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1. Move over Sir Alan Sugar: Graduate start-ups on the rise at LJMU

   The number of active Graduate Start Ups are still on the rise at LJMU according to the latest annual Higher Education – Business and Community Interaction survey (HE-BCI).

2. More than 300 students get health and wellbeing boost with sport nutrition support

   1-2-1 practical sessions led by LJMU sport nutrition specialists and student interns.

3. Student's 'one-in-a-million' job offer

   A LJMU student was astounded after a private message to marketing guru Steven Bartlett landed him a job within 10 minutes.

4. Cave bears may have been adapting to survive the ice age

   Recent research published in Quaternary Science Reviews on the long extinct cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) has found their attempt to adapt to the growing harshness of the last ice age before their extinction.

5. Ancient skeletal hand could reveal evolutionary secrets

   A 4.4 million-year-old skeleton could show how early humans moved and began to walk upright, according to new research.

6. Masters level degree apprenticeship students balance work and study to become more effective managers

   Masters level degree apprenticeship students balance work and study to become more effective managers

7. LJMU works with Liverpool City Region local authorities to help more SMEs to innovate

   As a partner in the Horizons project, LJMU’s established relationships are ensuring businesses are supported to generate economic growth.

8. Growing opportunities for pharmacy graduates

   Director of UK's second oldest pharmacy school Professor Satya Sarker talks about his national role in training pharmacists

9. 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.

10. Positive Action Trainees celebrate one year at LJMU

    LJMUs Positive Action Trainees were celebrated at an event this week after almost a year of working at the university, in key professional and technical roles.