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Manchester students threaten rent strike

Manchester students threaten rent strike

Students angry at the University’s treatment of freshers have threatened a rent strike
“Students deserve better”: UCU and NUS release joint statement amid Covid crisis

“Students deserve better”: UCU and NUS release joint statement amid Covid crisis

Amid growing numbers of Covid cases on campuses, the NUS and UCU have come together to ask the government to keep students and staff safe
Durham University proposes controversial plans to move courses online

Durham University proposes controversial plans to move courses online

Plans to move entire modules and degree programmes to online teaching even once the Coronavirus pandemic is over have been broadly criticised by staff and students
New student mental health service in Greater Manchester in motion

New student mental health service in Greater Manchester in motion

New Greater Manchester service to rescue students ‘falling through the cracks’ of university and NHS services
Most Vice-Chancellors help determine their own pay

Most Vice-Chancellors help determine their own pay

The University of Manchester confirmed that President and Vice-Chancellor Dame Nancy Rothwell does not attend meetings concerning her pay

Manchester refute claim that Vice-Chancellor is highest expenses claimant

The Sunday Times reported that Dame Nancy Rothwell’s expenses are the highest among UK university chiefs, as well as revealing that Vice-Chancellors had claimed expenses for bottles of water and slices of cake

Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health launches

This academic year marks the inauguration of FBMH, a merger between the previously known Faculty of Life Sciences and Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences

The We Get It! campaign enters its next phase

The We Get It! campaign, the Students’ Union’s zero tolerance to sexual harassment incentive, has moved into its next stage with a “report and support” button on My Manchester and the appointment of at least two sexual harassment advisers

Staff members pose questions to Dame Nancy

“We will miss the target that’s for certain,” admits Dame Rothwell in Question and Answer session

UK Universities ‘face collapse into global mediocrity’

University of Manchester slips one place in world rankings