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1. Training: Supporting students from Gypsy, Traveller, Roma, Showmen and Boater communities

   LJMU has long prided itself on offering access to higher education to under-represented sections of our community.

2. Induction Update from PVC Student Experience Professor Phil Vickerman

   As induction week begins, PVC Professor Phil Vickerman is sharing updates from the Transition and Induction Group and asking staff to share feedback for next year.

3. Go ahead for new treatment for Black Bone Disease

   A new drug to treat the ultra-rare genetic disease alkaptonuria (AKU) has been given the go-ahead following research in Liverpool.

4. Covid teenagers tell of 'emotional rollercoaster' - study

   Lockdown is an emotional rollercoaster full of loss and uncertainty, say teenagers in a new video film about the pandemic.

5. Study 'solves mystery' of shifts in physical appearance of ancient Egyptians

   The shift from hunter-gatherer to farmer likely explains evolutionary jumps in appearance amongst many ancient peoples.

6. Study 'solves mystery' of shifts in physical appearance of ancient Nubians

   The shift from hunter-gatherer to farmer likely explains evolutionary jumps in appearance amongst many ancient peoples, says a new study.

7. Initiative to put nature in planning policy recognised

   A key initiative to put nature at the centre of planning policy across the Liverpool City Region has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.

8. Sport coaching expertise goes international in Malta

   International specialists in the field of sport coaching at LJMU visited Malta earlier this month as they delivered face-to-face teaching components of the inaugural postgraduate programme.

9. LJMU to lead British Council funded partnership to strengthen ties with Malaysia

   Liverpool John Moores University has been chosen as the Consortium Secretariat of a new Going Global Partnership, funded by the British Council, with Malaysia. The new collaboration aims to promote strategic engagement and bilateral cooperation in higher education between partner institutions in both countries.

10. Graduation - "It was worth the wait!"

    Amid relief and joy, almost 100 of our own university colleagues collected their degrees this week. We spoke to a handful of them ...