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Michael Williams


Tory MP stoned off campus

Mike Weatherley recieved police escort out of mob scene

Tuition fees ‘biggest contributing factor to inflation’

Savings from fee increases “mostly taken up” by extra annual spending created by inflation

University Christian Union leader resigns after ‘blacking up’

“Foolish mistake” costs leader his position and causes “damage to anti-racism movements”

Manchester well above average in alcohol-related deaths and hospital trips

But students “not responsible for increasing cost of alcohol misuse”

Top high street clothing companies to blame for ‘horrors of Italian sweatshops’

-University of Manchester researcher condemns existence of Zara sweatshops -H&M “expanding by following this model” – Zara and H&M deny allegations

UK Universities ‘face collapse into global mediocrity’

University of Manchester slips one place in world rankings

University of Manchester students happiest since 2005, says NSS

83% of students at University of Manchester ‘satisfied’ – up 4% from last year

Universities ‘still advertising vacancies’ days before term starts

‘Prestigious’ universities still advertising places for over 13,500 courses

University of Salford launches ‘comedy degree’

20 students enrol on £8,500 a year ‘Comedy Practices’ course

Tory councillor sacked after ‘joke’ about murdered policewomen

Councillor made off-colour remark to the wife of a serving officer

‘Professional impersonators’ sit exams in place of students

Stressed students pay thousands to cheat – “this goes all the way up to the Ivy League”

Manchester airport to axe ‘naked body scanners’

Security scanners to be changed under Brussels legislation – radio waves, not x-rays, to be used

Family of bus crash victim appeal for thief to come forward

One year after his death, the 21-year-old’s family appeal for the criminal to come forward

‘A Clockwork Orange’ exhibit opens at John Rylands Library

50th anniversary of revolutionary novel celebrated at the John Rylands Library

New Monopoly edition commemorates Alan Turing

‘Father of computer science’ gets own edition of popular board game

Demand for graduates up – slightly

0.1 percent increases in graduate employment rate, private spending