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University of Manchester team (l-r): David Brice, Adam Barr, Richard Gilbert, Debbie Brown.

University Challenge: Manchester ready to smash UCL in final

I have a bone to pick with the latest University of Manchester team to reach the final of what must surely be ...

Sankeys was voted the World's Best Club by DJ Mag in 2010.

‘Sankeys was the Haçienda of its day’

Oh, Sankeys. We knew you so well, and yet, we barely knew you. Ask just about any Manchester student who has passed through ...

Did Chavez's movement die with him? We talked to Caracas-based journalist Girish Gupta to find out.

Has Chavismo died with Chavez?

Seven weeks ago, Venezuelans awoke to a bright Tuesday morning without an inkling that the day millions had been dreading was finally ...

University of Manchester team (l-r): David Brice, Adam Barr, Richard Gilbert, Debbie Brown.

University Challenge: Manchester ready to

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Sankeys was voted the World's Best Club by DJ Mag in 2010.

‘Sankeys was the Haçienda of

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Did Chavez's movement die with him? We talked to Caracas-based journalist Girish Gupta to find out.

Has Chavismo died with Chavez?

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Competition Hard Rock cafe

Win Tickets to see Kodaline live!

Win tickets to see Kodaline at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manchester, in association with Hard Rock Cafe and Absolute Radio

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Vote YES for a PAID EDITOR

Vote YES for a PAID EDITOR at The Mancunion on your Student Portal now. VOTING CLOSES FRIDAY MAY 17th

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Web Developers wanted for 2013/14

The Mancunion is looking for a new web team for 2013/14. Application deadline: 2nd June

Fleet Street Fox

‘We don’t like phone hackers either’

The Fleet Street Fox, aka Susie Boniface, opens up about life as a tabloid journalist

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Apply for the Marketing Team

If you’re planning a career in Marketing and want some experience, or just have an interest in the field, apply to be a Marketing Officer…

University of Manchester team (l-r): David Brice, Adam Barr, Richard Gilbert, Debbie Brown.

University Challenge: Manchester ready to smash UCL in final

Ahead of tonight’s University Challenge final, we meet the all-conquering Manchester team and the man behind their continued success

A winning photograph from Architecture student Peter Chinnock

Winner of Photography Competition announced

Peter Chinnock has won The Mancunion’s Photography Competition this year

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Apply to join The Mancunion in 2013/14

Apply to be section editor at The Mancunion. Application deadline May 15th

Did Chavez's movement die with him? We talked to Caracas-based journalist Girish Gupta to find out.

Has Chavismo died with Chavez?

Rioting on the streets, a tanking economy and a divided nation – Caracas-based journalist Girish Gupta speaks to The Mancunion about life beyond Hugo Chavez

Sankeys was voted the World's Best Club by DJ Mag in 2010.

‘Sankeys was the Haçienda of its day’

Two weeks today, the legendary Manchester venue will be closing its doors ‘indefinitely’. Andrew Williams reminisces with the Sankeys owner, Dave Vincent

Syria

Meet the Manchester PhD student campaigning for Syrians in the UK

Haytham Alhamawi was imprisoned by Assad’s regime in the early 2000s. Today he helps coordinate a campaign to help Syrians studying in the UK

Mothers Day card from Ruth Schneider, from Vienna, in Austria to her parents. She was allowed to travel to Manchester by British authorities in 1939 for her safety. Ruth’s parents Josephine and Isak Schneider were not admitted and were killed by Yugoslavian fascists in 1941.

‘Top academics were rescued while lesser ones were left behind’

The Mancunion talks to Bill Williams, author of Jews and Other Foreigners, about Nazis on campus, immigration and the University’s involvement in the rescue of European Jews during the 1930s