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1. Students at the Heart Conference: Enhancing career opportunities for technicians

   New working group and external partner to boost support for 'valued' technical staff

2. Energy from plants - how hybrids can boost biomass production

   Plant biologists show methods to improve Miscanthus hybrids to optimise seed production

3. Why do young men get embroiled in street gangs?

   Dr Robert Hesketh's new book published by Palgrave 'Beyond the Street Corner' explores gang membership.

4. Dr Hilary Bishop receives Fulbright Award to undertake research in the US

   The senior lecturer with Liverpool Business School will study Irish living heritage in New York.

5. Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey

   LJMU has opened the national Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) for level 7 students.

6. Draining peatlands for agriculture adds 'huge pulse' to global warming

   New research has calculated the damage done by farmers converting tropical peat swamps to oil palm plantations.

7. Mental health lecturer launches website to help medical professionals support asylum seekers and refugees

   A new online resource hub to help health care professionals signpost refugees and asylum seekers to support services has been created by a senior lecturer in mental health at LJMU.

8. Tips and advice for the Graduate and Placement Jobs Fair on Wednesday 18 October

   In order to make the most of a recruitment event like this, it is important to prepare ahead of the event. Here are some tips and advice about what you should do before, during and after the fair.

9. Paid opportunity to solve a real world issue

   LCR Founders is offering students from any programme or level of study the chance to apply for a three-day paid consultancy to solve a real-world issue presented by an external organisation.

10. EU Horizon 2020 funding to uncover the ‘dark side’ of the Universe

    We owe our very existence to dark matter. Galaxies as we know them, stars, planets, and people would not exist without its presence. Yet we still have very little understanding of its nature and origin