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1. Liverpool enters race for Channel 4 relocation

   Liverpool has announced it is to submit a “compelling bid” to host Channel 4’s new national headquarters.

2. Chancellor highlights "The potential for collaboration" at LJMU to international guests

   LJMU Chancellor Sir Brian Leveson welcomes delegates from universities across the world at the European Association for International Education conference in Liverpool.

3. Expressions of interest welcomed for Academic Board vacancies

   There are five vacancies available and eligible staff should send an expression of interest for the role to the Secretariat.

4. International Pronouns Day

   International Pronouns Day seeks to make respecting, sharing and educating about personal pronouns common practice.

5. Thoughtful design can help people with Dementia

   Professor Mary Marshall OBE, director for 16 years of the world expert’s in applied dementia research: the Dementia Services Development Centre at the University of Stirling, gave an architectural lecture which explained why certain designs in buildings can be distressing for people with dementia.

6. A potential new threat to bumblebees identified by researchers

   Parasitic worm sold to gardeners causes rapid death in bumble bees

7. Elvis and The Beatles

   As BBC2 marked the 50th anniversary of a momentous meeting between Elvis Presley and The Beatles, LJMU lecturer Jeff Young penned a drama for the occasion inspired by the secret meeting that took place in Elvis’s Bel Air mansion in 1965.

8. Nvidia boosts LJMU AI computing power

   The Faculty of Engineering and Technology acquires three powerful deep learning systems for research into wildlife conservation and public safety

9. Industry trip wins Data Science students €25,000

   Young research students who won a major European data science competition have shared a prize of 50,000!

10. Liverpool FC Women's appoints university sport scientist

    Liverpool FC Women has appointed sport scientist Dr Fran Champ to its backroom staff as the club strengthens its medical and sports psychology set-up.