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1. LJMU partners with four charities making a difference in the region

   Claire House Children’s Hospice, The Girls’ Network, Local Solutions and Micah Liverpool are the university’s new charity partners.

2. Understanding past populations

   Why our ancestors could hold the key to early diagnosis of bone disease

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. Human-altered ecosystems

   What can fossil bones tell us about the ecology and behaviour of extinct species? In two recent publications, Dr Carlo Meloro from the School of Natural Sciences and Psychology has worked with international teams to demonstrate how we can interpret palaeoecology (the ecology of fossil animals and plants) of extinct wild dogs by looking at their fore-limb and skull shape.

5. A Virtual Museum

   €2.3 million story telling search engine for cultural artefacts

6. World Athletics Championships 2015

   PhD students are accelerating elite athletes through sport science

7. 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.

8. Blooming lovely: LJMU cultivates its Forest School

   LJMU is utilising its green spaces with the help of students and volunteers in a bid to enhance primary trainee teachers' education journey with the development of the Forest School Initiative.

9. Graduation review: Friday 25 November 2016

   The second day of LJMU's 2016 winter Graduation Ceremonies took place in the sunshine at Liverpool Cathedral on Friday 25 November 2016.

10. 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.