❄️ "His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe..." What better way to round off our #AcademicAdvent than with our good friends @irishinstitute.bsky.social, who every day celebrate the rich impact of Irish culture in all its forms. An emerald gem in the Faculty.

✨ It's been a busy 2025 for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences! ✨ From new research breakthroughs to innovative projects and community partnerships, the past year has highlighted the range of work taking place across our Faculty. 🔗 bit.ly/4pFLBZm @liverpooluni.bsky.social | #TeamLivUni

What lies behind the European Commission's €120 million fine of X (formerly Twitter), and what could its impacts be? Dr Stephanie Reynolds from @livunilawsj.bsky.social investigates.

New research reveals that thousands of children in the UK are having life changing decisions made about them without being heard. Read the joint report 'Raising Children: Safeguarding Children in Parental Deportation Decisions' here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/research...

Our final policy briefing of 2025 is by Molly Russell and Adrian Nolan of @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social , focusing on the newly published Liverpool City Region Growth Plan and its emphasis on improving productivity. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

🦌🏠🦌 If you hear reindeer hooves on your roof, you may want to reassess the acoustic properties of your house. Luckily, today's #AcademicAdvent features colleagues from the Acoustic Research Unit, based in Architecture. Learn about their unique work improving our built environment below.

Carol Phillips - Daughter of Lord Woodbine. During Liverpool’s L8 music scene, Carol was part of girl group ‘Dynamic Flair’ as a teenager, mentored by Joey and Lesley Ankrah. ‘Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe' is open Tue–Sat, 10am–5pm (VG&M will close on 20 Dec and reopen 8 Jan).

An important reminder for postgraduate researchers (and, erm, everyone!) to take time to connect with the natural world. "(Liverpool) is really close to the sea. Every time I feel tired or frustrated I just walk to the dock." - Lin Luo

🎉 At Christmas we look back on the good things the year brought. So today's #AcademicAdvent is Dr Beatriz Marin-Aguilera @archaeotext.bsky.social who won a prestigious @leverhulme.ac.uk Philip Leverhulme Prize for her research into the origins of anti-colonial resistance in the Caribbean.

Tate Hall is getting festive today with Professor Lisa Colton, Professor of Musicology, who’s sharing some fascinating facts about the origins of the Earliest English Carols, plus join in a celebratory seasonal singalong! 📍VG&M 🕐 1-2pm 🎟️ Free -booking advised: https://orlo.uk/YAJUT

Tell us you love it here at University of Liverpool without telling us you love it here at University of Liverpool... "I did my undergraduate here, did my master's here, and then stayed on for PhD." - Luke @livunihss.bsky.social

Christmas is a time for gathering round and listening to a tale well told. So today's #AcademicAdvent is Dr Hannah Little @hanachronism.bsky.social, an expert in communications. Explore her work helping scientists of all kinds explain their research here www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

Featuring the flame-tastic work of the Faculty's Dr Sally Hoare @sallygeoarch.bsky.social 🔥

In today's #AcademicAdvent, meet Dr Mary Booth, Manager at the Centre for the Study of International Slavery @csis-liverpool.bsky.social, a partnership with National Museums Liverpool. Explore their work on historical and contemporary slavery and its impacts: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

Congratulations to our very own Professor Andrew Russell and his co-author, Professor Andreja Zevnik, for receiving the Award for the Best Scientific Work in the Field of Political Science for their book from Dr Marko Hočevar on behalf of the Slovenian Political Science Association🗣️📚📖

🎵 On the 11th day of December my true love gave to me... Four Philosophers! Yes, a bumper batch for our #AcademicAdvent today as we meet the crack philosophy team tackling moral & legal injustices around the world www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

🔥🔥 We're very proud to see Dr Sally Hoare from the University as one of the bright sparks (ahem) who helped discover humans had been able to create fire much earlier than previously thought. Read about this amazing work here 🎇

Two new publications from Dr. Lyndon Way! One in the Journal of Language & Politics and another in the Encyclopedia of Political Communication www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...

🔔 Christmas is a time for music (watch out for #Whamageddon though), so today's #AcademicAdvent features Grace Goodwin, a PhD student from the Faculty's Music Dept, who is on a mission to tackle gender and regional inequalities in the music industry. 🎶 www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

How should local leaders in the North West contribute to the government's new towns agenda? Heseltine Institute honorary professor Ian Wray draws inspiration from the late Manchester City Council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein to help answer this question. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

A celebratory #AcademicAdvent today, as we share the great news of Dr Ceren Kabukcu, an archaeobotanical expert from @livancworlds.bsky.social, and her recent win of a £1.4m European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grant. Read about her exciting project here ➡️

Congratulations to everyone from across the Faculties graduating this week. You deserve it! Maybe get the Christmas menu at your celebratory meal afterwards! 🎄

Just a quick reminder that the deadline for submissions to our 📚John McGahern Book Prize 📚 is this Friday, 12 December! We are looking for the best debut work of fiction published by an Irish or Irish-resident writer in 2025. ℹ️+ submission form: www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie... #booksky

Numbers mean nothing now, but next up for our #AcademicAdvent is Dr Ricardo Ribeiro Ferreira, a @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellow from @commmedia.bsky.social, whose work explore how journalism can aid or resist authoritarianism www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

Based on their experience at University of Liverpool, what would our postgraduate researchers tell new starters? "You will feel at home, so it will be a great journey ahead!" - Sahid. @livunihss.bsky.social

👏 Congratulations to Professor Jo Meehan, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Business, for making the Net Zero 50 2025 list! Jo ranked joint 31st for her leadership on #NetZero, social value, #modernslavery and #sustainablebusiness. Read more about Jo's recognition ⬇️ shorturl.at/EQFw1

☃️ Open up door number 5 on our #AcademicAdvent and join a world of 18th century refinery and poise. Let Dr @hillaryburlock.bsky.social take you on whirl around the etiquette of Georgian assembly rooms and indulge your Austenesque dreams theconversation.com/inside-the-r...

