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1. Study tempers hopes of 'voice assistant' retail boom

   Millions of consumers could end up giving shopping-with-Alexa a miss unless  retailers improve the buying experience, according to new research published this week by Liverpool Business School.

2. Summer building opening times

   LJMU will move to its summer building opening hours from Monday 24 June.

3. LJMU ranks in top 60 UK universities for Sustainable Development Goals

   Liverpool John Moores University has ranked 301st to 400th internationally in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, for its commitment to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The rankings also place LJMU in the top 60 UK universities and top six universities in the North West

4. Cosmic fireworks as distant star ‘squeezed’ by massive black hole

   Daniel Perley and collaborators describe only third Black Hole 'tidal event' on astronomical record in the journal Nature

5. Discovery of a new great ape: The Tapanuli orangutan

   An international team of researchers have just described a new ape species, the Tapanuli orangutan, find out more about this exciting discovery here.

6. Project Harpocrates scholarship for police staff seeking a career in covert investigations and intelligence

   The police staff, drawn from Nottinghamshire Police, West Midlands Police and British Transport Police, secured the scholarship opportunity under an initiative known as Project Harpocrates. The project seeks to support law enforcement efforts to recruit and retain staff in the highly specialist area of covert operations and specialist intelligence.  Whilst the project was open to all officers one of the specific aims of the project is to increase the representation of  Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff (BAME)  in this challenging and exciting area of investigation and intelligence management.

7. 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.

8. Reconstructing Ice Age environments

   A study into the feeding behaviour of two extinct European rhinoceros species has revealed an unexpected survival strategy for a mammalian family of the Ice Ages.

9. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Staff Networks and Related Ally Groups

   Join Today - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Staff Networks & Related Ally Groups

10. Graduation review: Tuesday 11 July 2017

    Find out more about the second day of LJMU's 2017 Summer Graduation Ceremonies that were held at Liverpool Cathedral on Tuesday 11 July.