New research from LJMU and UCL Institute of Education suggests that synthetic phonics alone doesn’t work for many struggling young readers. The study highlights the need for more flexible, individualised approaches to support children with reading difficulties. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

It was great to welcome Chancellor Nisha Katona to campus to visit our award-winning Face Lab team. She met staff and PhD students to learn more about their globally impactful research, ahead of LJMU receiving the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize in the new year.

Final-year students worked with our charity partner, Local Solutions, to produce documentaries and films that highlighted the charity's people, services, and community impact across Liverpool and North Wales, gaining real-world industry experience while supporting a local cause. ➡️ bit.ly/44rM3ly

LJMU astronomers have helped unlock secrets of dark energy 💫 A uniquely gravitationally lensed supernova, first identified in detail using the Liverpool Telescope, could help resolve the Hubble Tension and explain the universe’s accelerating expansion. ➡️ bit.ly/48EdFGH youtu.be/cUDdtM2Oji8

Wishing a Happy Hanukkah to all our staff, students, community, and everyone celebrating 🎉

Wishing all our students a safe and happy winter break.🎄 Today is the last day of the semester for all our students. There’s still lots of support available. Remember the SLB is open 24/7 over the break ❄️ Find out more and our building opening times: www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

New independent research shows LJMU delivers £470m+ a year to the Liverpool City Region and nearly £900m to the UK. We’re driving economic growth, social mobility and community impact, from 6,000+ jobs to £174m in annual social value. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new... youtu.be/Xg1Zg3tB6zc

Don’t want to spend a fortune this Christmas? Here’s how neuroscience can help you resist your brain’s impulses to splash out! Associate Professor of Neuroscience at LJMU, Dr Samantha Brooks, explains how to strengthen your willpower against that festive splurge. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

It was great to see experts from the Global Centre for Maritime Innovation help stage an industry day, accelerating the £5m MaLaMi project. 👏 MaLaMi transfers the latest research into real-world change in how shipping is designed, fuelled, operated and regulated. ⚓ ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Earlier in 2025, the Bathgate Group pledged £250,000 over the next five years to support degree apprenticeship learners at LJMU who want successful careers in the construction industry. The objective is to empower students from underrepresented backgrounds. 👏 ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

We’re very proud that Liverpool has been named as a runner-up for the title of European Capital of Innovation 2026. 👏 As runner-up to Grenoble-Alpes Métropole and second-placed Rotterdam, our city will receive prize money of €100,000. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

This stunning photo by Britta Jaschinski, featuring a recent PhD student, Alex Thomas' research, was named one of TIME’s Best Photos of the Year! The research shows we can recover fingerprints and human DNA from wildlife specimens. What an incredible achievement 🎉

When will patients see an AI doctor? 🤖 Professor Dhiya Al-Jumeily is training his own ‘robot doctor’ called Ami. Ami can already provide more accurate and quicker predictions than human doctors and there’s a lot more to come with further upgrades. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

The Roscoe lecture returned this week with His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant Mark Blundell ESQ CVO delivering ‘Working for the Royals.’ The lecture reflected on the Monarchy’s place in national life and highlighted Mark’s role, including royal visits and civic life. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

A new LJMU report highlights the vital role of UK forests 🌲🌳 Eleven million trees (2020–25) are projected to deliver substantial gains in carbon capture, biodiversity, air and water quality, reinforcing the long-term value of investment in nature-based solutions. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

We’re looking forward to seeing Dr Paddy Byrne on BBC Panorama tonight at 8 pm, discussing how widespread PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are in our environment. ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

It was a pleasure to welcome honorary fellow, Professor Sir Phil Redmond back to campus this week to kickstart a new prize fund for students with bright ideas for future projects. The prize will reward students with a £2,500 prize to support new ventures. 👏 ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

We're proud to share that the university's Face Lab has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education. This celebrates their world-leading work in craniofacial identification research, and is considered the highest honour in education. 🎓✨ ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

We’re proud to recognise the 54 brilliant colleagues who have reached career milestones of 25, 35, 45 and even 50 years of service at LJMU this year 🎉 Totalling 1560 years of service, they marked the long-service achievement in 2025 at LJMU's celebration event. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Mersey Ferries captains and crews will be 100% prepared for their landmark new boat after completing training at LJMU.⚓ The crews were trained at the university’s Maritime Centre, which boasts the only ship simulator set up of its kind at a UK research institution. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

November is National Care Leavers Month 💛 LJMU proudly supports care-experienced students, helping them thrive in HE and beyond. This summer, thanks to Honorary Fellow Gary Millar’s donation, six graduates received £1,500 each to ease their transition into work. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

We’re incredibly proud of LJMU Fine Art graduate Emma Coyle, who designed this year’s festive makeover for the Liverpool Sign at Liverpool ONE. Featuring the Lambanana and the Liver Bird, it celebrates the creativity and heritage of our city. Inspiring work! 🎨✨

Today, we welcomed @channel4news.bsky.social, the BBC, and the Liverpool Post to a campus networking event, hosted by the LJMU Journalism department and the John Schofield Trust, to allow students to hear from high-profile industry professionals & discuss some of the issues facing the media today.

Could exercising while losing weight preserve your muscles and help keep them ‘young’? New research published in @theconversation.com from Dr José Areta shows that exercising while losing weight could help preserve, and even ‘rejuvenate’, your muscles. Read more ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

MA Journalism students pictured with the BAFTA won by BBC Breakfast for its Horizon Post Office scandal coverage. 🏆 They met BBC Breakfast producer Caroline Turner at the Speakers Collective Hope Conference on campus, where she joined Honorary Fellow Angela Samata for an ‘in conversation’ event.

