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1. Email account improvements

   IT Services will soon be migrating staff email accounts to provide us with greater security, increased storage limits and easier accessibility.

2. LJMU’s Professor Greg Whyte - Behind the scenes at Children in Need

   LJMU's Sport and Exercise Sciences Professor Greg Whyte has helped raise over 50 million for charity including taking part in this year's Children in Need 2021.

3. Disability History Month: We caught up with the Staff Disability Network's Lucie Matthew-Jones

   Julia Daer, EDI Advisor, caught up with Lucie Matthew-Jones Reader, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Event Coordinator & Community Liaison for the Staff Disability Network in preparation for Disability History Month.

4. Footballers suffer higher risk of neurodegeneration - study

   Footballers who frequently head the ball may suffer from an increased risk of neurodegeneration, according to new research.

5. Happy Diwali!

   Diwali is an annual five-day festival of lights celebrated during the Hindu month of Kartika. In the spirit of celebration, let us all get involved with the brilliant array of events occurring during this period in Liverpool, in neighbouring cities and even virtually. Happy Diwali everyone!

6. The Liverpool Peace Symposium

   LJMU academics are teaming up with the Church for a one-day symposium on peace.

7. Building maintenance update

   We have entered a new partnership with an award-winning contractor to maintain your facilities across the university.

8. 'I'm so excited about our new Learning Commons' - Library chief

   The CHAT this month meets Heather Thrift, Director of Library Services, to talk about the digital future, pushing the boundaries of customer service and an exciting new library in the SLB.

9. Staff online security training

   If you have not already completed your online security training for this quarter, you must do so as soon as possible.

10. Our ancient relative who “walked like a human, but climbed like an ape”

    New fossils are the missing link that settles a decades old debate proving early hominins used their upper limbs to climb like apes, and their lower limbs to walk like humans