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1. LJMU Staff Networks and plans for 2022 

   We caught up with the co-chairs of the current LJMU staff networks to find out what they have already achieved and what their plans are for 2022.  

2. Screen School students scoop Royal Television Society award

   A comedy-horror film produced by students at the LJMU Screen School has been named the winner in the Comedy Entertainment category at the Royal Television Society North West Student Television Awards.

3. ARI creates simulation of the Universe with realistic galaxies

   An international team of astronomers, including Dr Rob Crain from the LJMU Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI), have developed a simulation of the Universe in which realistic galaxies are created. Astronomers can now use the results to study the development of galaxies from almost 14 billion years ago until now.

4. Sir Peter Bazalgette to receive an Honorary Fellowship

   Liverpool John Moores University is delighted to announce that Sir Peter Bazalgette, Chair of Arts Council England, will be awarded an Honorary Fellowship during the University’s November graduation ceremonies.

5. Exercise maintains 'rhythm of life'

   Exercising at a regular time of day may help to ward off mental health conditions by protecting the body's natural circadian rhythms, research suggests.

6. Computer scientists trial rapid information system at Merseyrail stations

   Merseyrail staff will be the first in the country to have delay updates in the palm of their hand.

7. Royal Astronomical Society award for ARI’s ‘virtual universes’

   Simulations of Space aid public and scientific understanding of science

8. Wildlife conservation graduate inspires next generation of students

   LJMU graduate, Trang Nguyen, wildlife conservation scientist, environmental activist and founder of the NGO WildAct, in Vietnam, returned to Liverpool and LJMU campus this week to share her knowledge as a leader in the field of wildlife conservation.

9. Scientists to simulate 14 billion years of cosmic evolution

   Astrophysics Research Institute wins time on STFC Supercomputer

10. Sinuses shed light on how humans got their unique skull shape

    They are most-commonly associated with a blocked nose and headaches but the humble sinuses could hold an important key to the evolution of the human face.