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Mandelson officially takes up MMU Chancellorship

“Lord of Darkness” Peter Mandelson began his term as the official figurehead of the university at the beginning of April this year

Vigilance encouraged amid reports of ‘art student’ voyeur

The man, apparently claiming to be an art student, has asked female students to go into an alley to in order take indecent images of them

Bailiffs move in on The Ark

Around a dozen are evicted from ‘The Ark’ homeless refuge as MMU gains legal permission to forcibly remove shelter for second time

Council fails in Ark court bid

A case brought by the Council against the homeless residents of the Ark for breaching an injunction against pitching tents in protest has been thrown out of court

Scores of students protest homeless evictions

Scores of students gathered to protest MMU’s controversial ‘social cleansing’ eviction of the homeless under the Mancunian Way

Manchester has highest student-related crime rate outside London

Data shows how much higher the crime rate at London universities is, but places all four of Manchester’s universities at the top of the non-London list

Student Homes video targets house party ‘chaos’

The video, produced by Manchester Metropolitan University, follows a fictional Fallowfield party that gets out of hand

MMU staff stage full-day strike over ‘unlawful’ pay dock

Strike action has had “little or no impact” at most universities and protestors should focus on negotiating better pay deals for the 2014-15 period, says UCEA

Eagles soar to varsity victory

MMU Claim the American Football Varsity in a dramatic 12-6 win

MMU students rescued from Welsh mountains

It took 50 rescuers 9 hours to rescue the group of university students from Manchester

40 years for murderer of MMU lecturer and family

Judge said Anxiang Du killed all four members of the Ding family with “ruthless efficiency”

MMU lecturer murder trial begins

Anxiang Du is accused of the murder of Jifeng Ding, his wife and two children.

Ice Hockey Live Blog!

  Welcome to the Mancunion Sport live blog of the 2013 Ice Hockey varsity! Face-off at 7:30!

Liveblog: Rugby varsity

Live coverage from the UofM-MMU men’s and women’s rugby at Sale stadium

MMU Didsbury campus makes way for residential homes

17 acre estate in Didsbury to undergo regeneration to accommodate the housing needs of the City

MMU pole-vaulter leaps to gold at Euro Champs

Defending champion pipped by Britain’s first Euro gold medallist

‘I am not the only member of staff who has been under attack at MMU,’ says Parker

Internationally renowned Professor says ‘sorry’ to sudents in open letter after quitting MMU following ‘bullying and harassment’

Suspended MMU Prof offered job back

Professor Ian Parker is expected to appeal the decision, which requires him to issue an apology

MMU first-year wins prize at Manchester Hackathon

Computer Science student Bilawal Hameed won “Best Under 21s Creation” category and £600 for his “Bus Tracker” app

MMU student presents manifesto at Brussels

Tehseen Mirza presented the bill to MEPs, which will be voted on in the European Parliament