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1. Honorary Fellow: The Right Reverend Dr Pete Wilcox

   Read the oration for The Right Reverend Dr Pete Wilcox as he received his Honorary Fellowship from LJMU, the University's highest honour.

2. Charlie becomes National Teaching Fellow

   Dr Charlie Smith from the Liverpool School of Art and Design has received national recognition for his outstanding contribution to teaching and learning. He has today been announced as a winner of the prestigious National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS).

3. Student Spotlight: Mike Lynn

   This week we introduce Mike Lynn, a recent LJMU postgraduate who is working closely with organisations such as Joshua Tree and Alderhey hospital to try to fight for improvements in cancer after care nutrition and exercise in paediatric patients.

4. An afternoon with an astronaut

   Over 300 attendees from across Liverpool attended an ‘Afternoon with Helen Sharman ‘to listen to the inspiring story of what it was really like to become the first British astronaut in space.

5. Sleeping 'well not long' linked to better health

   First study of restricted sleep patterns and respiratory illness

6. Liverpool Philharmonic, Help Musicians UK and LJMU announce pioneering research partnership

   Liverpool Philharmonic, Help Musicians UK and Liverpool John Moores University have announced a new partnership for groundbreaking research into injury prevention in professional musicians.

7. Class of 2021 "uniquely skilled for classroom"

   Its been a tough year for LJMU's six hundred or so trainee teachers, but they will be uniquely skilled, argues Jan Rowe.

8. Our ancient relative who “walked like a human, but climbed like an ape”

   New fossils are the missing link that settles a decades old debate proving early hominins used their upper limbs to climb like apes, and their lower limbs to walk like humans

9. Student Spotlight

   Each week we will be highlighting either an individual or group of students from LJMU in our new feature, Student Spotlight. It will let people know about your LJMU journey, LJMU life, your experiences in Liverpool and the good work that happens around the university

10. Annual survey and audit of teaching space to take place this October

    The annual survey and audit of teaching space will take place across the university between the hours of 9am and 5pm from Monday 23 to Friday 27 October 2023.