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1. School of Education looks to US to widen student opportunity

   Three day visit around future opportunities with Southern Conneticut State University

2. 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.

3. New research opportunities with GROWTH for the Astrophysics Research Institute

   The Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) has been named as an official partner in the GROWTH scientific collaboration.

4. Partnership project to close current skills gap in Indian construction

   A research project aiming to address the current skills gap in the Indian construction industry has begun through an industry academia partnership, funded by the British Council’s Going Global Partnership Grant

5. £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.

6. National showcase for world class conservation research

   The making of Conservation AI told on film by funding body the Science & Technology Facilities Council

7. Island lizards offer new twist on theories of evolution

   Professor Richard Brown and Dr Carlo Meloro publish research in Communications Biology which shows divergence of a species of lizard despite cohabitation and gene exchange.

8. Digi:Doi - New digital experiences for students

   Project with British Council pairs UK and Vietnamese universities to create and share new ideas for learning and teaching

9. UK's chief scientists visit The Pandemic Institute

   The UK Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Lucy Chappell visited Liverpool this week to learn more about the role of The Pandemic Institute and its partner institutions, in tackling infectious diseases.

10. LJMU Vice-Chancellor appointed to city region's new Business and Enterprise Board

    Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark Power is to represent higher education on the new board.