We’re celebrating after winning two Times Higher Education Awards! 🎉 🏆 Business School of the Year: Liverpool Business School 🏆 Widening participation/ Outreach initiative of the Year: Roma Education Aspiration Project #THEAwards ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Forensic anthropologists from LJMU lead study into WWII massacre in Greece. They have recently returned from Distomo, where they conducted a preliminary forensic survey of skeletal remains belonging to victims of the 1944 Nazi massacre. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Stress and anxiety before a marathon can leave runners at risk of sickness. 🤧 While scientists once blamed reduced immunity and crowd exposure, new research shows anxiety, stress, and mood may also influence whether runners get ill after a long run or marathon. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

We were thrilled to join the BRILLIANT Festival of Education at the Exhibition Centre today. A fantastic opportunity for us to showcase our work, connect with educators, and explore how technology, such as Pepper, our special education needs robot assistant, is driving inclusive learning.

Staff and students observed a two-minute silence across campus today to mark #ArmisticeDay. LJMU volunteers also supported the Royal British Legion’s #PoppyAppeal. Students worked on two community-based projects for the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII. www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Thanks to everyone who joined our Beyond Black History Symposium on campus. From degree-awarding gaps to celebrating the richness of intersectional identities, the event explored how far we’ve come, and how far we’ve yet to go, for a more equitable future. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Students, staff, alumni and the wider artistic community joined us at LJMU’s John Lennon Art and Design Building to celebrate 200 years of art education. 🎉 Our school of art, founded in 1825, is England’s oldest outside London. Read more about our 2025 celebrations➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Last week, we welcomed over 50 Sea & Royal Marine Cadets for a hands-on STEM day exploring maritime, engineering & robotics. This initiative forms part of our commitment to widening access to higher education and supporting the Armed Forces community. Read more ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

We’re delighted to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Museums Liverpool (NML) to further strengthen our partnership and create new opportunities for students, staff, the public and wider society. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

We are proud to have received a Going Global Partnerships Award 2025 from the British Council.🎉 The award recognises unique and inspirational international partnerships that demonstrate a significant impact on education and contribution to sustainable development. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

UFC fighters Paddy Pimblett, Shem Rock & Luke Riley got LJMU students fighting fit for a career in sport. The trio shared their workouts with Sport and Exercise Science students, and were then put through their paces with a range of strength and conditioning tests. www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

We were pleased to be invited to a parliamentary roundtable, convened by ParalympicsGB, focused on improving disabled children’s participation in school sport. Inclusion is a core theme throughout the PE Initial Teacher Training curriculum here at LJMU. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

‘Exercise as medicine’ most benefits those most at risk🫀 New research involving LJMU shows that cardiac rehabilitation following a heart attack or angina doesn’t just help recovery, it can also reduce health inequalities. Read more ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

We were delighted to showcase some of our pioneering expertise at the insightful Liverpool City Region Combined Authority AI Summit. 🎉 LJMU was an official supporter of the summit and exhibited some of our AI expertise with our robotic dogs, robotic head and more. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Thinking about postgraduate study but unsure about funding? Join our Postgraduate Funding Webinar on 29 October, 12–1 pm to explore your options & ask questions directly to our experts. Register here ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/eve...

The private papers of pioneering transgender activist April Ashley have been secured in LJMU’s Special Collections. Born in Liverpool, April became a model, actress and MBE honouree. Her personal papers, photographs and letters have been donated to the university. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Great to see our expertise helping uncover the secrets of a ‘dinosaur superhighway’ found in Oxfordshire and widely reported on TV news.🦕 LJMU’s Professor Peter Falkingham says the giant footprints could answer questions about how dinosaurs moved and interacted. ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Online shopping had a rhythm- search, scroll, cart. Then socials dropped products into our feeds. Now AI and platforms like Stripe weave into our daily lives, nudging us to buy. We asked Liverpool Business School experts about ethics in marketing. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Animal behaviour experts are monitoring a landmark release of Barbary macaques rescued from poaching and illegal wildlife trade. 🐵 15 monkeys – Europe’s only wild primates – were released in Morocco via the Born to Be Wild project. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Amy Thompson, a 19-year-old first-year student and sports scholar, made a fantastic debut representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland at her first senior international para athletics event in India last month. Amy finished seventh in the event 🎉 ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Eight LJMU students and recent graduates visited Merseyside Police HQ, hosted by the Outreach team and supported by LJMU Student Futures. The visit offered a unique behind-the-scenes look at diverse police career paths. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Research exposes the mental toll of menopause. Professor in Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention, Pooja Saini, writes for The Conversation this Menopause Awareness Month about her research into menopausal mental health. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

A third year Sports Journalism student got the opportunity of a lifetime reporting on the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup. 🏉 Alfie Bugg spent the past month interning for the Rugby News Service and was chosen to work the final week at Twickenham. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Britain’s ‘Northern Forest’ is improving lives, says a new report using LJMU data. Since 2018, over 10 million trees have been planted, giving a million people better access to nature, cleaner air, and improved health. 🌳 ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Thinking about a career in teaching? Join our Get Into Teaching Online Open Day: 🗓️ 7 October 2025 🕰️ 4–6 pm 👉 Learn about primary & secondary PGCEs 👉 Live Q&As with our admissions team Register now ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/eve...