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1. Let’s Talk About Disability Workshop (Virtual) - Tips For Supporting Staff/Students With Disabilities & Long-Term Health Conditions Including Mental Health

   This is an opportunity for LJMU/JMSU Managers, Programme Leaders and Personal Tutors (those directly responsible for staff/students) to participate in a half day (three hour) virtual, Lets Talk About Disability Workshop in order to gain tips for supporting staff/students with disabilities & long-term health conditions including mental health.

2. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Staff Networks and Related Ally Groups

   Join Today - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Staff Networks & Related Ally Groups

3. Taking control of your future

   Meet Jack Fitzpatrick - LJMU third year student and inspirational speaker at our careers events for students and graduates with disabilities.

4. Exercise training won’t show on scales but will improve health

   Using scales to see if your two months of exercising has paid off might sound like a simple and logical step but LJMU Professors Thijssen and Green say it’s likely your scales will deliver a disappointing message.

5. Who will be LSAD's postgraduate student of year?

   See nominees for Liverpool School of Art & Design prize as online MA Show goes live

6. Events and support for disabled and neurodivergent students

   Disability History Month begins this week (16 November- 16 December) and LJMU has a range of events, careers advice sessions and support available for students.

7. LJMU Staff Networks and plans for 2022 

   We caught up with the co-chairs of the current LJMU staff networks to find out what they have already achieved and what their plans are for 2022.  

8. Turning CSI to curb the illegal trade of wildlife

   Professor Stefano Mariani of Liverpool John Moores University leads study of forensic tools to identify illegal trade in marine species

9. Policy Updates

   Several policies have been updated.

10. New study suggests explanations for usage of plesiosaurs’ long necks

    Plesiosaurs are an extinct group of marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs who are famous for their long necks. The effect of such long necks on how these animals swam is a mystery but now computer simulations are helping LJMU scientists understand what would happen if a plesiosaur turned its head while swimming.