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1. Long service staff celebrate milestones

   Long service staff who have worked at the university for over 25 years were celebrated at an event at the Hilton, Liverpool last week.

2. Elvis and The Beatles

   As BBC2 marked the 50th anniversary of a momentous meeting between Elvis Presley and The Beatles, LJMU lecturer Jeff Young penned a drama for the occasion inspired by the secret meeting that took place in Elvis’s Bel Air mansion in 1965.

3. Battle of the Atlantic 80th anniversary events led by LJMU

   This month Liverpool will play host to a swathe of commemorative events marking its links with WWII’s Battle of the Atlantic, 80 years on. LJMU’s staff and students across its Drama, History and Maritime programmes will play a role in marking this milestone anniversary

4. Young artist awarded first Liverpool Biennial and LJMU Fellowship

   Rosa Johan Uddoh is the first artist to receive the Liverpool Biennial Fellowship founded by Liverpool John Moores University.

5. Michael Morpurgo Roscoe Lecture

   War Boy to War Horse

6. LJMU marks Remembrance 2023

   Students and staff have marked Remembrance 2023 by supporting the RBL Poppy Appeal, taking part in acts of Remembrance, and showcasing research.

7. Representatives wanted for programme review

   LJMU is looking to recruit chair and university panel representatives for the validation and periodic programme review 2024-25.

8. Conductor delivers virtuoso performance

   Vasily Petrenko, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's Chief Conductor, on Russian history and music.

9. Professorship and readership conferment process

   To provide as much planning time as possible we can confirm that the LJMU professorship and readership conferment process for 2023/24 will open from 27 November 2023.

10. Thoughtful design can help people with Dementia

    Professor Mary Marshall OBE, director for 16 years of the world expert’s in applied dementia research: the Dementia Services Development Centre at the University of Stirling, gave an architectural lecture which explained why certain designs in buildings can be distressing for people with dementia.