Archive: 2016-2017
Two Liverpool GirlGeek teen bloggers review the Tech4Teens engineering challenge…
22 February 2017: We’ve absolutely loved going to past Girl Geek events (such as the Academy) so we were looking forward to attending this month’s Tech4Teens engineering challenge at Liverpool Universities School of Engineering, as it was unlike anything LGG had ever done before.
Maria Afonso on cat flu and communication
17 February 2017: Maria Afonso is a final year PhD student at the University’s Institute of Infection and Global Health.
Becky Docherty Blog on Hyrdrogen Fuel in China
6 February 2017: Dr Becky Docherty and I am a Knowledge Exchange Scientist in the Department of Chemistry here at The University of Liverpool.
Madeleine Brasier on the biology of Antarctic marine worms
6 February 2017: Madeleine Brasier is a PhD student in the University’s School of Environmental Sciences
Central Teaching Laboratory nominated for Teaching Excellence award
8 December 2016: The University’s Central Teaching Laboratory has been nominated a finalist for Higher Education Academy’s (HEA) Collaborative Awards for Teaching Excellence (CATE).
Professor Jane Hurst awarded prestigious animal behaviour research medal
Professor Jane Hurst, from the Institute of Integrative Biology has been awarded the 2016 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) medal.
Materials Innovation Factory announces new academic appointments
23 November 2016: The Materials Innovation Factory announces the appointment of Dr Samantha Chong, Dr Esther Garcia Tunon Blanca, Dr Lucy Clark and Dr Anna Slater will be joining the academic programme team.
Double Athena SWAN award success
7 October 2016: Two institutes from the University’s Faculty of Health and Life Sciences have been recognised in the latest round of Athena SWAN awards – achieved by universities, research institutes and departments for their commitment to tackling gender inequality in higher education.
Female human powered land speed record broken
September 2016: Yasmin Tredell broke the human powered land speed record reaching 71.05 mph. The School of Engineering ULVTeam designed and built ARION2.
Researcher receives national eye and vision award
9 Septemeber 2016: Rosalind Stewart, an honorary clinical fellow at the University’s Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, has received a national award for her research in ophthalmology from The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) and Fight for Sight.