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1. Top tips to writing your assignment

   Our Academic Achievement team is giving their top tips to all students when writing your assignments.

2. Are you feeling homesick

   Advice on how to overcome homesickness. Research shows 35% of students experience it.

3. Supporting our charity partner Claire House through the Mowgli Dog Show 2025

   LJMU to sponsor this year’s charity dog show, developed by Chancellor Nisha Katona, in aid of a local children’s hospice.

4. Top tips and advice on how to save energy and money

   Our Money Advice Team answers how to reduce bills, how to stop condensation and what is the fair usage cap.

5. LJMU 2nd in Uni Compare Top 100 University Rankings

   LJMU has risen two places in the overall rankings and is placed in the top 10 for its accommodation, course quality, employability and student life.

6. How does tourism impact city-centre living?

   LJMU hosts the Mayor of Liverpool at a public meeting on the future of tourism in the city.

7. How to design homes for dementia

   Engineer, psychologist and architect team up to write guide book Design for Dementia

8. Cosmic explosions offer new clue to how stars become Black Holes

   Scientists have witnessed for the first time exactly what happens to the most massive stars at the end of their lives.

9. Drones to the rescue: wildlife park footage will help save endangered animals

   Scientists at LJMU are capturing the thermal profiles of animals at a local wildlife park in order to help researchers around the world classify and monitor endangered species in the wild.

10. Support over the spring break and what to do in Liverpool

    For most of our students following the standard academic calendar, the spring break runs from 9 to 24 April. Whether you are heading home or staying around Liverpool, here is some advice on where to go, what to do if you need help and support and those all important Library opening times.