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1. Launch of LJMU Innovation Programme

   LJMU is launching a new programme to support staff in developing successful innovation and business concepts.

2. Staff Infobase (Oracle E-Business Suite) is being upgraded

   Staff Infobase (Oracle E-Business Suite) is being upgraded over the Easter weekend. The upgraded system will be available by 8am on Tuesday 6th April. The upgrade will move the system to the latest version of the software, ensuring that it remains up-to-date and continues to effectively support the University's business.

3. Prehistoric predators kept large animals in check and shaped ecosystem

   Our prehistoric ancestors may have had large carnivores – giant lions, saber-tooth cats, bears and hyenas up to twice the size of their modern relatives – to thank for an abundance and diversity of plants and wildlife.

4. Research Investment

   LJMU in top ten universities funded by HEFCE.

5. Tim Marlow lead critic in arts writing project

   Tim Marlow to be lead critic in LJMU collaboration.

6. Connecting the community with Climate Science

   LJMU celebrated Climate Week 2015 with an event at Manchester Museum which saw over 1,200 people get together with academics and students from the University, British Antarctic Survey, Manchester Metropolitan University, and the University of Manchester to investigate the latest challenges to the environment.

7. Baroness Amos discusses challenges of the UN

   Baroness Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations, delivered a Roscoe Lecture entitled ‘The role of the United Nations in a world riven by conflict, poverty and hunger.’

8. Sensor City hi-tech innovation centre launch

   A new hi-tech business hub that could create 1,000 jobs and house 300 new businesses over the next decade has officially launched.

9. REF 2014: World-leading research reaches new heights at LJMU

   LJMU has achieved world-leading status in the latest assessment of university research, with the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences 0.01 marks off the top position in the UK.

10. Roscoe Lecture Review: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC

    One of the UK’s most distinguished lawyers and human rights champions Helena Kennedy QC, delivered the 124th Roscoe Lecture at St George’s Hall, as she took the audience through the search for justice in an unjust world.