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1. vc awards nominations

   Nominations for the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Research and Knowledge Exchange 2024 are now open.

2. Christmas closure and support services over the festive break

   The university will close at 5pm on Thursday 23 December and reopen at 9am on Tuesday 4 January. The Student Life Building will be open 24/7 throughout the festive break including on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.

3. City and University Leaders share race and equality lessons

   Six months after launching the Reciprocal Mentoring programme, prominent leaders from the city of Liverpool and the university came together on campus, to mark the halfway point of their innovative scheme to develop greater understanding between the university and the communities they serve.

4. Extra Security is coming – Get Ready!

   LJMU will soon be bringing in additional security to protect everyone’s data, with the introduction of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to some online services.

5. Work culture key to success of digital roll outs

   Research by the Institute of Capital Culture, a collaboration between LJMU and the University of Liverpool, has found that creating a positive digital culture at work and encouraging worker confidence in digital tools are the most important factors in ensuring digital roll-outs are successful.

6. New ES1 form available for managers

   The Finance team has recently updated the ES1 form used to assess contractors against HMRCs off-payroll working rules (sometimes called IR35).

7. Long service awards

   The university has updated the Long Service Awards scheme to include celebration of reaching additional key milestones at 25, 35, 45 and 50+ years’ service.

8. Face of a king discovered

   Revealing the true face of Richard III.

9. LJMU to host major global astronomy and space science event

   LJMU has won its bid to host the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) in 2018.

10. Next phase of CourseLoop set to go live

    The second phase of LJMU’s new curriculum management system is poised to go live and there will be temporary changes in how staff update their course information.