University of Liverpool, UK - Research helping to safeguard children across the world

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Research helping to safeguard children across the world

 

Published:

University of Liverpool, 8 August 2022

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2022/08/08/research-helping-to-safeguard-children-across-the-world/

 

From the news article:

Researchers from the University of Liverpool are working with the National Crime Agency (NCA) to develop online child protection tools that support law enforcement agencies in the UK and internationally to safeguard children.

 

University of Liverpool, UK (June 2022) - Online gambling: twice as many gaming accounts belong to customers in most deprived areas & The Patterns of Play report

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Online gambling: twice as many gaming accounts belong to customers in most deprived areas 

 

Published:

University of Liverpool, 9 June 2022

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2022/06/09/online-gambling-twice-as-many-gaming-accounts-belong-to-customers-in-most-deprived-areas/

 

From the article:

New data reveals that compared to online sports betting, participation and spend on gaming products such as slot, casino and bingo games are disproportionately concentrated in the most deprived areas of Great Britain.

 

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The Patterns of Play report - this report was carried out by researchers from the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and Professor David Forrest and Professor Ian McHale (University of Liverpool). 

University of Liverpool, United Kingdom - Becoming an Expert: Investigating new materials for solar panel technology

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Becoming an Expert: Investigating new materials for solar panel technology  

 

Published: 

University of Liverpool, UK, 17 March 2022 

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2022/03/17/becoming-an-expert-investigating-new-materials-for-solar-panel-technology/   

 

From the article: 

Matthew Smiles is a 4th year PhD student at the University’s Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy. His PhD is funded by the Centre for Doctoral Training in New and Sustainable Photovoltaics and he is supervised by Professor Tim Veal.

 

 

University of Liverpool, United Kingdom - High number of Sierra Leone children trafficked before 18th birthday

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High number of Sierra Leone children trafficked before 18th birthday

 

Published:

University of Liverpool, 25 February 2022

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2022/02/25/high-number-of-sierra-leone-children-trafficked-before-18th-birthday/

 

From the news article:

An estimated 33% of children aged 5 to 17 in Sierra Leone’s Eastern Province have experienced child trafficking, and 36% have experienced child labor, according to a new collaborative report from the University of Liverpool and the University of Georgia.  

 

The report—Child Trafficking and the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Sierra Leone—represents the largest-scale household survey on the topic ever undertaken in Sierra Leone.

 

Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom - Jamaica Making: the Theresa Roberts Art Collection [19 Jan - 9 Jul 2022]

Title of exhibition:

Jamaica Making: the Theresa Roberts Art Collection

 

Venue:

Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

 

Dates:

19 February - 9 July 2022

 

Focus:

This exciting exhibition showcases the vibrancy and variety of contemporary Jamaican art since the country’s Independence in 1962. Explore a Jamaica beyond the tourist idyll and get to know a country that, despite its challenges, has a strong sense of identity and culture.

 

For more information:

https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/feature/jamaica-making/

 

University of Liverpool, UK - Liverpool leads £1.17M innovative future MSR reactor project

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Liverpool leads £1.17M innovative future MSR reactor project  

 

Published:

University of Liverpool, 1 July 2021

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2021/07/01/liverpool-leads-1-17m-innovative-future-msr-reactor-project/

 

From the article:

* The University of Liverpool has been awarded £1.17 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to lead a collaborative project to explore a new, more sustainable and more economic nuclear technology for the UK. 

 

* The project, which also involves the Universities of Lancaster and Manchester and several national and international industrial partners as advisors, will be led by Professor Bruno Merk who holds the Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technology at the University.

 

University of Liverpool, UK (Jun 2021) - University scientists win three Royal Society of Chemistry prizes

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University scientists win three Royal Society of Chemistry prizes

 

Published:

University of Liverpool, 8 June 2021

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2021/06/08/universitys-scientists-win-three-royal-society-of-chemistry-prizes/

 

From the article:

Two individuals from the University of Liverpool have won prestigious prizes from the Royal Society of Chemistry, celebrating the most exciting chemical science taking place today. A collaboration involving a third researcher from the University has also won a prize.

 

New research to explore experiences of walking and creativity during COVID-19 [University of Liverpool, 22 April 2021]

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New research to explore experiences of walking and creativity during COVID-19

 

Published:

University of Liverpool, 22 April 2021

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2021/04/22/new-research-to-explore-experiences-of-walking-and-creativity-during-covid-19/

 

From the article:

The University of Liverpool is part of a new collaborative research project exploring people´s experience of walking during the Covid-19 pandemic.  

