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1. creative clusters, musicfutures

   The Liverpool City Region is announced as a new £6.75 million UKRI Creative Cluster for the music sector.

2. Expertise in design and technology education shared at international UNESCO event

   Dr Matt McLain from the School of Education attended the event in Shenzhen, China.

3. Welcome to our new students joining us from January 2025

   Take a look through our Before You Arrive webpages and get ready for your studies.

4. 'Modern slavery is a global issue'

   The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is marked on 2 December. Dr Scott Foster, Reader in Post Graduate Research Culture, spoke to our Diversity and Inclusion team.

5. Students at the Heart Conference 2025 submissions now open

   Submissions for the Students at the Heart Conference (SATHC) 2025 are now live.

6. January 2025 exam timetables now live

   The next assessment period for LJMU students will take place from Monday 6 January to Friday 17 January 2025 (inclusive).

7. Disability and neurodiversity equity: next steps at LJMU

   In recognition of Disability History Month (14 November to 20 December) and the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December, we’re reflecting on our progress over the past 24 months to support staff and students with a disability/ who are neurodiverse and outlining our next steps to advance disability equity.

8. 'The progress, the power and the challenge of police communications'

   Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, Serena Kennedy, KPM delivered the Chief Constable of Merseyside Annual Autumn Lecture at Liverpool John Moores University.

9. 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

10. First evidence of distinct human species living cheek by jowl

    LJMU with scientists from US and Kenya find Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei lived in same place at same time