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1. PESSPA membership

   The LJMU Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity Network aims to connect PE teachers and sport coaches working in schools with staff and students across the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences programmes.

2. Nathan Maguire

   Nathan is an LJMU alumni and former sports scholar. He boasts an impressive track record as a para-athlete competing in the T54 wheelchair racing. He has multiple medals to his name and has his eyes set on the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

3. Jason Boulter

   Jason supports staff, both individuals and teams, across the university to enhance their knowledge and to improve their skills as our Organisational Development Manager. Having graduated from LJMU in 1998, Jason stayed on in a temporary role working in student welfare and has remained at LJMU ever since. This year he celebrates 25 years working at the university.

4. Leigh Pomlett

   Leigh is an alumnus of the Liverpool Polytechnic, using the skills and knowledge gained from his business studies degree to propel himself into a successful international career in the supply chain and logistics sector that spanned more than 30 years. He now combines his professional expertise and life-long passion for football for his role as Co-Chairman of Walsall Football Club.

5. Institute for Health Research

   The Institute for Health Research integrates health and health-related research across all Faculties at LJMU and key external partners.

6. Charities, community and not-for-profit – volunteering opportunities

   Charities and not-for-profit organisations in Merseyside are seeking volunteers to help them in a range of activities. You could get involved in supporting vulnerable people, helping the environment, or ensuring the health and wellbeing of people in your community.

7. What it's like to work as a food buyer

   Ever thought about whose job it was to decide what products should be on the supermarket shelves? We catch up with graduate Emily Burr, a buyer for Booths Supermarket, to find out what it's like to decide what the nation eats.

8. Research support

   To help researchers excel and reach their full potential we offer a full range of personal, professional and career development opportunities via the Researcher Development Programme.

9. New Year News

   This week we have a number of institutional TEL updates (some of which are biggies) that we would like to pass on.

10. Sharing Practice – Screencasts and role-play to support distance taught students

    For six years this faculty has been running a distance taught programme in Athens which straddles the two notions of distance and face to face teaching.