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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. Policy Updates

   Several policies have been updated.

3. LJMU retains European award for Research Excellence

   Vitae awards LJMU top marks for its support for researchers

4. Piltdown Man research on primetime TV

   LJMU’s Dr Isabelle De Groote appeared on the BBC’s primetime hit TV programme, The One Show, during a special feature on the famous Piltdown Man forgeries.

5. Students at the Heart Conference: What makes a strong student community?

   Staff-student project explores ways to enhance student engagement and satisfaction

6. Law lecturer appointed to Inner Temple

   Dr Alison Lui becomes Academic Fellow

7. Girls feel strain of lockdown more - study

   A study of the impact of the pandemic on adolescents has found girls significantly more likely to suffer from lockdown stress and anxiety than boys.

8. Industry trip wins Data Science students €25,000

   Young research students who won a major European data science competition have shared a prize of 50,000!

9. Staff Stress Workshops

   Over the coming months we will be running a series of staff stress workshops.

10. LJMU Climate Research Institute

    Staff are invited to attend a second workshop focussed on the proposed LJMU Climate Research Institute. It follows the successful design sprint session held in December, in which colleagues with research interests in the area met to begin scoping out the planned institute.