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1. Preventing serious violence could save £200m

   LJMU Public Health Institute research for Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership and Police and Crime Commissioner

2. Policy updates: Safeguarding, Freedom of Speech and more

   Student Advice and Wellbeing and the International team want to make staff aware in particular of an update to the Safeguarding Policy regarding under-18 international students with LJMU and collaborative partners.

3. Exam Timetables

   April/May 2019 Examination Timetables are now available for LJMU students.

4. The Conversation: Most humans haven’t evolved to cope with the cold, yet we dominate northern climates – here’s why

   Evolutionary biologists Dr Laura Buck and Dr Kyoko Yamaguchi write in The Conversation on how human species (hominins) have coped with cold climates over the millennia.

5. LJMU announces Honorary Fellowships for Summer Graduation

   Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is delighted to announce this year’s Honorary Fellowships to be conferred during its graduation ceremonies this July.

6. Academic Board Election Results Notice

   Following the close of the elections for 6 posts on the Academic Board, the results are now available.

7. RCBB Neuroscience Theme Event – Engagement and Effort

   In this RCBB Neuroscience Theme event various internal and external speakers will discuss research on engagement and effort.

8. MA Art in Science exhibition - 'The Speculative Herbarium'

   Despite a long history of preserving plants in herbariums, medicinal plants are often underrepresented in public-facing educational institutions such as museums. The Speculative Herbarium intertwines scientific practices used behind the scenes in herbaria with visual art and poetry, offering an insight into the important preservation work occurring in herbaria.

9. MA Art in Science exhibition - 'Fading Footsteps'

   Visual art can be a powerful activist tool to combat biodiversity loss and foster greater emotional regard for non-human animals. This exhibition presents an auto-ethnographical account of a visit to Uganda. Personal meaning maps, paintings and films aim to stimulate awareness of endangered and vulnerable primate species and evoke increased empathy towards supporting conservation.

10. Knife crime and gangs: how a decade of bad policy left deprived young people without real choice

    England’s dramatic rise in gang-related knife crime has been called a “disease” by the UK home secretary, Sajid Javid, and amid the daily drama of Brexit the prime minister, Theresa May, has called a summit of 100 experts to Downing Street to discuss the issue.