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1. Cancer Café: Recent Developments in Cancer Drugs and Therapies

   Learn about the latest developments in cancer drugs and therapies from one of our LJMU Cancer Support Ambassadors Pat Rahman, Senior Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences. After Pat's talk, there will be plenty of time for questions and group discussion. Relax with a cuppa and cake, chat with our ambassadors (staff and students from across the university), and feel welcome in our safe space. Any questions? Email cancersupport@ljmu.ac.uk or you can learn more about the Network: https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/staff/wellbeing/ljmu-cancer-support-ambassadors

2. Northern Ireland Teacher Conference

   This fully-funded event* is exclusively for teachers and careers advisors in secondary schools and FE colleges across Northern Ireland.

3. Centre for the Study of Law in Theory and Practice (LTAP) Annual Lecture

   Professor William Schabas will deliver our inaugural Centre for the Study of Law in Theory and Practice (LTAP) Annual Lecture on ‘Race, Racial Discrimination and International Law’.

4. HITS Faculty Public Lecture

   Nick Lane is Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry at University College London. His research is on how energy flow has shaped evolution, from the origin of life to the evolution of eukaryotic cells with downright quirky traits such as sex. The Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there is a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not know why complex life is the way it is, or, for that matter, how life first began. In this talk Lane will show that the answer lies in energy!

5. Knife crime and gangs: how a decade of bad policy left deprived young people without real choice

   England’s dramatic rise in gang-related knife crime has been called a “disease” by the UK home secretary, Sajid Javid, and amid the daily drama of Brexit the prime minister, Theresa May, has called a summit of 100 experts to Downing Street to discuss the issue.

6. Trans Awareness Week and Trans Day of Remembrance

   As Transgender Awareness Week begins (13 -19th November) and ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance (20 November), Dr Bee Hughes (they/them/theirs), LJMU Lecturer in Media, Culture, Communication and Co-Chair of LJMU Together LGBT+ Staff Network looks at the local, national and international picture when it comes to trans awareness and allyship in 2021.

7. Groundhog Day or liberation from daily routine?

   Dr Ruth Odgen from the School of Psychology, a lead investigator on a new study into time under COVID-19 isolation, shares her thoughts with us.

8. What supplements do scientists use, and why?

   Six scientists, including LJMU Professor of Human Physiology Graeme Close, on the supplements they take every day and why they take them

9. St. George's Park visit

   On Friday 8 March, over 20 students studying BSc and MSc programmes in LJMU's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences visited St. George's Park, the home of the Football Association.

10. 9 tips for a successful Degree Apprenticeship interview

    We've been working closely with Degree Apprentice employers so we've gained some insight into what they are looking for in candidates.