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University aims to hire 100 apprentices by the end of the year

Commended for its recent apprentice program, The University of Manchester is doubling the number of vacancies for 2015

Pangaea Space Odyssey victor!

Just stealing first place, ‘Princess Leia’ a.k.a. Toby Parkes has been crowned the Pangaea: Space Odyssey fancy dress victor

Can you beat the Bogle?

Registration is now open for the Bogle, a 24-hour walk around Greater Manchester which aims to raise money for charity

University hosts TTIP discussion

Earth Week event follows up a trip by University of Manchester students to Brussels to protest the proposal

Rare 17th century map found in John Rylands Library

The document, which shows 17th century Manchester, had been resting virtually untouched in the library’s archives for decades

Voting for the NUS Elections opens

Voting has started for the NUS elections. Polls are open until next Friday, November 28th, 12pm

Student Action Manchester: Christmas shoebox appeal

Student Action Manchester launch their Christmas shoebox appeal

Review: Turtle Bay

Hester Lonergan wasn’t too pleased with what turtle bay had to offer

King of the Jungle!

By a close vote “the Shaman” aka Oli Cutter has been crowned our Pangaea Rumble in the Jungle King!

Welcome to the Jungle!

Vote to decide on Rumble in the Jungle’s best solo fancy dress entries.

Champagne: Go out with a bang

Victor Croci, soon to depart Manchester for good, has left us with a guide to show us how to celebrate the coming end-of-year revelry in style. All you need is a flute, a magnum, and post-exam euphoria.

Liveblog: Question Time – Gen Sec and Diversity

Join us for live coverage of the last SU election hustings – Gen Sec and Diversity candidates answer students’ questions

Student visa tests suspended after fraud exposed

BBC programme discovers student visa system riddled with fraud

The revising student’s day on a plate

Victor Croci confesses all with this food diary of a stressed student

The perfect cheeseboard

The delightful art to piecing together the perfect the Cheese board for the festive season

New weapon scanner developed in manchester to revolutionise global security

Team from Manchester Metropolitan University design potentially ground breaking technology

Cornerhouse Pick of the Week: Blue is the Warmest Colour

Jack Evans reviews the controversial Palme d’Or winner from this year’s Cannes Film Festival

Ode to Battery Chickens and Force Fed Geese

‘Chicken Run’ is one of those films which upon enunciating the name, stirs up the flame and fire deep in every child’s bosom. It is a story awash with freedom and slavery, honour and treachery, bravery and cowardice, but above all it is an epic tale recounting the exploits of how a group of battery […]

My Day on a Plate

This week, the Mancunion meets Marxist, Belgian refugee and Cheese and Wine Society President Victor Croci.

An Introduction to Wine

Welcome to the wine column which embarks you on a debauched and decadent voyage through the world’s finest vineyards whilst confined to a measly student budget. In this week’s article I will be revealing the secret technique to singling out a decent bottle of wine from the hundreds of mediocre and vinegary substitutes which seem […]