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1. PhD student takes care support to Parliament

   Shaunna praised for help for other care-experienced students

2. A new era for the science of ageing

   LJMU collaborates to accelerate real world benefits from laboratories

3. We want your views as LJMU apply for Athena Swan Silver accreditation

   LJMU is applying for Silver-level Athena Swan accreditation and want to hear your views on working at LJMU.

4. Megalith tombs were family graves in European Stone Age

   In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, an international research team, led by Uppsala University with co-author Linus Girdland-Flink of LJMU, discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals buried in megalithic tombs on Ireland and in Sweden.

5. LJMU leading news agenda on gang crime in Liverpool

   School of Justice colleagues Dr Robert Hesketh, an expert on gang crime, and former detectives Richard Carr and Peter Williams, have been inundated with requests for commentary on the unfolding events and have gained coverage internationally.

6. Information and guidance regarding scabies

   Communal living arrangements such as university residences can make students more at risk of contracting scabies. Find out what the symptoms are and guidance of what to do next.

7. Gang injunctions found to reduce serious crime on Merseyside and save police thousands of pounds

   New LJMU policing expert reveals gang injunctions are key to tackling organised street crime and protecting communities following three-year study

8. Exhibition of composite images reveals faces of 19th and 21st Century crime

   The difference between the fates of ordinary people and criminals is ‘paper thin’, as demonstrated by a new exhibition of composite facial images of 19th Century and 21st Century criminals.

9. The Secrets of the Neanderthals

   Scientists from LJMU and Cambridge help piece together human remains and the story of the Neanderthal cave dwellers of Shanidar

10. The Mind Map: former LJMU student launches innovative mental health services platform

    After struggling with his own mental health issues, LJMU graduate Philip Bridges was determined to help others access free support that works