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Fallowfield campus redevelopment approved by city council

Fallowfield campus redevelopment approved by city council

The Fallowfield campus redevelopment has been approved, with a phased project aiming to create 3,300 new student beds
A Fresher’s Guide to: Noisy neighbours

A Fresher’s Guide to: Noisy neighbours

Noisy neighbours are more of a nuisance than you might initially think but luckily The Mancunion’s got you covered with a guide on how to deal with them when you find them testing your patience!
A Fresher’s Guide to: Life in Fallowfield

A Fresher’s Guide to: Life in Fallowfield

Dream about living in Fallowfield? Let us take you on a tour of all the social hubs and halls the area has to offer – there’s a reason why Fallowfield is Manchester’s student hotspot!
A Fresher’s Guide to: Moving into halls

A Fresher’s Guide to: Moving into halls

Move-in day is something that’s both exciting and stressful. Feel prepared for life as a fresher with our guide to moving into halls!
UoM confirm end of ResLife Officers

UoM confirm end of ResLife Officers

Some of the plans are still under consultation, but the scrapping of RLOs has been confirmed for August
Extinction Rebellion graffiti appears at Oak House

Extinction Rebellion graffiti appears at Oak House

The group also graffitied main campus this year
Mansion Point and the changing face of student accommodation

Mansion Point and the changing face of student accommodation

Fresh new halls are filling the huge void left by the emptying of the Owens Park Tower at the start of this academic year. Mansion Point is the latest of these additions to Fallowfield life, offering a renovated Allen Hall, the old postgraduate accommodation on Wilmslow Road, from the beginning of next academic year. It’s […]
Whitworth Park and the changing face of Oxford Road

Whitworth Park and the changing face of Oxford Road

The University’s most populous halls of residence is under threat of closure of being re-let. We investigate what this means for the area’s future.

Student launches petition for halls to house homeless

Creator encourages students to sign the petition “because it’s the right thing to do”

Advice to first-year house hunters

Panicking about housing for next year? Don’t worry! Shannon Winterbone is here to share her own experiences, and give some useful advice about house hunting

Lead your hall

“Party Planner? Entrepreneur? Leader?” then nominate yourself to lead your hall

Student accommodation reaches breaking point as half of students struggle with rent

In the three years between 2010 and 2013, student rent prices rose at almost double the rate of the wider rental market. The NUS is calling for rent controls to combat the “crisis”

Warning – University will seriously damage your health!

A YouGov survey has discovered that 84 per cent of students think their accommodation is harmful to health

Feeding freshers for under a fiver

So you’re settling in to student life now, no doubt becoming accustomed to Sainsbury’s discount shelf and piercing the film of the microwave meal. Could be worse right? But there’s nothing quite like a decent home cooked meal. Forget all the excuses, “I can’t be bothered”, “fresh produce is too expensive”, “I’ve not got time”, […]

Fire at Manchester Student Village sees 1,000 evacuated

3am cooking accident sees Fire and Rescue teams called

Student 101: home sweet home

Final year student Lucy Firth gives advice about living away from home