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Lisa Murgatroyd

Lisa Murgatroyd


Men’s Officer idea shot down at Union Assembly

– Round-up of the last assemblies this year – Motion passed for 20 issues, 32 pages for The Mancunion

Grace wins the race

– Skelton wins Gen Sec contest by landslide – 5 candidates disqualified

As it happened: #ManchesterVotes hustings – Wellbeing

We’re live from the University of Manchester Students’ Union for the third night of Election 2013 hustings

Jousting, romancing and sumo suits at RAG Week

Manchester Raise and Give Week fundraising success

‘Use it or lose it,’ say Withy Baths campaigners

Withington Baths closure suspended as petition gains over 8,000 signatures

Edinburgh Student newspaper ‘Censorgate’

The Student newspaper of University of Edinburgh censored by its own union

Video: To Kill A King – ‘Cold Skin’

To Kill A King live in session for University of Manchester student media

Manchester’s Olympic legacy of sports facility closures

Plans to close Withington Baths and other local facilities have been met with strong opposition from the local community

XFM hires Fuse FM star

Hattie Pearson joins an exciting new schedule on alternative national radio station XFM

‘Calamity Commons’ closes again

More setbacks as Alan Gilbert Learning Commons shut today due to drainage issues

Interview: Emerging Icons presents – Tankus the Henge, Annaca, Auction for the Promise Club

As part of the Emerging Icons Live Tour, a new venture from the Unsigned Band Review sister company to bring exciting new bands to the masses, The Mancunion caught up with Tankus the Henge, Annaca, and Auction for the Promise Club.

The rise of UKIP – a force to be reckoned with?

As the public becomes increasingly Eurosceptic, Lisa Murgatroyd discusses how UKIP are becoming serious political contenders

“Will shag for tuition”

SponsorAScholar.co.uk exposed as exploiting cash-strapped students, but how prolific is student sex work?

#demo2012 “We’re still a bit mad, not really sure why”

#demo2012 might be lauded as a successful statement by the NUS, but what did it really mean?

Escape the rain, study abroad for less

With increasing fees and a struggling British economy, is it time for UK students to fly the coop?

Oxford Road

Your guide to the Oxford Road corridor courtesy of The Mancunion

Access to Higher Education isn’t just about the price

Lisa Murgatroyd’s take on the perpetual debate of broadening access to higher education

Soapbox Issue 02

Soapbox Issue 2.

Get ahead, get online; the future of education?

As pioneers in computer science, the University of Manchester needs to catch up with the times or fall behind in the dark ages of classroom focused teaching.

The unofficial Freshers guide to scams

Every year students are being scammed, but what is anybody doing about it?