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1. A potential new threat to bumblebees identified by researchers

   Parasitic worm sold to gardeners causes rapid death in bumble bees

2. Law lecturer appointed to Inner Temple

   Dr Alison Lui becomes Academic Fellow

3. Can we turn the tide for orangutans in 2016?

   Assisting conservationists in combating primate extinction threats

4. How the brain controls our sense of touch

   MRC Funded grant to offer most detailed insight yet

5. 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.

6. Support for Devolution Deal for Liverpool City Region

   Liverpool John Moores University is keen to support the Government and the Liverpool City region Devolution Deal. Overall we see this as a positive step forward for the City Region.

7. Andrew McMillan announced winner of Guardian First Book Award 2015

   Creative Writing Lecturer, Andrew McMillan, has become the first poet to win the Guardian First Book Award with Physical, a ‘breathtaking’ collection that explores modern male anxiety in settings from the gym to northern industrial towns.

8. Did Neanderthals have finer feelings?

   Understanding the lives of early people

9. Honorary Fellow: Ronald Muirhead

   Oration for Honorary Fellowship presented by Roger Phillips

10. Honorary Fellow: Deborah Shackleton CBE

    Oration for Honorary Fellowship presented by Sir Bert Massie