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1. VC PhD Scholarship 2026

   The LJMU VC PhD Scholarship 2026 is now open for applications.

2. Trailblazers publishing initiative

   Opportunity for early career researchers and final year PhD students to publish their first open access monograph.

3. New Neonatal Care Leave Policy and updated Family Friendly policies

   A new Neonatal Care Leave Policy has been created and existing family friendly policies have been updated in relation to neonatal care leave.

4. 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.

5. Exam invigilating training

   Online is training available in December and April.

6. New Respect Always film celebrates LJMU voices and accents

   A new video has launched as part of a Respect Always campaign to celebrate and highlight the importance of having patience and respect for all the voices and accents, here at LJMU.

7. Beatles' similarities revealed

   A new exhibition at LJMU’s John Lennon Art and Design Building creates an ‘average’ face of The Beatles, and highlights the similarities of the Fab Four.

8. LJMU rated sixth globally for Sport and Exercise Science

   QS World University Rankings 2024 places sport and exercise science at 6th in the world

9. Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning Policy update

   The Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning Policy (RPEL) has been updated to incorporate requirements for RPEL assessment for Apprenticeship programmes, and to reflect changes to governance related to RPEL.

10. Professor Robin Dunbar Public Lecture

    Friendships are a primate speciality, and have evolved to buffer us against the stresses of living in large social groups. They have a bigger effect on our psychological health and wellbeing, as well as our physical health and wellbeing, than anything else. Friendships are, however, extremely expensive to create and to maintain, both in terms of their time cost and in terms of their underpinning neurobiology. In this lecture, Ill explore the behavioural, cognitive and neurobiological bases of friendships, and show how we use these as a basis for forming mega-communities.