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1. Light Night 2016

   LJMU has again been announced as the principal sponsor of LightNight, Liverpool’s one-night arts festival, with the University supporting the event for the third year running.

2. Updates to family friendly policies at LJMU

   New family-friendly legislation has now come into force in the UK. Find out what it means for LJMU staff.

3. New funding to tackle health inequalities

   Liverpool John Moores University’s role in a new innovative local government partnership will boost research capacity and capability to tackle health inequalities and improve outcomes across the city.

4. Professor's shock at destruction of Earth's habitats

   Leading primatologist Serge Wich has expressed his shock after contributing to research which suggests only 3% of the world's land remains ecologically intact with healthy populations of all its original animals.

5. £50,000 project to assess mental health value of 'great outdoors'

   A successful bid by a national research group led by LJMU looks to better strengthen the use outdoor natural environments as a mental health asset over the coming decade.

6. 'Saint of cooking and health' honoured by city

   Public health pioneer and founding figure of LJMU Fanny Calder has been honoured at Liverpool's newest hotel.

7. Historic steam tug-boat restored with a little help from LJMU

   Historic steam boat restored with help from students at LJMU

8. IT upgrades coming your way

   During the summer, IT services will be delivering an upgrade to Microsoft Office and Google Chrome will become the default browser.

9. New book tracks nursing care in the Soviet Union

   LJMUs Dr Susan Grant has spent the last decade researching and tracing the history of nursing care in the Soviet Union, with her discoveries now documented in a new publication Soviet Nightingales: Care under Communism.

10. Conductor delivers virtuoso performance

    Vasily Petrenko, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's Chief Conductor, on Russian history and music.