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1. Why we can't resist splashing out at Christmas

   Associate Professor of Neuroscience Dr Samantha Brooks explains what happens to our willpower when it comes to Christmas treats and spending.

2. Support for students and staff over the winter break 2025/26

   As semester one of the 2025/26 academic year draws to a close, please see LJMU’s opening times for buildings and services over the coming weeks.

3. Are we chatting or shopping? How it’s hard to tell in our new AI ‘high street’

   Marketing experts research impact of AI on our shopping culture after Chartered Institute of Marketing conference presentation.

4. Do psychopaths experience pain differently?

   Psychologist Dr Minna Lyons and PhD student Sophie Alshukri find that psychopaths maybe do not recognise feelings of pain as others

5. Policy updates: Safeguarding, Freedom of Speech and more

   Student Advice and Wellbeing and the International team want to make staff aware in particular of an update to the Safeguarding Policy regarding under-18 international students with LJMU and collaborative partners.

6. Art providing a ‘window into the world of the shepherdess’

   Liverpool School of Art and Designs Dr Patricia MacKinnon-Day is celebrated in a new publication that traces a decade of her work telling the stories of rural women through art and autoethnography.

7. Discovery Internships: Boost your CV and make a real-world impact

   Two recent LJMU graduates who undertook a Discovery Internship in their final year of study share the impact it made to their career

8. In conversation with Dr Julia Wang

   We caught up with Dr Julia Wang, who is a self-proclaimed adopted scouser to find out what a typical day looks like for her as Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor International Relations, her favourite part of the city and the best piece of advice she’s ever received.

9. In memoriam: Professor Maureen Williams

   LJMU is saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Maureen Williams who was a supporter and friend of the university.

10. Are young people frozen out politically?

    LJMU student Rachael Carroll talks about votes for 16-year-old, democracy and the European Youth Parliament