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1. Competitive football players have superior vision, LJMU-led study suggests

   A new study lead by LJMU has found that the visual abilities of competitive football players are substantially better than those of healthy non-athletes.

2. Happy Diwali!

   Diwali is an annual five-day festival of lights celebrated during the Hindu month of Kartika. In the spirit of celebration, let us all get involved with the brilliant array of events occurring during this period in Liverpool, in neighbouring cities and even virtually. Happy Diwali everyone!

3. Book your place at journalism and EDI conference

   The journalism department is hosting a free one-day conference on EDI in journalism education on Wednesday 26 June.

4. Liverpool leaders share learnings from Reciprocal Mentoring

   The project, which began 14 months ago, saw leaders from across LJMU’s ELT paired with Black and ethnic minority Liverpool city leaders to share their lived experiences and inform policy and decision making at the university and beyond.

5. The Mind Map: former LJMU student launches innovative mental health services platform

   After struggling with his own mental health issues, LJMU graduate Philip Bridges was determined to help others access free support that works

6. Talented athletes recognised at national awards

   Three athletes supported by LJMUs Performance Sport team, at the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, have received national recognition for their achievements.

7. 'Black children often alienated in early years education'

   Education professional Diane Garrison starts conversation about depth of school 'othering'

8. Researchers back NHS-Police domestic abuse partnership

   Victims engaging with prosecutions triples, say researchers

9. Students at the Heart Conference

   A Quick Update - blog by the conference team

10. Anthropologists play down links between modern humans and Denisovans

    An anthropologist at Liverpool John Moores University and other researchers have played down links between modern Asian physiology and a recently discovered early human species, Denisova hominins.