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1. ‘Macho’ culture self-perpetuating in armed police units in England & Wales

   School of Justice Studies report for National Police Chiefs Council

2. Weight management programme 90% effective in tackling childhood obesity

   Results of LJMU GOALS programme.

3. Nightlife safety: What more can be done?

   Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership with LJMU Public Health Institute host major summit on night-time safety and 'Club Health'

4. Researchers prove herbivore mammals do have bigger bellies

   Dr Carlo Meloro from Liverpool John Moores University, with a team of European scientists, has investigated the volumes of body cavities in a large range of extant and fossil tetrapods and found that plant feeding animals have bigger bellies than their carnivore counterparts.

5. How best to tackle health inequalities?

   Public Health Institute report identifies areas of effective and ineffective intervention

6. New EDI Workshops Announced – Domestic Abuse Awareness & ‘Actions Speak Louder’ Allyship Training 

   LJMU's Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Team are proud to be working in partnership with a number of subject specialists, to deliver a range of interactive (online) staff development training opportunities, including the introduction of two brand new courses; a 2 hour Domestic Abuse Awareness Workshop and a 90min 'Actions Speak Louder' Experiential Allyship (Race) training session, as well as the return of LJMU's 3 hour Transgender Awareness Workshop (back by popular demand).

7. Lockdown study finds undiagnosed mental health crisis among new mothers

   This article by Vicky Fallon, Lecturer in Health Psychology at the University of Liverpool, Sergio A. Silverio, Kings College London and Siân Macleod Davies, Liverpool John Moores University was first published by `The Conversation.

8. Pandemic exacerbated disadvantages faced by young people with special needs and disabilities

   Education, mental health, and social care downgraded or, in some cases, withdrawn altogether.

9. LJMU astronomer helps uncover new object in famous galaxy

   A team of astronomers from the Astrophysics Research Institute at LJMU and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory got a big surprise!

10. Molecular 'track-and-trace' of ocean life outperforms traditional fish and marine surveys

    Scientists who track-and-trace fish for a living claim that analysing seawater can tell us the richest story of what lies beneath the waves.