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1. LJMU powers Chester Zoo to Africa conservation award

   Conservation AI platform enabled tracking and monitoring of elusive pangolins in Uganda

2. Astronomers find the nearest massive black hole to Earth

   Scientists from LJMU's Astrophysics Research Institute part of team to discover Earth's nearest Black Hole

3. LJMU ‘summit’ to regenerate UK shipbuilding

   Mastering Shipbuilding Management programme builds on UK's National Shipbuilding Strategy

4. The People Plan for staff

   The People Plan 2030 outlines six strategic themes to create engaged staff, central to LJMU’s success.

5. Reflecting on honest conversations about race and equality

   Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark Power and one of his reciprocal mentors, Labour MP for Liverpool, Riverside, Kim Johnson, reflect on some of their discussions over the past 18 months; how their upbringing has shaped them into who they are today, if Reciprocal Mentoring works and what learnings they will take with them beyond the programme.

6. 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.

7. LJMU funded bootcamp programme for staff

   We are funding 16 staff places on a new bootcamp programme which will see you complete ’24 in 24’ – that’s 24 sessions in 2024.

8. Smart shoes trialled to cut risk of stair falls

   Scientists aim to create software to predict falls in elderly

9. Chancellor Nisha Katona's 'afternoon with Claire House Children's Hospice'

   Claire House is one of LJMU’s corporate charity partners. Chancellor Nisha Katona attended “an afternoon with Claire House” to raise the profile of the amazing work the charity is doing for terminally ill children in Merseyside.

10. New Teaching and Learning Academy policies

    Two new policies will support teaching staff in their development through peer exchange and direct observation.