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University round-up: Redundancies, Student Publicatio...
Who’s standing in Manchester’s Mayoral El...
Pro-Palestine groups occupy the Roscoe Building
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Manchester’s continuing problem with inaccessib...
From Our Correspondent: Uncovering Berlin’s les...
Thread Therapy: In conversation with UoM’s Fash...
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My life has been failing the Bechdel test – and...
We need to politicise mental health
No-sex tenancy clauses are a landlord’s newest ...
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Why are you laughing: The science of humour
In conversation with The Lion King’s Head of Ma...
AI learns its first words (and helps explain how huma...
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Fallowfield’s 18.35%: Why are students not voting?
“They decided they didn’t want a Nightline any longer...
Spot checks on international students attendance set ...
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Celebrity style guide #6: Michael Schumacher
The new generation of F1 drivers: Wasted potential?
Tyrants cruise to playoff victory against Stirling Cl...
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Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home
Why is everybody obsessed with minimalism?
How to have a routine when you have so few contact hours
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Cooking a week of TikTok recipes on a student budget
TikTok and Teatox: Why social media is sucking the joy out of food
Margarita Month at Zouk: All style, less substance
Springleaf Podcast: James Acaster’s new audio adventure
My year abroad, the visa process, and getting lost in translation
Getting involved: Volunteering at the Booth Centre
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Zendaya and the art of theme dressing
Celebrity style guide #6: Michael Schumacher
Does Hailey Bieber’s Rhode phone case signal the death of the handbag?
Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home
17th April 2024
With the RHS Urban Show coming to Manchester, we've found some of the best houseplants to enhance your student accommodation
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Khruangbin’s LP, A LA SALA: Slight shifts make all th...
Declan McKenna live in Manchester: Seamlessly mixing ...
Thundercat live in Manchester: Bassist of all time?
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Boy Swallows Universe: Does reality make the best fic...
What to read in 2024: Exciting new book releases
Reading should be for joy, not health
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Review: Please Feel Free to Ignore My Work by David H...
Making Manchester #1: Anna Marsden
Four women who make the art world a better place
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Hedda review: A misguided imitation of Ibsen’s ...
My Beautiful Laundrette review: Nationalism, racial t...
Come From Away press launch: A community show for Chr...
Live Review: Caroline Polachek at Albert Hall
6th June 2023
Caroline Polachek stuns a sold-out Albert in her rescheduled show, touring her second solo album Desire, I Want To Turn Into You.
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SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, program...
Chungking Express: Intoxicating youthful cinema | UoM...
An evening with UoM Film Society and Chungking Express
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Taskmaster: Why it’s so good and where to begin
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So, uh, who exactly is the Borderlands film for?
Celebrities just can’t rescue bad games
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SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, programming and being a first-time filmmaker: “There has to be room in the film world for all tastes”
16th April 2024
In conversation with Jane Giles, co-director of SCALA!!!, we discuss how she came to make the film, her career in programming and how the London cinema had lasting impact on young audiences
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SU Report: students ‘struggling’ with cost-of-living crisis
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The Students’ Union cost-of-living survey indicates 66% of students feel that their wellbeing has been affected
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University Watch: New Year edition
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What’s going on in Universities around the UK? Find out here
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Students’ Union stands with UCU strikes
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The Students’ Union will support upcoming UCU industrial action, in support of lecturers and other academic staff, it announced on November 17
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Universities have no “statutory duty of care” towards students
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Universities have no specific “duty of care” to their students according to a judge in Bristol. This ruling came following the death of 20 year old, University of Bristol student, Natasha Abrahart.
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“Utterly sickening”: Manchester Animal Rebellion protestors blasted by Labour MP
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Labour MP Andrew Gwynne criticised members of Animal Rebellion for their protests against animal-based food production in the UK
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Manchester Council cancels Bonfire Night
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Bonfire night is cancelled across Manchester this year, causing disappointment and safety concerns
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Could weed be made a Class A drug?
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Smoking a joint could land you the same number of years in prison as being caught with cocaine, as weed set to become Class A drug
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Union Assembly votes to keep police off campus
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A motion severely limiting police presence on campus was passed by a large majority at the first Union Assembly
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Manchester out of the running for Eurovision 2023
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Liverpool and Glasgow go head-to-head as Manchester misses out on hosting Eurovision 2023.
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Who are Liz Truss’ new Education Ministers?
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On September 9, Liz Truss PM promptly appointed two new Ministers for Higher Education. Who are they and what are their intentions?
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Queen’s Funeral Halts Monday’s Freshers Fair
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Monday’s Fresher’s event was cancelled due to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, angering some students and forcing events to be rescheduled.
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Album Review: Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road
Music
Ants From Up There by Black Country New Road proves that the bands success after their first studio album was by no means a fluke.
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Are you G-A-Y enough?
Investigations
A Mancunion investigation has revealed that G-A-Y’s bouncers are allegedly judging clubbers on whether they are ‘gay enough’ to enter the club
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