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Suspended MMU Prof offered job back

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

“Will shag for tuition”

SponsorAScholar.co.uk exposed as exploiting cash-strapped students, but how prolific is student sex work?

#demo2012 “We’re still a bit mad, not really sure why”

#demo2012 might be lauded as a successful statement by the NUS, but what did it really mean?

LSE Students’ Union bans The Sun

LSE’s Students’ Union will no longer sell The Sun newspaper in their shops

These attacks on smart drugs aren’t very smart

James Jackson discusses the positives of ‘smart’ drug use in academia and other areas.

MMU students exhibit protest art

‘The Art of Protest: MMUnion Edition’ exhibited student artwork at MMUnion

Women cheat in exams twice as much as men at Manchester

– Student discipline cases up by 70% – International students make up majority of cases – Academic Appeals against ‘poor supervision’ up fivefold

We Ask, You Answer – Drunken tales

This week… your most embarrassing drunken tales

Students’ Union sticks with NUS

A potential referendum on whether to remain part of the NUS was voted against

Manchester PhD students make zombie film at CERN

The film, Decay, will be screened in Manchester and then released for free online

Thousands vote to elect new student reps

4,215 students voted to elect 21 new student representatives

Student 101: initiations – a rite of passage gone wrong?

Following the death of a student in 2006, we investigate: at what point do initiations become dangerous?

Blind Date: Lucy and Patrik

Swedish sweetheart Patrick meets British babe Lucy.

Tales from between the bedsheets

This week… the longest you have ever been without sex.

Experience… Barcelona

Lucy Gardner offers Barcelona on a student budget

‘Professional impersonators’ sit exams in place of students

Stressed students pay thousands to cheat – “this goes all the way up to the Ivy League”

US universities increase efforts to recruit UK students

UK fee increases are tempting more students into studying at US universities

60 seconds with… PINS

The PINS tell us all within a minute.

Experience… Sorrento

A tempting suggestion for a winter break

Dream Job: Football Correspondent

Next time you’re watching the football, turn off the commentary and see if you can write a match report