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1. Alcatraz, Auschwitz, Chernobyl…the appeal of dark tourism

   Is dark tourism just another fad in the age of the selfie and tick list travelling? Gillian O’Brien explains its appeal and gives it historical context.

2. TLC 2020 - one week left to submit your session idea

   Submissions are still invited from staff and students and collaborative partner institutions, as well as other colleagues working in post-16 education.

3. Update: P60s now available on Staff Infobase

   P60s for the tax year 2021-22 (ending 5 April 2022) are now available on Staff InfoBase

4. Taking Shaun the Sheep to China

   Aardman Animations is teaming up with creative technology experts in Liverpool to develop research for an immersive Shaun the Sheep experience in China.

5. Staff flu jabs

   As part of LJMU's focus on staff wellbeing, we are offering free e-vouchers to get your flu jab.

6. Pensions Awareness Week online events 12-16 September

   As part of Pensions Awareness Week, Merseyside Pension Fund will be running a series of live online events which aim to increase pensions awareness among active members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

7. Being Human Festival: Making death more sustainable

   A LJMU project, out of the School of Art & Design, seeks to raise awareness of new sustainable forms of human burial

8. Sign up now for virtual trek across the globe

   Its back! The 2022 Virgin Pulse (VP) Step Challenge is now open for registration.

9. Astrophysics Professor shares his ‘observations’ on the UK’s Eurovision entry

   On the eve of this year's Eurovision song contest, LJMU Astrophysics Professor Andy Newsam analyses the UKs Space Man entry and ponders how the lyrics stand up in the real universe.

10. Public arts visionary leads lecture at Liverpool School of Art and Design

    LJMU welcomed Helen Marriage, the Co-founder and Director of Artichoke arts production company, to its first Luminary Lecture of 2022.