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1. Which cooking oil is best? Asking how they’re made could tell you more

   Serge Wich and Eric Meijaard write in The Conversation on ethical, food security and sustainability issues around oil crops.

2. Honorary Fellowship: Lord Hall of Birkenhead

   Liverpool John Moores University awards Honorary Fellowship to Lord Hall of Birkenhead at Liverpool Cathedral on Friday 15 July 2016.

3. minister-opens-global-maritime-centre

   The UK’s maritime minister has hailed LJMU’s “world-leading” work in driving forward education, research and innovation in the sector, as he officially launched the university’s new maritime centre.

4. Draining peatlands for agriculture adds 'huge pulse' to global warming

   New research has calculated the damage done by farmers converting tropical peat swamps to oil palm plantations.

5. Lord Hall Roscoe review: The BBC in the 21st Century

   Read more about LJMU’s latest Roscoe Lecture delivered by Director General of the BBC, Lord Hall of Birkenhead CB, ‘The BBC in the 21st Century’.

6. Student journalist covers England Red Roses' World Cup victory

   A third year Sports Journalism student got the opportunity of a lifetime reporting on the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup.

7. Exciting development opportunity for women to undertake action learning with peers from North West universities

   We are pleased to offer this development opportunity for up to 15 women working in academic and professional services roles to take part in cross institutional action learning sets with peers from universities in the North West region. Action learning provides a unique space for women to support each other to overcome work and career related challenges. This opportunity has been taken up previously by 150 women. Participant feedback includes: it was not role specific, so there were a range of individuals with different roles/skills/perspective which enriched my experience and It provided a rare opportunity to discuss issues confidentially outside of ones own workplace which helped me to develop more self-confidence and self-awareness.

8. Computer scientists trial rapid information system at Merseyrail stations

   Merseyrail staff will be the first in the country to have delay updates in the palm of their hand.

9. Study reveals ‘unseen’ food source in Africa

   Biologists from Liverpool, Belgium and Holland use satellites to unfarmed food source in Central Africa.

10. Research: Rampant growth in vegetable oil production threatens wildlife

    Professor Serge Wich contributes to IUCN report on vegetable oil