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1. Does this painting offend you?

   Was Manchester Art Gallery's removal of JW Waterhouse's Hylas and the Nymphs a brilliant conversation-starter or a PC act of censorship? History of Art lecturer Dr Juliet Caroll and students give their thoughts

2. Alpine F1 performance coach and jet lag doctoral researcher visits LJMU ahead of new Formula 1 season

   Sport and Exercise Science Professional Doctorate student, Tom Clark, visited LJMU last week in preparation for the start of the new Formula 1 season and to discuss his jet lag research. Tom has spent the past four years working with the Alpine F1 team and specifically their driver Esteban Ocon.

3. Meet LJMU's own Ten Pound Pom

   Professor of Creative Writing Catherine Cole's poignant memoir on emigration to Australia and the bravery of migrants

4. Teacher Training: Partnership approach earns praise from Ofsted

   Inspectors also cite social justice, mentoring and curriculum as Primary and Secondary training earn 'good' status

5. We are failing in a key cornerstone of democracy in the UK: justice

   We spoke to Dr Lizz Peatfield JP about the failings of the criminal justice system after the publication of her new book The Reality of Justice in England's lower courts

6. The life of a primatologist

   Meet LJMU primate specialist and lecturer in Animal Behaviour, Dr Alex Piel. He talks about his research on chimpanzees and what they tell us about our own history.

7. Staff and Students celebrate South Asian and East South-east Asian Heritage Month

   The Diversity and Inclusion event held at the Student Life Building this week ‘Cultivating Representation: If you can see it, you can be it’ was open to all staff and students to celebrate South Asian (SA) and East South-east Asian (ESEA) Heritage Month.

8. Students work with English National Ballet and Tate Liverpool

   Collaborative partnerships create unique opportunities

9. Paralympics team GB are Rio ready with LJMU help

   An LJMU student and several LJMU sports experts are behind a cohort of para-athletes who will be going for gold in Rio this week.

10. Energy from plants - how hybrids can boost biomass production

    Plant biologists show methods to improve Miscanthus hybrids to optimise seed production