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1. UN Report Warns Borneo’s Orangutans Face Severe Threats from Land Cover and Climate Change

   Over 80 percent of the orangutan’s remaining habitat in Borneo could be lost by the year 2080 if the island’s current land-use policies remain intact.

2. Improving animal welfare

   Happy Hamsters: Examining the effect of emotions on cognitive processes in pets

3. Screen School programme receives industry accreditation

   Media Production awarded Creative Skillset Tick

4. Armchair archaeological digs

   Researchers recreate lost worlds using drone technology

5. Information and guidance regarding scabies

   Communal living arrangements such as university residences can make students more at risk of contracting scabies. Find out what the symptoms are and guidance of what to do next.

6. University strengthens ties to China in education and research

   LJMU has further strengthened its international collaborative ties with China through a third partnership signing with an institution from the country within the past month.

7. Addressing gender imbalance within higher education

   For the fourth lecture in LJMU's Athena Lecture Series, three speakers from STEMM and non STEMM backgrounds presented to a packed lecture theatre comprising academics, students, professionals and Year 9 pupils from four local schools.

8. Researchers prove herbivore mammals do have bigger bellies

   Dr Carlo Meloro from Liverpool John Moores University, with a team of European scientists, has investigated the volumes of body cavities in a large range of extant and fossil tetrapods and found that plant feeding animals have bigger bellies than their carnivore counterparts.

9. Engineering politics

   Chi Onwurah MP presents third lecture in Women in STEM series

10. LJMU lecturer and terrorism expert advises Police on anti-terror policies

    LJMU is proving to be a pioneering voice in shaping police policy around terrorism and protecting young people from radicalisation in the region. Dr David Lowe, senior lecturer at the School of Law and leading expert on counter-terrorism has been working closely with Merseyside Police HQ, presenting at their recent Prevent Seminar, while assisting with guidance on law and policy issues more generally.