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What’s in my tote

What’s in my tote

WIM is coming up fast, so here are a few tote essentials you’ll need to make the most of WIM’s jam-packed weekend.
How does pulling an ‘all-nighter’ affect you?

How does pulling an ‘all-nighter’ affect you?

Pulling an ‘all-nighter’ is a uni right of passage; let’s take a look at the physical affects it has!

A student life: ‘the University of Gyalchester’ clothing brand

Pierre-Leo Rouat talks to Yassine, who is one of three UoM students whose drunk idea at a party is coming to life

A Student Life: Matt Harvison, creator of the Fallowfield safety petition

After a recent surge in violent crime with students in Manchester being the prime target, Kizzy Bray meets the UoM student petitioning for the police and mayor Andy Burnham to take action for safety in Fallowfield

A Student Life: Jonah Ogbuneke

This chemical engineer has one priority other than his final exams, and that’s to tackle homelessness

A Student Life: Matthew Freestone

Raine Beckford chats to Matthew Freestone, founder of the Fallowfield Students Group, about Manchester, marketing and making connections

A Student Life: David Jacob, co-author of ‘Uni Lifehacks’

David Jacob owns two companies and has recently had his first book ‘Uni Lifehacks’ published. Kizzy Bray talks to the UoM third year at the very start of his newfound career to find out how his new release was made possible

The life of a midwife

We look at the trials and tribulations of some of the hardest-working students in university

A Student Life: The Revolutionary Marxist

We spoke to Ed Rosier, chair of the Marxist society, about the current growth of radical groups

A student life: UOM Board Games Society

Meet Jon Bebb, one Philosophy student finding the time to balance a PhD with his contrasting role as Social Sec for the UOM Board Games Society

A student life: Don’t Give a Damn

Meet Bethan Turner-Harrod, the student seeking to put an end to mental health stigma with her community blog

A student life: The Wild Washerwomen

Emma Shanks speaks to Zoe Darling, co-founder of The Wild Washerwomen, a mobile launderette set up in the Calais ‘Jungle’

A student life: the quidditch player

We spoke to Livi Dickinson about being a quidditch player at university