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1. Pint of Science Festival comes to Liverpool

   Lecturers from across LJMU will be sharing their research as part of the Pint of Science Festival Programme this May.

2. LJMU provide sport science at this week’s golf Open

   Professor Graeme Close leads nutritional and player recovery support at Royal Liverpool, Hoylake.

3. Looking after your safety: update for our students

   Over the summer months LJMU has made a number of important changes to further improve the safety and wellbeing of all our students

4. Macaque communication signals studied

   Experts in primate behaviour develop online resource to improve welfare

5. Chief Constable annual lecture

   A packed theatre listened to Sir Jon Murphy QPM deliver his third state of the city lecture, which this year focused on the question, 'Is there a future for neighbourhood policing?' The event was organised by the Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies.

6. The ‘Green Hell’ of our ancestors

   Tropical rainforests were once thought unliveable but scientists, including Liverpool John Moores University’s Professor Chris Hunt, are showing that our human ancestors lived in these conditions, and in fact the forests themselves are long-term documents of human action.

7. Academic makes film for BBC Arts

   Dr Nadine Muller, Senior Lecturer in English Literature & Cultural History at LJMU, has appeared in her first presenter-led documentary, a short film for BBC Arts based on her research on the history of widowhood in Britain.

8. Move more and sit less to improve health and productivity

   Encouraging desk-based staff to move more and sit less at work can not only improve their health, but also their work performance, was the advice from the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES), at a forum for contact centre employees.

9. Are you feeling homesick

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

10. REF success leads to significant boost in funding

    LJMU is to receive 52% more funding from Research England