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How to remain focused in a spinning world

How to remain focused in a spinning world

A simple guide on how to make time and achieve success
What a newfound lust for daytime TV tells us about student life

What a newfound lust for daytime TV tells us about student life

How have student viewing habits changed over lockdown, and what do they tell us?
What does routine mean during this unusual time?

What does routine mean during this unusual time?

Writer Jasmine Rowland speaks to fellow second year students to share advice on how they’ve been keeping busy during covid-19
The true cost of tuition fees

The true cost of tuition fees

Lucca Di Virgilio discusses the problems with profiteering from university education
24 hour study people and the Ali G

24 hour study people and the Ali G

The Ali G is famed amongst University of Manchester students for being open 24 hours, but could this be detrimental?
UCU strikes and the impact on student wellbeing

UCU strikes and the impact on student wellbeing

Phoebe Moore writes that students’ disrupted timetable due to the UCU strikes impacts our education, but may also be impacting our wellbeing
Remnants of rave culture in Manchester: should we welcome squat raves?

Remnants of rave culture in Manchester: should we welcome squat raves?

Squat raves have resurfaced and are popular once more, Sophie Pitches considers if there’s something club nights could learn from rave culture
Can university be the best years of our life?

Can university be the best years of our life?

Writer Heidy Lo questions if university really can be the best years of your life, especially as we graduate so young
Sometimes, we need to be allowed to fail

Sometimes, we need to be allowed to fail

Failure in education is still heavily criticised. But do we need to give ourselves a rest from such pressure and learn to accept our mistakes?
Survey suggests Manchester students spent £24m on freshers’ week

Survey suggests Manchester students spent £24m on freshers’ week

A Yolt study has found that students in the city are spending more than the national average, partly due to Manchester’s inexpensive student life
Are stereotypes about international students actually harmless?

Are stereotypes about international students actually harmless?

Writer Jade Yong discusses the stereotypes of international students which can place a social marker which causes a distinction between home and international students
Which sun is shining on us?

Which sun is shining on us?

Sophie Marriott argues that whilst we enjoy the unseasonable weather this week we should remember the climate change it is a symptom of is not just going to keep making things a bit warmer, but it is already causing devastating natural disasters.
Pigeonholed by the puffa jacket

Pigeonholed by the puffa jacket

Sophie Marriott looks at the way student culture, for all its diversity, can pigeonhole us into narrow tropes with particular expectations, and how this can restrain our ability to explore our self-identities.
University’s worth it

University’s worth it

University offers so much more than a degree, argues Mia Edwards
Fal-low: has the state of Fallowfield reached a new low?

Fal-low: has the state of Fallowfield reached a new low?

Liv Clarke and Emily Broncz examine the current state of Fallowfield and ask whether it falls out of favour with older students
Is university really the best time of your life?

Is university really the best time of your life?

Megan Ritchie writes about how social media filters and edits the University experience so that a damaging glorified image of student life prevails online
Financial struggles put third of students at mental health risk

Financial struggles put third of students at mental health risk

With monthly student budgets reaching up to £1200, mental health issues are fast becoming grave consequences of financing a degree
UniLad on the brink after going into administration

UniLad on the brink after going into administration

The Facebook favourite could face closure, having incurred debts of over £6 million
New housing rules could increase rents and evict students

New housing rules could increase rents and evict students

A licensing regulations shake-up could see the number of rooms in properties reduced amid other measures
Review: Bongo’s Bingo at Manchester Academy

Review: Bongo’s Bingo at Manchester Academy

The infinitely-popular student event arrived in Manchester – along with awkward puns, interesting prizes, and some questionable dancing