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1. #IamRemarkable, Google Garage and NatWest Business Builder training

   Google Garage is supporting LJMUs Global Entrepreneurship Week (16 22 November) with a series of superb and state-of-the-art business training for students and staff.

2. IT upgrades coming your way

   During the summer, IT services will be delivering an upgrade to Microsoft Office and Google Chrome will become the default browser.

3. Individuals ‘can be profiled’ via Virtual Reality platforms

   Study by psychologists raises ethical questions about data capture

4. Study tempers hopes of 'voice assistant' retail boom

   Millions of consumers could end up giving shopping-with-Alexa a miss unless  retailers improve the buying experience, according to new research published this week by Liverpool Business School.

5. Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seas

   There are similar concentrations of microplastic pollution on the seabed in Antarctica as in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, scientists have found.

6. Introducing eco-friendly search engine Ecosia

   In support of JMSUs Sustainability Week taking place from next Monday, 3 February, the university will be trialling a new eco-friendly default internet search engine.

7. Staff online security training

   If you have not already completed your online security training for this quarter, you must do so as soon as possible.

8. Stepping up on sustainability and saving 25p on every cuppa on campus

   Did you know if you use a reusable cup at a café on campus, you will get 25p off the cost of your hot drink?

9. Policy updates

   Policies updated

10. Liverpool 5G Create project wins £4.3m funding from UK govt

    A project to deliver digital services to sick and elderly people in Liverpool has won £4.3million from the UK government.