Features Archive
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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?
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
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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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”
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
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
22nd February 2018
A forum to empower renters
Are you sick of living in expensive, mouldy, damp housing and putting up with dodgy landlords?
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
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
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
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
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
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