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1. Advice for staying safe

   Liverpool is a safe UK city, but it pays to be aware of your personal safety. Here are our top tips for staying safe in the city.

2. New research by Public Health Institute on children’s perceptions of electronic cigarettes

   The increasing popularity and rapid growth of electronic cigarettes has raised considerable concern about their impact on children and young people.

3. New report shines a light on financial struggles of coastal fishers

   Thousands employed in the fishing industry face debt and financial hardship, according to findings from the Research Unit for Financial Inclusion at Liverpool John Moores University.

4. Students use music to improve lives of people with dementia

   More than 200 students undergo practical training to deliver Playlist For Life treatment in care settings

5. Make healthier choices this October

   From Stoptober, to go sober for October, our HR team share some tips and ideas for making healthier choices.

6. Staff and Students celebrate South Asian and East South-east Asian Heritage Month

   The Diversity and Inclusion event held at the Student Life Building this week ‘Cultivating Representation: If you can see it, you can be it’ was open to all staff and students to celebrate South Asian (SA) and East South-east Asian (ESEA) Heritage Month.

7. New sensor could dramatically improve fight against malaria

   Many thousands of malaria deaths could be averted thanks to new sensor technology being developed in the UK.

8. Vice-Chancellor appointed Chairman of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

   LJMU Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, Professor Nigel Weatherill, has been appointed Chairman of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. The announcement of Professor Weatherill’s appointment as Chair for an initial three-year term has been made following approval of the recommendation by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Board of Directors.

9. Gravitational wave science used to search for catastrophic explosion

   Researchers at the Astrophysics Research Institute were among the first to use new gravitational wave science, ahead of the recent announcement by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) that they had made the first direct detection of gravitational waves.

10. Liverpool announced as one of the cheapest cities for students to live

    According to new research, on behalf of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Portsmouth, Liverpool and Newcastle respectively all landed in the top three in the Student Living Index. The research takes into account the everyday cost of living and accommodation costs.