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1. £5m boost towards region’s green economy

   More businesses in the Liverpool City Region could benefit as a low carbon business support programme led by Liverpool John Moores University has received a £5m boost.

2. LJMU leads the way with first campus-wide free period products in England

   Liverpool John Moores University Students’ Union (JMSU) and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have joined forces to tackle the issue of period poverty.

3. Homeless: the human cost of austerity

   LJMU’s Public Health Institute and Library Services hosted an art exhibition to raise awareness of issues faced by homeless people in the city

4. Yuletide TV schedules remain culturally significant

   Dr Joanne Knowles, Senior Lecturer in Media, Culture and Communication, School of Humanities and Social Science, comments on why the Christmas TV schedule is still so eagerly anticipated, even in the age of on-demand viewing.

5. Lord Field of Birkenhead

   The university is saddened to learn of the death of our honorary fellow, Frank Field.

6. Honorary Fellow Sir Jon Murphy

   Sir Jon Murphy QPM received an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University on Thursday 27 November 2014 in recognition of his exceptional services to policing and community relations.

7. Professor Rachel McLean to chair city Digital and Creative

   Director of Liverpool Screen School chosen to chair one of three LCR Cluster Boards

8. Students raise money for sick children by completing NSS

   Final year undergraduate students have raised over £5,000 in just two weeks for Claire House Children’s Hospice by completing the National Student Survey.

9. Revealing 100-year global height study

   Dutch men and Latvian women are the tallest on the planet, according to the largest ever study of height around the world. The research group, which included LJMU’s Dr Lynne Boddy, conducted the study using data from most countries in the world, tracking the height of young adult men and women between 1914 and 2014.

10. The anatomy of our ancestors

    Forensic techniques by international scientists, led by LJMU’s Dr Matteo Borrini, have created the facial reconstruction of the oldest preserved mummy in the Egyptian Museum of Florence.