And lo! the office Christmas tree has arrived! Majestic, we're sure you'll agree (thanks again, Norway). Don't be fooled by the tin of Roses though, it's what the deccies are kept in. Chizz chizz.

Today's #AcademicAdvent festive star is Dr Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, Associate Dean for Global Engagement at @sotauol.bsky.social, who has just been appointed as a new Non-Executive Director at the UK National Commission for UNESCO. Christmas comes early! 🎁

All of our Historic England titles are included in the Winter Sale so now is the perfect time to have a browse of our new releases: bit.ly/HELUP Enter discount code 27WINTER at checkout to receive your discount! #Heritage #Architecture

Opening up door no3 on our #AcademicAdvent, and who should we find? It's Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social, who we are very lucky to have at the Faculty as a lecturer in the politics of race and decolonial studies. Meet Amal and her exciting research here www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

The Management School is feeling festive. 🎄✨ Our tree is up, and Winter Graduation 2025 is just around the corner. Grady the Graduation Bear is here to share helpful info and the best spots for those perfect graduation photos. 🎓🐻 #LivUni #UniversityofLiverpool #ManagementSchool #wintergraduation

UoL researchers - finding the right funding is an important stage of developing your proposal as it gives you the best chance of submitting a competitive application. Use our guide to understand the variety of funding available & navigate the funding landscape staff.liverpool.ac.uk/research/res...

🎁 Who's this behind window no. 2 for our #AcademicAdvent? Why, it's the festively-named Dr Holly Tessler, here to tell us all about the Fab Four elves themselves (The Beatles), and their impact on local and global heritage. www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

What matters most to our postgraduate researchers? "What really was important for me at the beginning was the wellbeing support system that is implemented at the University of Liverpool. I really felt for the first time I was at a university where my wellbeing did matter." - Victoria.

Fa-la-la-la-la! Yes, it's our ever popular & traditional #AcademicAdvent (we have never done this before), where we highlight the work of Faculty researchers throughout December. First up, meet Dr Sophie Jones and explore 👑 loyalty in Revolution-era America www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

‘Hope on small scales’: Women’s Troubles book explores gender and feminist politics in post-Agreement #NorthernIreland Read our article by Jessica HADDEN 👉 sharedfuture.news/hope-on-smal... @centreforgender.bsky.social @clairepierson.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social @mhairiclaire.bsky.social

Coming up on Dec 5, join @heritageinstitute.bsky.social and three distinguished scholars for this fascinating event exploring the rich Chinese heritage and contemporary cultural practice (in-person event). Register for 'Perspectives of Chinese Heritage' here www.eventbrite.com/e/perspectiv...

Belfast book launch today! 📚

The latest collection of research from the Tate Gallery (we're proud partners of Tate Liverpool) is out, exploring how histories are built, sustained, questioned or overlooked by institutions. Read Tate Papers No.36 here #ArtSky

Obviously we are all one big happy family here at UoL, but may we direct your attention to all the HSS Faculty subjects scoring highly in the new Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS)...

Fantastic news as the Faculty's Dr Samar Abdelrahman leads a £1.1m AHRC-funded project on African film heritage restitution. The international team of scholars, archivists and filmmakers will identify Africa-led solutions to address the loss of film and documentary materials. #FilmSky

More PhD funding: AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards - deadline for Expression of Interest 12th December. Get in touch to discuss potential projects (bilingualism/multilingualism, food and identity, LGBTQIA+ issues (corpus-based/CDA/CADS))! www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a... @livunihss.bsky.social

PhD funding - deadline approaching! I'd be keen to supervise projects on bilingualism/multilingualism, food and identity, LGBTQIA+ issues (corpus-based/CDA/CADS). @livunihss.bsky.social AHRC-funded ‘Crafting Care’ Doctoral Focal College - EOI due by 1st Dec. www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

🆕 BLOG! On #WorldSustainableTransportDay, we look at research led by Professor Dongping Song to develop a groundbreaking green solution to how people/goods move in suburban areas, using: 🚄Electric modular vehicles 🚲E-bikes and electric scooters 📈Cutting-edge digital technologies shorturl.at/JoXu8

📚 Like Puffin Club book day in school but for grown ups, here's our latest 'books of the month', featuring works on Indian cities, West African colonial architecture, and migrant heritage in the UK: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/25/n... #BookSky

As #COP30 draws to a close, global leaders once again reaffirmed the urgent need to limit and prepare for the impacts of climate change. At #LivUni we are addressing global challenges with our research. Find out how we have been making a difference in 2025 👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/new...

Earlier this month, the University was proud to welcome Professor Sir Simon Schama when he gave the @irishinstitute.bsky.social's annual Seamus Heaney Lecture. Read up on the event here: