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1. Aldham Robarts Library to reopen on Sundays from 7 January

   We’re pleased to share that the Aldham Robarts Library will resume its normal opening hours and will once again be open on Sundays from 7 January.

2. Do you have a UPF diet?

   Study at LJMU and University of Liverpool assesses public awareness of ultra-processed foods and their risks

3. Research reveals evidence of new population of ancient Native Americans

   Genetic analysis of ancient DNA from a six-week-old female infant found at an Interior Alaska archaeological site, has revealed a previously unknown population of ancient people in North America.

4. Dazzling Iron Age discovery

   Archaeologists have discovered evidence of the first wealthy Iron Age community in the North West of England. 

5. The Secrets of the Neanderthals

   Scientists from LJMU and Cambridge help piece together human remains and the story of the Neanderthal cave dwellers of Shanidar

6. 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.

7. Making the invisible visible

   Research unlocks secrets of rare bacteria

8. Inquiry offers Truth Project sessions to students

   The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse is inviting students to come forward to take part in its Truth Project at seven universities across the country, including LJMU.

9. Ofsted praise for degree apprenticeships

   LJMU has earned a glowing report from Ofsted following an inspection of its degree apprenticeship programmes.

10. Global security figures quizzed in The Policing Conversation podcast

    Lecturer James Williams interviews police chiefs, scholars, journalists and researchers