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1. Rare sharks detected around UK with DNA 'traps'

   Technique gives more accurate picture of sea life

2. LJMU poet's debut wins prestigious award

   Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize

3. Professorship, readership

   The Professorship and Readership Conferment process for 2023 is now open.

4. Human speech evolved from great apes

   Researchers have shown that, contrary to previous arguments, great apes do have control over their voice, and can learn how to ‘speak,’ throwing new light on the evolution of speech.

5. Were sauropods swimmers or walkers?

   An international team of scientists, led by the China University of Geosciences in Beijing and including palaeontologists from the Liverpool John Moores University, has shed new light on some unusual dinosaur tracks from northern China. The tracks appear to have been made by four-legged sauropod dinosaurs yet only two of their feet have left prints behind.

6. 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

7. Programme and Module Amendment Deadlines 2026/2027

   The Academic Quality and Portfolio Committee (AQPC) has approved the key deadlines for programme and module amendments for implementation in the 2026/27 academic year.

8. Professional Services Conference 2020 - call for submissions extended

   The main theme of this conference is 'Continuous Improvement: the Art of the Possible'. In response to positive feedback from last year's conference, we again welcome submissions on the sub-theme of Health and Wellbeing.

9. What is a pink moon?

   LJMU astrophysicist explains unique wonder of the April moon.

10. Professorship and Readership Conferment: Call for submissions

    Each year applications are invited for the conferment of Professorships and Readerships and the process for 2021 is now open