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1. Rethinking the orangutan

   The critically endangered orangutan—one of human’s closet living relatives—has become a symbol of wild nature’s vulnerability in the face of human actions and an icon of rainforest conservation.

2. Marking LGBT+ History Month this February

   February marks LGBT+ History Month, an opportunity to reflect and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community’s culture and achievements and highlight events and support at LJMU

3. Solving the evolutionary puzzle of menopause

   The evolution of the menopause was ‘kick-started’ by a fluke of nature, but then boosted by the tendency for sons and grandsons to remain living close to home, a new study by Liverpool scientists suggests.

4. Meet Renske Smit, latest researcher to join the Astrophysics Research Institute

   Dr Renske Smit will be joining the Astrophysics Research Institute as an STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow. We caught up with her to find out more about achievements in astronomy and her plans for her time at LJMU.

5. Senior Lecturer secures BA Skills Innovator Award

   Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Social Science, Dr Ojo Adegbola, has won a coveted British Academy Skills Innovator Award.

6. New AI Strategy Group for LJMU

   Nascent strategy as LJMU seeks to formalise AI strategy

7. LJMU billboard campaign 2025 goes live across Merseyside

   The university’s new vibrant billboard campaign has launched across the city and the wider Liverpool City Region.

8. Real risks from illusory health beliefs

   Study of 1500 people with alternative health beliefs shows relationship with rejection of science and doctors

9. Premier League sports psychologists attend Football Exchange conference

   The Football Exchange, from the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, hosted its first ‘Psychology of Football’ conference. The event, endorsed by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES), was attended by over 120 delegates, including representatives from every English Premier League club, the Scottish Leagues and women’s football, with practitioners travelling from across the UK, Holland, Denmark, Estonia, Norway, Germany, Slovenia, Portugal, Poland and the US.

10. "Be the best person you can be" - Tommy Fleetwood receives honorary fellowship

    Golfing great Tommy Fleetwood told LJMU students to “be the best person you can be” as he accepted an honorary fellowship from the university.