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1. Why our brains need touch

   An LJMU academic is leading a Neuroscience Group (SANG) that is revolutionising how we view the basic human sense of touch.

2. Vaccines are here but how will we get them to billions of people?

   This article was published in The Conversation and authored by Sarah Schiffling, Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management, LJMU and Liz Breen, Reader in Health Service Operations, University of Bradford.

3. "I was quite shy in first year and now I'm President'

   Emily Roxbee Cox on how she wants to give students the best possible experience

4. We interview the ISOC society during Islamophobia Awareness Month.

   Julia Daer, EDI Advisor and Ambar Ennis, VP Community and Wellbeing (JMSU) caught up with Khayyam Butt, President of the JMSU Islamic Society (ISOC), during Islamophobia Awareness Month.

5. Retracing "world's most costly" ship crash on LJMU Maritime Simulator

   After the worlds most costly cargo ship accident, maritime expert Dr Abdul Khalique mans LJMU's £2.5 million simulator to explain what went wrong on board the Ever Given.

6. Sean Loughney - who is LJMU's new rising research star?

   Senior lecturer in marine engineering recently won the LJMU Rising Star in Research award.

7. Gaza war: as ceasefire talks break down the humanitarian crisis continues to escalate

   Supply chain and operations experts from LJMU and the Hanken School of Economics describe the latest developments in supplying aid to Gaza.

8. Care experienced girls and young women still at risk of unnecessary criminalisation

   Girls and women who have been through the care system should be diverted away from custodial sentences into community alternatives wherever possible, says a new report published today (Weds 4 May 2022). And the study adds that moves to prevent the criminalisation of girls in care need to be high on the agenda for change.

9. Woman’s skeleton shines light on early peopling of the New World

   A FEMALE skeleton found in Mexico has strengthened the theory that humans originally reached the American continent from different points of origin.

10. Secure a paid internship and discover what you want to be

    LJMU is offering our second and final year students (Levels 5 & 6) the opportunity to undertake a paid 'Discovery Internship' with a local organisation, working on a suitable project or piece of work that will enhance your employability skills and career insight.