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1. Apprenticeships and Student Governance policy updates

   The new Apprenticeships Policy has received Academic Board approval and 20 Student Governance policies, guidance and pro forma have recently been reviewed, and have received minor amendments.

2. Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance

   As Transgender Awareness Week begins, our LJMU Equality team explains what the week means and why it’s important.

3. Are you feeling homesick

   Advice on how to overcome homesickness. Research shows 35% of students experience it.

4. Complete the privacy and security survey by 12 December

   To better understand how much we all know about data protection matters, a short staff survey has been put together.

5. Academic Registry online training sessions

   There are lots of academic staff training opportunities still available throughout the remainder of semester one.

6. Cutting edge performance analysis technology on the curriculum for sport science students

   A new education partnership with Catapult Sports is ensuring that students have the skills and experience needed to excel as professional coaches and sports scientists.

7. Responsibilities during a fire alarm activation

   When a fire alarm sounds, everyone has a part to play in the safe evacuation of people from a building.

8. Events and support for disabled and neurodivergent students

   Disability History Month begins this week (16 November- 16 December) and LJMU has a range of events, careers advice sessions and support available for students.

9. Staff Qualifications and Health and Safety policy updates

   A number of LJMU staff policies have been updated.

10. Tyrannosaurus or Hadrosaur: How well can AI identify dinosaur footprints?

    Artificial intelligence comes out on top in machine v human challenge to identify fossil dinosaur tracks