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Kirstie O'Mahony

Kirstie O’Mahony


University staff pension fallout could lead to nation-wide strike

University staff pension fallout could lead to nation-wide strike

A dispute over pensions could lead to Russell Group University lecturers striking for a whole week in February

Do you think you’re a Star Wars superfan?

Prove yourself in a quiz you will

Letter from the Editor – DO NOT PUBLISH

It feels as though this semester has absolutely flown by. It seems as if I have blinked and am now writing my second letter to our readers. It’s been a fairly tumultuous semester: one that’s seen the world of student news go on quite a rollercoaster. We’ve had a spate of violence in an area […]

Review: Northern Soul’s Xmas menu

Christmas-time can only mean one thing: delicious seasonal menus

Interview: Alex Tayler

Alex Tayler answers our questions on the SU’s refurbishment, the recent All Students Vote, and local student Facebook groups

Misleading options in exec officer ‘preferendum’

People have hinted that the vote may also reopen, but a decision has not yet been made

You and your housemates could win a trip to Junkyard Golf!

What better way to bond than over crazy golf and booze?

The new MASH Mobile

Editor-in-Chief Kirstie O’Mahony talks to the women at MASH who make the streets a safe and welcoming place for sex workers in Manchester

Last chance to stand in the student officer elections

Voting opens on the 24th October

George Osborne makes a quiet first trip to Manchester

Mr Osborne’s first lecture was a thing of secrecy until a video of himself was posted immediately afterwards

Role Referendum: Exec-ly who should represent students?

A motion was passed at Senate to hold a referendum on the roles of the Union’s sabbatical officers, which could lead to some roles being combined or even completely dropped

Dealers hand out business cards outside halls

Whilst handing out business cards is no new entrepreneurial trick, attaching small amounts of product to them is taking some students aback

Manchester Mexican Society raise funds for those affected by earthquake

After the devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico, the Treasurer of the Mexican Society tells The Mancunion that, whilst sad, it’s time to take action

Manchester student forced to crowdfund degree

International students are rejected from receiving student finance because they don’t meet additional criteria

Interview: George Osborne

“The proof is in the pudding,” says Mr Osborne to those who may have criticised his appointment as Editor of the Evening Standard — Kirstie O’Mahony also challenges him about another appointment a little closer to home

NUS President launches new poverty commission

Shakira Martin tells press that the odds are “overwhelmingly stacked against” working class students

A-level results day sees fewer students going to university this year than in 2016

The University of Manchester though is not adhering to the national trend, with admissions of home and EU students up since this time last year

“It’s not over yet” — Manchester’s absence from NSS rankings marks huge success for boycott campaign

A week after the NSS rankings were released, The Mancunion talks to Education Officer Emma Atkins who is adamant the work cannot stop here

“Brave, political decisions” must be made to resolve the North-South death rate divide

Premature death rates in the North are alarmingly high, and co-author of the University of Manchester report that found this, Iain Buchan, tells The Mancunion that investment is needed at a national level to rectify the problem

University pensions deficit skyrockets to £17.5bn

Tuition fee increases are being tabled as one possible solution