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1. IT upgrades coming your way

   During the summer, IT services will be delivering an upgrade to Microsoft Office and Google Chrome will become the default browser.

2. Discoveries of faint galaxies using supernovae

   Tom Sedgwick, PhD student at the Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI), part of LJMU,has with a team of ARI astronomers discovered 140 ‘new’galaxies, with findings due to be published in April’s edition of the prestigious journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

3. International student, Roy's five favourite Liverpool spots

   LJMU MSc Electrical Power and Control Engineering postgraduate student Roy gives us his five favourite spots in the city

4. Discovery of new type of space dust excites astrophysicists

   LJMU works with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on study of early Universe

5. Were sauropods swimmers or walkers?

   An international team of scientists, led by the China University of Geosciences in Beijing and including palaeontologists from the Liverpool John Moores University, has shed new light on some unusual dinosaur tracks from northern China. The tracks appear to have been made by four-legged sauropod dinosaurs yet only two of their feet have left prints behind.

6. Staff car parking update August 2023

   The university will continue to subsidise staff car parking until 31 August 2024.

7. Professorial Lecture Ian McCarthy

   The next lecture will take place on Wednesday 15 March from 5pm, sign-up now.

8. LJMU nominated for two THE awards

   LJMU has been shortlisted in two categories for the 2024 THE Awards.

9. Academic Board vacancies call for nominations

   Formal nominations need to be submitted by 5pm on Tuesday 23 January 2024.

10. January exams: training for invigilators

    In anticipation of the January examination period, Academic Registry will be holding invigilation training sessions for LJMU staff throughout December.