LJMU staff notices 17 March 2022
When the weekly newsletter just isn't enough, discover more in this week's staff notices...
When the weekly newsletter just isn't enough, discover more in this week's staff notices...
At a time when COVID 19 has made people fearful, isolated or alone, Jeff Youngs new book, Ghost Town, offers not only a fascinating read but also a reflection on all those things that are important to us, our families, friends and communities. Its a deeply felt and beautifully written journey through Jeffs Liverpool childhood, the adult writer stalking Liverpool alone or with friends, searching for a past lost, regained, remembered so viscerally that the reader feels intimately connected to the child Jeff longing to leave the hospital where hes had his tonsils removed or to the older man out walking with writer friend, Horatio Clare, in search of de Quincey in Everton.
Women in prison who have experienced the care system as children report using self-harm as a way to communicate and stop the pain in their lives, says new research from LJMU and Lancaster and Bristol universities.
It was only a relatively short time ago - in March this year - that the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a pandemic. We know now that it is likely to be many, many months before the UK pronounces its outbreak over; and certainly years before it is over globally.
A shortage of fertility professionals has prompted a new Masters degree with Liverpool John Moores University.
Education, mental health, and social care downgraded or, in some cases, withdrawn altogether.
Lack of consumer awareness makes conservation of fish stocks more challenging - research
Two academics and two professional services staff contribute their 'take-aways' to the debate ....
Emily Roxbee Cox on how she wants to give students the best possible experience
A summary of the winners of the VC Awards for Research, Scholarship and Knowledge Transfer 2019 conferred at the University Research and Innovation Day in June.