How chimp DNA techniques turned us into jungle detectives
Wild chimpanzees are hard to find, but their DNA – left-behind genetic traces – is opening up a new way of studying them, write experts Alexander Piel and Fiona Stewart
Wild chimpanzees are hard to find, but their DNA – left-behind genetic traces – is opening up a new way of studying them, write experts Alexander Piel and Fiona Stewart
Amy Vicars graduated with a Masters in Health Psychology in 2022 and now works for Everton in the Community as a Health and Wellbeing Coordinator.
Lauren Griffiths graduated in 2022 with a degree in International Tourism Management and currently works as a Sales and Marketing Executive for We Are Social Nation. In July 2025, along with a business partner, she opened her own business, Opal and Mersey, a content studio based in Liverpool.
Hannah Lacy graduated from LJMU in 2021 with a degree in Wildlife Conservation, followed by an MSc in Wildlife Conservation Technology in 2022, and is now a PhD Researcher in Conservation Biology at the University of Leeds.
Robyn White graduated in 2025 with a degree in International Business Studies and now works as a Sales and Marketing Executive for We Are Social Nation.
Sacha Ogosi graduated in 2020 with a degree in Psychology and Criminology and went on to complete an MA in International Relations. She now works as a Public Affairs Officer for The Inclusion Initiative at The London School of Economics and Political Science.
BA Business Management students go behind-the-scenes at thriving local business, 92 Degrees Coffee.
By Catherine McCarthy, BSc (Hons) Animal Behaviour student
Over the past ten years, violence among young people involved in gangs has claimed hundreds of lives and dominated national debate in the UK.
Some student tips to start fresh in 2021