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1. Honorary Fellow: Dame Philippa Russell

   Oration for Honorary Fellowship award

2. Honorary Fellow: Professor Sir Howard Newby CBE

   Oration for Honorary Fellowship award

3. Improving animal welfare

   Happy Hamsters: Examining the effect of emotions on cognitive processes in pets

4. A design for life

   Degree shows showcase designer graduates’ talents

5. Armchair archaeological digs

   Researchers recreate lost worlds using drone technology

6. Balkans Film Odyssey

   Rhiannon Wain selected for insightful, well written reviews.

7. Record-breaking supernova discovered

   Astronomers scanning the sky to make new discoveries in the universe have witnessed a record-breaking cosmic explosion about 200 times more powerful than a typical supernova - and more than twice as luminous as the previous record-holding supernova.

8. Zois Award 2015

   A key member of the Liverpool Telescope Gamma-Ray Burst Team, Professor Andreja Gomboc at the University of Nova Gorica in Slovenia, has received the 2015 Zois Award for her study of Gamma Ray Bursts.

9. Researchers prove herbivore mammals do have bigger bellies

   Dr Carlo Meloro from Liverpool John Moores University, with a team of European scientists, has investigated the volumes of body cavities in a large range of extant and fossil tetrapods and found that plant feeding animals have bigger bellies than their carnivore counterparts.

10. Fashion Show success

    Outreach fashion project engages local sixth form students.