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1. Respect Always Relaunch "timely" - Vice Chancellor

   Putting our values into practice is our joint challenge

2. 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

3. Great apes predicted to lose 90% of African homelands, study finds

   A triple-whammy of climate change, land-use change and human population growth is set to decimate the habitats of Africas great apes gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos over the coming 30 years.

4. Harvard course open to Liverpool Business School postgraduates

   We spoke to the lecturer working with a global network of management experts

5. Police force diversity is improving in the UK - but there's a long way to go

   Legitimate, representative and proportionate policing is vital for social health in democracies, argue LJMU experts.

6. Is this the largest gas cloud in the known Universe?

   Astronomers discover huge hydrogen cloud - a new clue to formation of stars  

7. LJMU Staff Networks and plans for 2022 

   We caught up with the co-chairs of the current LJMU staff networks to find out what they have already achieved and what their plans are for 2022.  

8. LJMU network for women in football

   Liverpool John Moores University is establishing a brand new network to connect and provide greater opportunities for women in football.

9. Care experienced girls and young women still at risk of unnecessary criminalisation

   Girls and women who have been through the care system should be diverted away from custodial sentences into community alternatives wherever possible, says a new report published today (Weds 4 May 2022). And the study adds that moves to prevent the criminalisation of girls in care need to be high on the agenda for change.

10. Let's Make! Upcycled Christmas Jumpers

    To help you get into the festive spirit, the Environmental Sustainability and Energy team and Staff Wellbeing Team at LJMU are holding an upcycling workshop where you can transform an old garment into a Christmas jumper or t-shirt!