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Jennifer Sterne

Jennifer Sterne


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Brexit rush causes university to have shortage of accommodation

The University of Warwick has a shortage of accommodation for postgraduates and freshers, as they experience a rush of EU students pre-Brexit

Pangaea Festival – Down the rabbit hole: Costume competition

The Mancunion has selected the best costumes Wonderland had to offer, vote for your favourite on our Facebook page

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

The Editor-in-Chief highlights the key stories and discussions in this week’s issue

Editorial: Silenced by the university

The university forced The Mancunion to pull an interview with Nancy Rothwell from our first print edition of term by threatening legal action

Pornographic material blocked in halls

A block has been placed on students’ access to pornographic material in halls, however according to many students the block is censoring beyond this

Legal deals ‘cover up’ scale of sexual harassment problem at universities

Confidentiality clauses have according to campaigners stifled the scale of the sexual harassment issue at UK universities, leaving many afraid to speak out

Theresa May criticises the culture of ‘Safe Spaces’

After Theresa May claimed the culture of ‘safe spaces’ was undermining free speech, we spoke to the Free Speech and Secular Society, the Exec team and Dame Nancy Rothwell about their positions on the controversial topic

G4S to patrol Fallowfield during Welcome Week

Concerns have been raised over new security measures implemented by Manchester City Council and funded by the city’s universities to tackle anti-social behaviour in popular student area Fallowfield

Students lose £32 million in rental deposits

New research reveals that four in ten students had their deposit retained at the end of last term, losing in total £32 million this year in rental deposits

Highest ever ranking for the University of Manchester

The University of Manchester has been ranked 29th in the QS World University Rankings, despite uncertainties around Brexit causing most UK universities to drop in the league table

Manchester RAG win ‘RAG of the Year’

Manchester RAG win four awards at the National Student Fundraising Awards including RAG of the Year

Candidate for NUS President accused of anti-Semitism

With NUS elections a week away, Malia Bouattia, a candidate for NUS President, has been asked to clarify comments she has made regarding Jewish students and Zionism

Unison claim protesting catering staff threatened with pay deductions

Allegations have been made that UMC threatened any staff who joined Thursday’s rally against job cuts would have an hours pay deducted

Preview: Economics for Everyone Conference 2016

The Post-Crash Economics Society conference ‘Economics for Everyone’ brings together the public, students and economists to learn, talk and democratise economics.

Brexit could cost UK £3.7 billion generated from EU students

According to a report by UUK, students studying in the UK from the European Union bring £3.7 billion to the UK and help create jobs

Student tackles Cameron on his ‘personal experience’ of tax avoidance

At a talk on the EU delivered to students at Exeter University, David Cameron was ambushed when a student suggested Cameron had ‘personal experience’ of tax avoidance

Manchester student and victim of sexual abuse facing deportation

Emmaculate Tshuma an 18-year-old Manchester student has been detained and is facing the threat of deportation despite having suffered physical and sexual abuse in her home country

Man convicted after prowling university towns sexually assaulting students

Tahir Nazir was today found guilty of a string of sexual assaults after prowling British university towns, including Manchester, trespassing into student accommodation and sexually assaulting young women