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The best apps for plant parents

The best apps for plant parents

Sometimes our plants need a little bit of extra love, and these apps will help you give it.
Big places, tight spaces with  Pale Waves’ Heather Baron-Gracie

Big places, tight spaces with Pale Waves’ Heather Baron-Gracie

From gushing over Go-Falafel to defining true love, Heather Baron-Gracie of the Pale Waves sits down with Jay Mitra to discuss queerness, her favourite spots in Manchester, and going stir crazy in a “tin can tour bus.”
Is it worth the hype? Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

Is it worth the hype? Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

Hannah Wellock delves into whether Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love is worth all the hype
Opinion: UoM is failing students by cancelling graduation

Opinion: UoM is failing students by cancelling graduation

Lauryn Berry expresses her disappointment with the university’s latest decision to cancel in-person graduation
Why March Madness is the most exciting sporting event in the world

Why March Madness is the most exciting sporting event in the world

Sports Editor Will takes us through the concept of “March Madness” and American university sports
Opinion: The Grimm reality of online university

Opinion: The Grimm reality of online university

Annie Dabb and Laura Thompson count the ways online university and increased technology usage is negatively impacting students
“It’s time to organise and get involved”: Meet the students making campus SAFER

“It’s time to organise and get involved”: Meet the students making campus SAFER

Rent strikes, better crisis plans and ensuring staff safety: What are SAFER doing to help students through the coronavirus?
“It’s presposterous”: Students react to possible Christmas Covid restrictions

“It’s presposterous”: Students react to possible Christmas Covid restrictions

Students feel largely let down by the government’s recent announcement regarding their freedom to return home at Christmas
Illegal student parties continue in Fallowfield halls despite curfew warnings

Illegal student parties continue in Fallowfield halls despite curfew warnings

The Mancunion has obtained a video of a student party
Tech guide: The best laptops for university

Tech guide: The best laptops for university

Zain Jaffal discusses his top picks for the best university laptops
Opinion: The University must enforce its face mask rules

Opinion: The University must enforce its face mask rules

Prasham Sheth argues that face masks must be made compulsory
Third years have been cheated out of our final year of university

Third years have been cheated out of our final year of university

Olivia Stringer discusses the impact of Coronavirus on final year university students
11 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Greater Manchester

11 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Greater Manchester

The University of Manchester has issued fresh guidelines regarding the virus after 11 cases have been confirmed in Greater Manchester
Must all good things come to an end?

Must all good things come to an end?

Graduation is fast approaching for many students, which can make many feel anxious about the future
Why student support for the UCU strike is crucial

Why student support for the UCU strike is crucial

Luisa Bax argues that we should all be supporting our lecturers during the ongoing industrial action
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?
Sporting conversations with Hal Wood – UoM first team football captain

Sporting conversations with Hal Wood – UoM first team football captain

Hal Wood reveals the impact playing football for the University has had on his experience in Manchester
Review: Bost-Uni Plues (PUSH Festival)

Review: Bost-Uni Plues (PUSH Festival)

Sophia Hadji-Michael reviews Bost-Uni Plues at HOME Theatre as part of PUSH Festival
Minister: Lack of senior black academics ‘unacceptable’

Minister: Lack of senior black academics ‘unacceptable’

The Universities Minister, Chris Skidmore, blasted the higher education sector over a lack of black academic staff
Only 5.3% of UoM academic staff satisfied with University management

Only 5.3% of UoM academic staff satisfied with University management

The paper surveyed over 5,000 UK academics, warning that the sector is “on the edge of potential disaster”