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Year in Review 2019: Interview with Nancy Rothwell

Year in Review 2019: Interview with Nancy Rothwell

She’s been the Vice-Chancellor of UoM for nine years, so how does she think 2018/19 went?
Year In Review 2019: Liberation & Access Officer Sara Khan

Year In Review 2019: Liberation & Access Officer Sara Khan

The figure behind clap-gate goes under the microscope
Year In Review 2019: International Students’ Officer Riddi Viswanathan

Year In Review 2019: International Students’ Officer Riddi Viswanathan

She spent £1,000 on an 83-second-long video on mitigating circumstances
Year In Review 2019: Activities Officer Lizzy Haughton

Year In Review 2019: Activities Officer Lizzy Haughton

Haughton introduced the Zero-Waste shop in the SU
Year In Review 2019: Education Officer Olivia Meisl

Year In Review 2019: Education Officer Olivia Meisl

Olivia Meisl has enjoyed a very active year as Education Officer at the Students’ Union (SU). She attended 97% of her scheduled meetings, spent just 3.6% of the Exec’s budget, and successfully helped introduce the new Postgraduate Students’ Officer role for 2019/20. Meisl’s £298 spend was mainly on travel for the Lessons From Auschwitz programme, […]
Year In Review 2019: Communities Officer Shamima Khonat

Year In Review 2019: Communities Officer Shamima Khonat

She recorded an average meeting attendance of 86.6%
Year In Review 2019: Welfare Officer Deej Malik-Johnson

Year In Review 2019: Welfare Officer Deej Malik-Johnson

Malik-Johnson only attended 12.5% of his meetings
Year In Review 2019: Women’s Officer Sara Heddi

Year In Review 2019: Women’s Officer Sara Heddi

In a year wrought with controversy surrounding Reclaim The Night, Sara Heddi has delivered a large bill but improved outcomes for the womens’ safety march
Year In Review 2019: Gen Sec Fatima Abid

Year In Review 2019: Gen Sec Fatima Abid

The Mancunion review Fatima Abid’s performance in her first and only year as Students’ Union General Secretary, in the year when she pioneered the GMSA
Preview: Estival 2019

Preview: Estival 2019

Big bands are the best
Year In Review 2019: SU Exec Officers

Year In Review 2019: SU Exec Officers

One Officer spent 41% of the total Exec budget
The darling fees of May

The darling fees of May

Sophie Marriott isn’t a fan of the proposed changes to tuition fees
Government report recommends tuition fee cut

Government report recommends tuition fee cut

The Augar Review also says the threshold for repaying student loans should fall
Breakfast brilliance: Dishoom reviewed

Breakfast brilliance: Dishoom reviewed

Dishoom does brilliant breakfasts – go on, treat yourself
Oxford Road re-opens after traffic collision

Oxford Road re-opens after traffic collision

Buses are being diverted away from the scene of the collision
UoM confirm end of ResLife Officers

UoM confirm end of ResLife Officers

Some of the plans are still under consultation, but the scrapping of RLOs has been confirmed for August
Final Senate of the year ends abruptly

Final Senate of the year ends abruptly

A number of key proposals such as Reclaim The Night reform among others could not be voted on and will now be considered in September
Manchester Students’ Union May Senate: As it happened

Manchester Students’ Union May Senate: As it happened

Follow our liveblog for the final edition of Senate
Pangaea “cancelled for good”

Pangaea “cancelled for good”

SU Activities Officer Lizzy Haughton has announced Pangaea Festival has been “cancelled for good” due to poor ticket sales
May Senate Preview: Reclaim The Night reform proposed

May Senate Preview: Reclaim The Night reform proposed

We preview the final edition of student Senate this year, which has been delayed a week to prevent staff burnout