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1. How parasites and bacteria could be changing the way you think and feel

   From losing inhibitions to dementia – Lecturer in Genetics Dr Robbie Rae explores the role small critters play in a range of illnesses and behaviours

2. 5 reasons to study English Literature

   Love reading and analysing books? Consider studying English Literature – a degree that opens doors to a wide range of careers.

3. Imagine a world without electrical engineering

   Have you ever stopped to think how essential electricity is in our lives? Graduates who studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering at LJMU tell us what the world would be like without it. Be afraid, be very afraid!

4. Clearing 2024 – How to get a Clearing offer

   Received your results and they’re not what you expected? Changed your mind about your choice of course? Decided you want to live at home or move somewhere else?

5. Gang culture appeals to disenfranchised young people – but ‘social mixing’ offers a way out

   Over the past ten years, violence among young people involved in gangs has claimed hundreds of lives and dominated national debate in the UK.

6. How AI could help football managers spot weak links in their teams

   A new approach to gathering data using cybernetics and AI could help coaches spot weak links in their teams

7. How chimp DNA techniques turned us into jungle detectives

   Wild chimpanzees are hard to find, but their DNA – left-behind genetic traces – is opening up a new way of studying them, write experts Alexander Piel and Fiona Stewart

8. Wanted: students to live with monkeys

   LJMU students are given a once in a lifetime opportunity to venture out into the wilds of Tanzania to study primates in their natural habitat. Find out about their experiences.

9. Groundhog Day or liberation from daily routine?

   Dr Ruth Odgen from the School of Psychology, a lead investigator on a new study into time under COVID-19 isolation, shares her thoughts with us.

10. My archaeological summer placement in Pano Lefkara, Cyprus

    Bethany Royle, BSc (Hons) Forensic Anthropology student tell us about her summer placement in Cyprus.