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1. 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.

2. Student wows gallery with da Vinci public event

   Anna's public workshop combined two of Leonardo da Vinci's passions of music and art in a workshop that explored how music can elevate and influence art.

3. World Walking Day 2021

   Its #WorldWalkingDay this weekend (3 October) and in partnership with The Association For International Sport for All (TAFISA), LJMU are encouraging our community to get walking! 

4. Astro-ecology: Counting orangutans using star-spotting technology

   LJMU, WWF and HUTAN came together to examine better ways of detecting the great apes in the Bornean forest canopy, by using drones fitted with thermal-imaging cameras.

5. Honorary Fellow: Deborah Shackleton CBE

   Oration for Honorary Fellowship presented by Sir Bert Massie

6. Major Copperas Hill development gets green light

   Liverpool John Moores University’s ambitious plans to transform a disused city centre site into state-of-the-art student facilities have been given the go-ahead. Liverpool City Council’s Planning Committee today (Tuesday 9 October) approved the plans for the former Royal Mail site on Copperas Hill.

7. North West award for child lockdown study

   NIHR award for School of Psychology academics for Ask, Listen, Act COVID study

8. "We're just doing the job we love!"

   Winners and commended from this year's Teaching & Learning Excellence Awards

9. Researchers test wearables to reduce heart disease

   Uptake 'too low' of rehabilitation after heart attacks

10. North West Higher Education Action Learning Programme

    LJMU are offering up to ten places for women working in academic and professional services roles to take part in cross institutional action learning sets with peers from universities in the North West region.