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1. Piltdown Man research on primetime TV

   LJMU’s Dr Isabelle De Groote appeared on the BBC’s primetime hit TV programme, The One Show, during a special feature on the famous Piltdown Man forgeries.

2. Roscoe Lecture Summary: Sir Vince Cable

   Sir Vince Cable sets out impact of Brexit and ‘Industrial Strategy’ on the North in latest Roscoe lecture

3. Staff update Freshers 2023 launch

   Tell your students about the exciting Freshers programme of activities planned for September.

4. Diwali 2019 starts on Sunday 27th October and lasts for five days

   Diwali is the famous festival of lights, when families and friends get together to feast and celebrate. The five day festival begins on Sunday 27th October 2019; each day has its own individual meaning and associated celebration. The third day of Diwali is regarded as the most important day. Diwali literally means a ‘row of Lights’. It is a celebration of light! It is a time filled with light and love. The festival does not follow the Gregorian but rather the Hindu calendar known as ‘Tithi,’ which is a lunar calendar. We would like to wish all our students and staff community who celebrate this festival a very happy Diwali!

5. LJMU backing new computer games industry forum

   Liverpool's famous games industry is to get a boost from experts at Liverpool John Moores University as it hosts the first industry networking event

6. Sport scientist preparing jockeys for the Grand National

   LJMU's School of Sport and Exercise Science plays a vital role in preparing jockeys for what is the most famous horse race in the world the Randox Grand National.

7. Researchers reveal new findings into greatest scientific fraud

   A new analysis of the famous Piltdown Man forgeries, conducted by LJMU researchers, points the finger of suspicion even more firmly at their discoverer, Charles Dawson. The Piltdown Man scandal is arguably the greatest scientific fraud ever perpetrated in the UK, with fake fossils being claimed as evidence of our earliest ancestor.

8. Forensics students unearth lost homes at Liverpool's Albert Dock

   Forensics students at LJMU have been taking a unique look into Liverpools maritime past in a dig at the world famous Albert Dock.

9. New animation brings ‘the Greatest Scot of all time’ Robert Burns back to life

   The team at LJMU Face Lab have created a ground-breaking new animated facial reconstruction of Robert Burns.

10. Tyrannosaurus or Hadrosaur: How well can AI identify dinosaur footprints?

    Artificial intelligence comes out on top in machine v human challenge to identify fossil dinosaur tracks