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1. Donation boosts care leavers fund

   LJMU’s fund for care leavers has been boosted by £50,000, thanks to one of our honorary fellows and alumni.

2. Sport performance experts at LJMU support former pro footballers

   LJMU is a key regional operator in a nationwide PFA initiative, aimed at managing ex-players’ physical and mental transition away from full-time football.

3. Young chimpanzees reconcile through play

   Researchers at LJMU's School of Natural Sciences and Psychology have discovered for the first time that, unlike their adult counterparts who kiss and embrace immediately after a fight, young chimpanzees reconcile through play.

4. Chrysanthi's science backs BBC message on exercise

   Park Runs rightly 'prescribed' by GPs

5. Restrictions on using USBs for students and staff

   From 4 September students will be no longer able to use USB storage devices on LJMU equipment. This is alongside the restrictions already in place for staff.

6. Students and staff get into the festive spirit

   More than 70 students and staff joined LJMU on campus for a festive winter lunch in the Student Life Building.

7. Space Oddity: Most distant disc galaxy discovered

   LJMU astrophysicist works with European Southern Observatory and collaborators to confirm Milky Way-like galaxy from 700m years after Big Bang

8. In memoriam: Bob Askwith

   The university is deeply saddened by the death of Dr Bob Askwith.

9. Schoolgirl researchers visit world-class sport science labs

   The year 9 pupils from Liverpool's Holly Lodge Girls College spent two days working alongside world-class scientists in physiology, biomechanics and sport and exercise psychology, as well as current LJMU students, to gain expert insight into sport science research methodology.

10. How can staff enhance the student experience? ‘Make every contact count’

    More than 120 staff from across the university attended an engagement workshop on prioritising the student experience.