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Student experiences: Are internships and work experience worth it?
20th September 2018

Student experiences: Are internships and work experience worth it?

Internships and work experience can look great your CV, but often these can be difficult to get hold of if you do not have the right connections
Interview: Joshua Mellard, the musical director of MSC Big Band
20th September 2018

Interview: Joshua Mellard, the musical director of MSC Big Band

Liv Clarke speaks to Joshua Mellard, a Manchester graduate who is helping to take MSC Big Band into a new direction
Interview: Grace Currie, the Manchester student who took on the Edinburgh Fringe
13th September 2018

Interview: Grace Currie, the Manchester student who took on the Edinburgh Fringe

Liv Clarke speaks to Grace Currie, the Manchester graduate who took on the “massively daunting” Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Repealing the 8th: What the vote for “YES” means to the women of Ireland
4th June 2018

Repealing the 8th: What the vote for “YES” means to the women of Ireland

By exercising their right to vote, the republic of Ireland gained the right to choose on the 25th May, with a landslide victory of 66.4% to the “YES” campaign to repeal the 8th amendment and de-criminalise abortion. But what does this historic reform mean to the women of Ireland?
Interview: Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell
9th May 2018

Interview: Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell

Editor-in-Chief Kirstie O’Mahony sat down with the VC to talk all things gender, Brexit and, of course, strikes
“Take Action! UoM”: student strike responses
21st March 2018

“Take Action! UoM”: student strike responses

Take Action! UoM is an independent student-led group which has created a platform for discussion, a line of open communication, and a coherent response regarding the strike action
17th March 2018

Why are students disinterested in the Students’ Union?

Unsuccessful Activities and Development Officer candidate, Ant Menezes, says there is a growing divide between students and Exec Officers
TEDx University of Manchester 2018: the speakers
13th March 2018

TEDx University of Manchester 2018: the speakers

This year’s event is sure to get your mind firing on all pistons — but what about the speakers, what makes them tick?
The inspirational ‘Women in Media’
9th March 2018

The inspirational ‘Women in Media’

Kizzy Bray reports from the People’s History Museum on the inspiring stories of the women involved in 2018’s Women In Media Conference
Long-read interview: Jack Houghton, SU Communities Officer
5th March 2018

Long-read interview: Jack Houghton, SU Communities Officer

“I don’t see why you would want to be a politician. Politicians maintain the system, they don’t change the system”

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Tenants fighting back: an interview with ACORN
5th March 2018

Tenants fighting back: an interview with ACORN

Community organisation ACORN Manchester will “do all they can… to help those having issues with landlords/letting agents”
Interview: Afzal Khan comments on Safety in Fallowfield
5th March 2018

Interview: Afzal Khan comments on Safety in Fallowfield

Gorton MP Afzal Khan comments on crime in Fallowfield and how we can create a safer community for students
Reclaim the night: as told by those who marched
5th March 2018

Reclaim the night: as told by those who marched

Liv Clarke retells her own experience, and interviews a fellow marcher and previous organiser for annual march for women’s rights
A forum to empower renters
22nd February 2018

A forum to empower renters

Are you sick of living in expensive, mouldy, damp housing and putting up with dodgy landlords?
Stand for freedom: the modern day fight against slavery
19th February 2018

Stand for freedom: the modern day fight against slavery

Ruth Squires speaks to the UoM students who stood for 24 hours as a protest against modern day slavery
0161 Festival: an interview with the founder of Manchester’s anti-fascist festival
19th February 2018

0161 Festival: an interview with the founder of Manchester’s anti-fascist festival

The festival seeks to seeks to unite communities and break down cultural barriers
The 100th anniversary of womens’ suffrage with Baroness Hale
15th February 2018

The 100th anniversary of womens’ suffrage with Baroness Hale

Tuesday the 6th February marked the 100th anniversary of the suffragette movement gaining rights for some women. Eva Muñoz Picazo attended a speech by Baroness Hale, President of the Supreme Court here at the University of Manchester, and recalls the lessons learnt over the last 100 years
Fallow Fights Back with Holly Ledger
12th February 2018

Fallow Fights Back with Holly Ledger

With Fallowfield crime rates being so talked about in the last few months, Holly Ledger is leading the way to fight back for student victims
Patagonia comes to Manchester: an interview with Alex Weller
7th February 2018

Patagonia comes to Manchester: an interview with Alex Weller

The Mancunion sits down with the marketing director of the environmentally conscious Patagonia, as it opens first UK store in four years in Manchester
EXCLUSIVE: The Mancunion visits Manchester’s animal research facility
7th February 2018

EXCLUSIVE: The Mancunion visits Manchester’s animal research facility

Editor-in-Chief Kirstie O’Mahony is the first ever journalist to see the facility up close and personal