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Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home

Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home

With the RHS Urban Show coming to Manchester, we’ve found some of the best houseplants to enhance your student accommodation
Ignore the NIMBYs opposing Gamecock: We have to build our way out of the student housing crisis

Ignore the NIMBYs opposing Gamecock: We have to build our way out of the student housing crisis

The petition by Manchester Student Renters’ Union, Manchester Leftist Action, and others only serves to aggravate Manchester’s housing shortage
Rent strike cancelled for this semester

Rent strike cancelled for this semester

Organisers of the University of Manchester’s Rent Strike group have decided to call off the October strike in favour of an alternative campaign presence until January
Dirty underwear, a broken boiler and £400 in cleaning fees: a laundry list of problems with Thornley Groves

Dirty underwear, a broken boiler and £400 in cleaning fees: a laundry list of problems with Thornley Groves

From holes in the roof to melting oven trays, students tell us about their experience renting with Thornley Groves Fallowfield and how it’s impacted their wellbeing
350 or 44: How many students are engaging in the rent strike?

350 or 44: How many students are engaging in the rent strike?

UoM Rent Strike predict up to 350 students are engaging in organised action, whilst the University ‘anecdotally’ advise only 44 student have contact with Credit Control
Ghosts of Fallowfield past: Why is the Owen’s Park Tower still standing?

Ghosts of Fallowfield past: Why is the Owen’s Park Tower still standing?

The Mancunion has discovered there are currently no plans for Owens Park accommodation despite having stood empty since 2019
Home or Away: Online learning isn’t ideal wherever you are

Home or Away: Online learning isn’t ideal wherever you are

Laura Thompson speaks to students about the difficulties of online learning both at home and in student accommodation
‘They tried to blame it on us’: Manchester student moved into Covid-positive accommodation

‘They tried to blame it on us’: Manchester student moved into Covid-positive accommodation

The University said it couldn’t comment on individual cases
The cost of helping students affected by Bolton Cube fire revealed

The cost of helping students affected by Bolton Cube fire revealed

Over a million pounds was spent on providing accommodation, food, and other necessities
Huge blaze at student accommodation in Bolton

Huge blaze at student accommodation in Bolton

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said the use of cladding on accommodation blocks was a “concern”
Chancellors Hotel to be converted into student accommodation

Chancellors Hotel to be converted into student accommodation

The conversion will add 64 new student rooms, in addition to other facilities
Universities minister calls summit over “deeply concerning” student accommodation delays

Universities minister calls summit over “deeply concerning” student accommodation delays

The summit comes after some students have faced delays over the opening of their housing, forcing them into temporary accommodation
Langdale Hall expansions opposed by local community

Langdale Hall expansions opposed by local community

A proposal to build six ‘townhouses’ with 36 bedrooms for students in Victoria Park has been turned down by Manchester City Council after opposition from nearby residents
55-storey student skyscraper planned for Manchester

55-storey student skyscraper planned for Manchester

Plans for a 55 storey skyscraper to house students in Manchester city centre were revealed last week by Student Castle
To the friendless fresher

To the friendless fresher

There is a lot of pressure to have made friends during your first week at university. Yet, for many the struggle to find friends continues beyond Welcome Week. Isobel Gough takes a look at those pressures, and how to overcome them.

Service exploitation costing students £335m a year

Students are losing an average of £240 a year because they do not know their rights when complaining about landlords and utility companies

Does your student house have ‘Britain’s ugliest carpet’?

Posh Flooring have announced a competition to find ‘Britain’s ugliest carpet’

Government invests over £500000 into student voting

Plans to invest £530000 to encourage students to register to vote after many are thought to have dropped off the electoral register