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1. Seminar series: decolonising the science curriculum

   This is a virtual seminar series to encourage discourse on decolonising the curriculum in the sciences.

2. Global impact for publication on lack of exercise under ‘lockdown’

   Research which highlights changes to the human body during lockdown and other sedentary situations is having a huge impact among scientists worldwide.

3. Scientists discover the dawn of spoken language evolution

   Why did our ancestors combine a consonant with a vowel to make up the first word? Scientists from several institutes have found some clues to the answer.

4. Grants and Projects (GaP) System is Live!

   Research and Innovation Services and Finance are now using the new Grants and Projects (GaP) system.

5. A timely reflection on Liverpool and our lives

   At a time when COVID 19 has made people fearful, isolated or alone, Jeff Youngs new book, Ghost Town, offers not only a fascinating read but also a reflection on all those things that are important to us, our families, friends and communities. Its a deeply felt and beautifully written journey through Jeffs Liverpool childhood, the adult writer stalking Liverpool alone or with friends, searching for a past lost, regained, remembered so viscerally that the reader feels intimately connected to the child Jeff longing to leave the hospital where hes had his tonsils removed or to the older man out walking with writer friend, Horatio Clare, in search of de Quincey in Everton.

6. What Eurovision win means for Liverpool economy - expert analysis

   Dr Jan Brown of Liverpool Business School looks at how hosting Eurovision next year could impact the city's economy

7. International Welcome starts this week

   This is the first bespoke welcome programme catered for International New Arrivals.

8. Students at the Heart Conference 2024: submissions now open

   Submissions are now open for the Students at the Heart Conference and the theme for 2024 will be ‘community.’

9. The lives of working mules: film screening and Q&A at FACT

   A POIGNANT film about the life of working mules in the Himalayas is the backdrop to an event at Liverpool FACT in March.

10. Update on university coronavirus recovery plans

    We are working to reassure everyone at LJMU about the measures we are putting in place to protect all of our staff and students.