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1. Historic steam tug-boat restored with a little help from LJMU

   Historic steam boat restored with help from students at LJMU

2. Business students talk global issues with US counterparts

   'Usually we only learn from a European perspective'

3. Rethinking the orangutan

   The critically endangered orangutan—one of human’s closet living relatives—has become a symbol of wild nature’s vulnerability in the face of human actions and an icon of rainforest conservation.

4. Screen School film shown at European Parliament

   Filmmaker aims to shed light on plight of one Palestinian family

5. LJMU undertake unique study which will inform early years education

   Scientists at LJMU are to undertake a pioneering study on children's early number skills which will inform the way young children learn. Read the news story.

6. Young chimpanzees reconcile through play

   Researchers at LJMU's School of Natural Sciences and Psychology have discovered for the first time that, unlike their adult counterparts who kiss and embrace immediately after a fight, young chimpanzees reconcile through play.

7. Advance HE Aurora Programme final days to apply

   LJMU staff are reminded that the application deadline for the Advance HE Aurora Programme, a leadership development initiative for women, is Friday 4 November 2022.

8. Women in Sport Journalism Day

   It has been called the last men's club in journalism, but expect a much more female future for the UK's sport coverage.

9. Thought-provoking Roscoe Lecture

   Journalist and human rights activist, Rebecca Tinsley, delivered a thought-provoking Roscoe Lecture which delved into the human psyche, asking if genocide is part of our nature.

10. Nobel Prize Winning Astronomer

    The Universe from Beginning to End