 

The Walking Publics/Walking Arts: walking, wellbeing and community during COVID-19 project will also look at the role of creativity – or creative walking – in those experiences.

University of Liverloop, United Kingdom (4 February 2021) - New strategy working towards a sustainable University

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New strategy working towards a sustainable University 

Published:

University of Liverpool, United Kingdom,  4 February 2021

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2021/02/04/new-strategy-working-towards-a-sustainable-university/

From the article:

The University of Liverpool has launched a new Sustainability Strategy with community at its heart.  

 

In line with the principles of the University’s Strategy 2026, the Sustainability Strategy states three broad aims for the institution – to achieve net zero carbon by 2035, reduce our waste by 50% by 2025 and for every student to undertake a sustainability-related module, extra-curricular activity, or learning as part of their programme.

University of Liverpool - Liverpool partners in EU project to speed up battery development

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Liverpool partners in EU project to speed up battery development  

 

Published:

University of Liverpool, 10 December 2020

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2020/12/10/liverpool-partners-in-eu-project-to-speed-up-battery-development/

 

From the article:

Researchers from the University’s Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy and the Materials Innovation Factory are partners in a €20M EU project to significantly accelerate the speed of battery development while keeping an eye on sustainability.

 

University of Liverpool - Liverpool Literary Festival returns ONLINE for 2020 [9-11 October 2020]

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Liverpool Literary Festival returns ONLINE for 2020

Published:
University of Liverpool, 15 September 2020
https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2020/09/15/liverpool-literary-festival-returns-online-for-2020/

From the news article:
Liverpool Literary Festival returns this autumn in online form, live-streaming an exciting collection of established writers and emerging talents over the weekend of October 9 – 11.

University of Liverpool (26 August 2020) - Prestigious National Fellowship for Computer Scientist

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Prestigious National Fellowship for Computer Scientist

Published:
University of Liverpool, 26 August 2020
https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2020/08/26/prestigious-national-fellowship-for-computer-scientist/

From the post:
Igor Potapov, a Professor in the University’s Department of Computer Science, has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship for 2020/21.

New report criticises some of the UK Government’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

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New report criticises some of the UK Government’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

Published:
University of Liverpool, 30 July 2020
https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2020/07/30/new-report-criticises-some-of-the-uk-governments-responses-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/

From the article:
A new Parliamentary Committee report, featuring findings from a study conducted by the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections at the Universities of Liverpool Oxford, criticises some of the UK Government’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, how the NHS and social care prepared for the COVID-19 peak.

University of Liverpool, United Kingdom - This Robotic Chemist Does Over 600 Experiments a Week and Learns From Its Own Work

Title:
This Robotic Chemist Does Over 600 Experiments a Week and Learns From Its Own Work

Author:
Edd Gent

Published:
SingularityHub, 13 July 2020
https://singularityhub.com/2020/07/13/this-robotic-chemist-does-over-600-experiments-a-week-and-learns-from-its-own-work/

From the article:
Researchers at the University of Liverpool in the UK have created a mobile robot that can carry out experiments using standard lab equipment designed for humans and can make decisions on the fly about what experiments it should do next based on its previous results.

University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (UK) - First UK-wide study of brain complications in patients with COVID-19

Title:
First UK-wide study of brain complications in patients with COVID-19

Published:
University of Liverpool, 26 June 2020
https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2020/06/26/first-uk-wide-study-of-brain-complications-in-patients-with-covid-19/

From the article:
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have led the first nationwide surveillance study of the neurological complications of COVID-19.

A study of 153 patients treated in UK hospitals during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic describes a range of neurological and psychiatric complications that may be linked to the disease, including stroke and an altered mental state such as brain inflammation, psychosis and dementia-like symptoms.

Scholarly article:
Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study, The Lancet Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30287-X

University of Liverpool - Online chemistry learning resource welcomes 5.5 million users

Title:
Online chemistry learning resource welcomes 5.5 million users

Published:
University of Liverpool, 6 May 2020

From this article:
"More than 5.5 million users have accessed a free chemistry learning resource created by a University of Liverpool academic in collaboration with students.  

The ChemTube3D site, which earned Professor Nick Greeves a Royal Society of Chemistry Nyholm Prize for Education in 2015, is an open educational resource that contains interactive 3D chemistry animations and structures, with supporting information, for students studying some of the most important topics in advanced school chemistry and university chemistry courses."

To read this article:
https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2020/05/06/online-chemistry-learning-resource-welcomes-5-5-million-users/