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1. Graduates of LJMU and their stories

   As we celebrate our Bicentenary this year, we are celebrating the Humans of LJMU who make our city, communities and university the vibrant, inclusive place that it is.

2. Pregnant women 'should not be jailed'

   Subject Lead in Criminal Justice in the School of Justice Studies campaigned for a change in the guidance to courts sentencing pregnant women

3. Applications for Discovery Internships for level 5 and 6 students now open

   The final round of paid Discovery Internships for this academic year, which are all sustainability themed, are open for applications now from second and final year (level 5 and 6) students.

4. First evidence of distinct human species living cheek by jowl

   LJMU with scientists from US and Kenya find Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei lived in same place at same time

5. Astonishing difference globally in approach to children in prison

   Marie Claire Van Hout of the LJMU Public Health Institute publishes research in Lancet

6. Ancient skeletal hand could reveal evolutionary secrets

   A 4.4 million-year-old skeleton could show how early humans moved and began to walk upright, according to new research.

7. Join the LJMU All Staff Football Tournament this September

   On 5 September, LJMU will be hosting an all-staff 5-aside football tournament in the LJMU Sport Building with all levels of football experience welcome.

8. Ice Age bone samples reveal DNA links between wolves and dogs

   An international group of geneticists and archaeologists have analysed bones samples, some provided by LJMU, that reveal the ancestry of dogs can be traced to at least two populations of ancient wolves.

9. Why we can't resist splashing out at Christmas

   Associate Professor of Neuroscience Dr Samantha Brooks explains what happens to our willpower when it comes to Christmas treats and spending.

10. The Conversation: Woman spends 500 days alone in a cave – how extreme isolation can alter your sense of time

    Reader in Experimental Psychology Dr Ruth Ogden writes for The Conversation on the extraordinary experience of Beatriz Flamini.