership with The Association For International Sport for All (TAFISA), LJMU are encouraging our community to get walking! 

8. More Sumatran orangutans found in the wild than expected

   Researchers have discovered c.14,600 animals still live in the wild today - 8,000 more than expected.

9. The importance of the Navy during WW1

   The Right Honourable Lord West of Spithead delivered a Roscoe Lecture which emphasised the importance of the Navy during World War One.

10. $1 billion not enough to halt orangutan decline

    A new study shows that money is better spent on forest protection and law enforcement than rescue and rehabilitation