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1. Shouting at children doubles the likelihood of lifelong harms

   Public Health Institute data on self-harm, drug abuse and prison

2. LJMU encouraging schoolchildren into engineering

   LJMU is a key partner in an initiative encouraging schoolchildren across the Liverpool City Region and Cheshire to get involved in engineering.

3. PFAS: you can’t smell, see or taste these chemicals, but they are everywhere – and they’re highly toxic to humans

   Dr Patrick Byrne, Reader in Hydrology and Environmental Pollution, writes in The Conversation on the growing dangers of 'forever chemicals' - PFAs - in our water resources.

4. Paralympics team GB are Rio ready with LJMU help

   An LJMU student and several LJMU sports experts are behind a cohort of para-athletes who will be going for gold in Rio this week.

5. Honorary Fellow: Ramsey Campbell

   Oration for Honorary Fellowship award

6. Hiking retirement age to 70+ inequitable, say experts

   Industrial Relations expert at Liverpool Business School Dr Maddy Stevens critical of 'unfair' pension plan

7. Add the pronunciation of your name to your email signature

   NameCoach software has been integrated with LJMU systems to help users add name pronunciations at the bottom of email signatures.

8. A direct line to the world’s media

   Academic research and local organisations to benefit from new technology at LJMU

9. What does 'Trans Visibility' mean and why is it so important?

   We caught up with Oli Fitzsimmons, Trans and Non-Binary Part-Time Officer at John Moores Students Union, following Trans Day of Visibility, to hear from him on what an inclusive LJMU community looks like.

10. Showcasing our new curriculum management system

    Academic staff and other colleagues are invited to attend demonstration sessions showcasing LJMUs new curriculum management system.