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The Closet x MISSGUIDED Preview

The Closet and MISSGUIDED team up to bring you one of the most highly anticipated fashion events of the year, all in the name of their chosen charity, Manchester Mind

The University of Manchester Jiu Jitsu club’s Randori success

The University of Manchester Jiu Jitsu club had a very successful outing at the Randori nationals, bringing home 4 medals. Sport Editor Will Kelly caught up with team captain Tom Basso and starlets James Sharples and Kamilla Polujanski

Helen Pankhurst speaks to The Mancunion

For International Women’s Day 2016, the GDI celebrated the history of feminism with a screening of Suffragette. Afterwards we spoke to Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of Emmeline, about how the fight for equality is far from over

University of Westminster denies student exam deferral due to lack of “proof” of father’s death

After the University of Westminster rejected Saima Haq’s request for mitigating circumstances after the death of her father, The Mancunion looks into similar cases at the University of Manchester

University to ‘cut catering staff and lower wages’

After implementing the living wage last month, the company in charge of catering services across the university are claimed to be planning to make 43 staff redundant and cutting salaries by up to a third

University to create new park on campus

The University of Manchester will create Brunswick Park in the heart of campus to coincide with TfGM’s investment in the Oxford Road corridor

Gender pay gap exposed at University of Manchester

A report released on International Women’s Day reveals that male professors at the University of Manchester are paid over £6,000 more than female professors

BUCS Swimming Championships: The University of Manchester Swimming Club

We explore The University of Manchester Swimming Club and its commitment to character.

Rate of disadvantaged students entering Oxbridge falls

New data published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency reveals that Oxbridge has been admitting fewer students from lower socio-economic backgrounds over the past decade

Student Action for Refugees

Yasmin Mannan gives an insight into the ways you can stand up for and help refugees and asylum seekers in Manchester and beyond

University wins award for gender equality in physics

University of Manchester’s Department of Physics claims prestigious award for gender equality

Preview: University of Manchester Dance Competition 2016

Featuring 22 UK universities, the largest Northern university dance competition comes to Manchester this weekend

Preview: Official launch of the Global Development Institute

This week, the university will be launching the Global Development Institute—one of the largest development research and teaching institutions in the world

Living Wage for University of Manchester catering staff

As of the beginning of February, catering staff at the University of Manchester are to be paid the Living Wage

BME students still struggle to access top universities

David Cameron condemned the reported statistics that only 48 African, Carribbean or mixed students were admitted to Oxford in 2013

Manchester 53rd in top 100 LGBT*-friendly workplaces

Stonewall evaluates organisations across the country using submissions to the Workplace Equality Index

Proteins discovered tell body cells how to move and feel

Scientists from the University of Manchester have discovered a group of proteins that enable body cells to move and feel

£300k paid back to UCL students for ‘unacceptable’ accommodation

University College London (UCL) has been made to pay students nearly £300,000 in compensation over noisy and rat-infested housing in second disagreement over substandard accommodation

Screen Theory

Elliott Mills takes a characteristically flippant look at the Alan Gilbert Learning Common’s newest, and most prominent, feature

University network under sustained cyber attack

The University of Manchester and other institutions connected to the Janet network had their internet connections knocked out after sustained attack