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1. Updates to Welcome Week and Freshers 22 for students

   Monday 19 September is now a bank holiday. View the updated welcome week/freshers 22 schedule here

2. 7 ways Liverpool was key to improvements in health care

   We look at how and why Liverpool was a catalyst for change when it came to public health and how it continues to make a difference in health care today.

3. Alcatraz, Auschwitz, Chernobyl…the appeal of dark tourism

   Is dark tourism just another fad in the age of the selfie and tick list travelling? Gillian O’Brien explains its appeal and gives it historical context.

4. Information and guidance regarding scabies

   Communal living arrangements such as university residences can make students more at risk of contracting scabies. Find out what the symptoms are and guidance of what to do next.

5. LJMU libraries maintain Customer Service Excellence Award

   Library Services also recognised for being exceptional in 10 areas.

6. LJMU welcomes Accelerator City status

   LJMU’s new climate and sustainability research institute has welcomed the announcement that Liverpool has become the world’s first ‘Accelerator City’ for climate action.

7. LJMU on hand to ease NHS burden on endoscopy demand

   Gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy in the UK is at its highest and continues to rise, LJMU is now aiming to meet this gap in patient need by supporting the delivery of a new course.

8. Aurora 21/22 Open for Applications

   Advance HEs Aurora Womens Leadership Development programme is open for applications.

9. How best to tackle health inequalities?

   Public Health Institute report identifies areas of effective and ineffective intervention

10. Scheme helps LJMU employ more local people of colour

    A new scheme, Positive Action Training (PAT), helping local people of colour enter employment at LJMU has been launched by the Vice-Chancellor (interim).