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1. Milky Way research earns Parliament invite

   Early-career researcher Hannah Dalgleish was invited to Parliament after making a new discovery about the Milky Way.

2. £5M European funding to support development of Liverpool’s ‘Sensor City’

   The England European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020, has awarded £5 million to support the development of a hi-tech sensor hub in Liverpool city centre.

3. Revealing 100-year global height study

   Dutch men and Latvian women are the tallest on the planet, according to the largest ever study of height around the world. The research group, which included LJMU’s Dr Lynne Boddy, conducted the study using data from most countries in the world, tracking the height of young adult men and women between 1914 and 2014.

4. New partnership to help Liverpool continue course to becoming leading entrepreneurial city

   £500,000 for five years of start-up business support at LJMU

5. Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable delivers Roscoe Lecture

   Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable will deliver one of LJMU’s popular Roscoe Lectures, entitled ‘Brexit and the North/South divide’ on Monday, 13 February.

6. LJMU provide sport science at this week’s golf Open

   Professor Graeme Close leads nutritional and player recovery support at Royal Liverpool, Hoylake.

7. Chief Constable annual lecture

   A packed theatre listened to Sir Jon Murphy QPM deliver his third state of the city lecture, which this year focused on the question, 'Is there a future for neighbourhood policing?' The event was organised by the Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies.

8. Construction students first in UK to use digital learning resource

   Graduate to be work-ready in Building Information Modelling

9. Students inspire schoolchildren to think about university

   Outreach Team in Recruitment and Admissions run successful eight-week mentoring scheme matching undergraduates with GCSE pupils with Liverpool Arabic Centre

10. Part-time job opportunity for students and graduates

    LJMU students and graduates are invited to apply for positions in a team of marshals helping to keep our buildings COVID-safe in the new academic year.