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1. Ramadan 2020

   We wish a peaceful Ramadan to all those observing the Holy Month.

2. In memoriam: John Windle

   We are saddened to learn of the death of our former colleague, John Windle.

3. 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

4. P60s now available on Staff Infobase

   How to access your 2022/23 P60.

5. Revised new student welcome webpages now live

   Staff are encouraged to take a look through the information we are sharing with new students before the start of the 2023/24 academic year.

6. Students inspired by Steven Gerrard story

   Honorary Fellow and former Liverpool FC and England captain visits LJMU

7. Latest Roscoe celebrates 'Littlewoods Legacy'

   200 individuals from across the Liverpool City Region attended the latest Roscoe Lecture at the Museum of Liverpool to hear about the legacy of Littlewoods.

8. Exhibition of composite images reveals faces of 19th and 21st Century crime

   The difference between the fates of ordinary people and criminals is ‘paper thin’, as demonstrated by a new exhibition of composite facial images of 19th Century and 21st Century criminals.

9. A timely reflection on Liverpool and our lives

   At a time when COVID 19 has made people fearful, isolated or alone, Jeff Youngs new book, Ghost Town, offers not only a fascinating read but also a reflection on all those things that are important to us, our families, friends and communities. Its a deeply felt and beautifully written journey through Jeffs Liverpool childhood, the adult writer stalking Liverpool alone or with friends, searching for a past lost, regained, remembered so viscerally that the reader feels intimately connected to the child Jeff longing to leave the hospital where hes had his tonsils removed or to the older man out walking with writer friend, Horatio Clare, in search of de Quincey in Everton.

10. 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.