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1. COVID-19 creates huge spike for legal advice

   LJMU's free-to-public Legal Advice Centre to double capacity

2. Law alumna Nisha Katona MBE announced as next Chancellor

   The Board of Governors has approved the appointment of Nisha Katona MBE as the sixth Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.

3. Bronze for three schools as Athena Swan push accelerates

   Congratulations to the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, the Liverpool Business School and the Astrophysics Research Institute on achieving the Athena SWAN Charter Mark.

4. Cosmic explosions offer new clue to how stars become Black Holes

   Scientists have witnessed for the first time exactly what happens to the most massive stars at the end of their lives.

5. Pandemic exacerbated disadvantages faced by young people with special needs and disabilities

   Education, mental health, and social care downgraded or, in some cases, withdrawn altogether.

6. Reciprocal Mentoring Programme involving BAME Staff, Black Students and Senior Leaders

   Given the success of last year's pilot, we are running the LJMU Reciprocal Mentoring Programme again and we are extending it to include BAME staff from across the institution. The programme is open to all LJMU Senior Staff from Director Level of non BAME Background and to BAME staff from non-Director Level and to Black Students from all Faculties.

7. Liverpool John Moores University signs up to NW’s £54m ‘Hollywood’ plan

   Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has been confirmed as the education partner at the much-anticipated Littlewoods Film and TV Studios being developed in the city by CAPITAL&CENTRIC with Liverpool City Council.

8. Pioneering climate education for infant schools

   LJMU is leading the way globally in educating the youngest children about protecting our planet. We spoke to one of the leading architects of sustainability in early years education, Dr Diane Boyd.

9. LJMU team up with Merseyside Police to combat deepfake crime

   First training of kind in Europe

10. Ancient skeletal hand could reveal evolutionary secrets

    A 4.4 million-year-old skeleton could show how early humans moved and began to walk upright, according to new research.