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25th November 2024

Behind the Fur: Understanding the furry community on campus

Furries have long sparked curiosity and controversy, but what lies beyond the stereotypes?

Investigations

University offers medical placement exemptions to men’s football team, but not to women’s

11th November 2024

University offers medical placement exemptions to men’s football team, but not to women’s

A University policy is set to change after students raised questions about sexism regarding exemption which applies to men’s football team, but not to women’s

EXCLUSIVE: University of Manchester sends placement students into workplace with ‘toxic culture’ of bullying and harassment

21st October 2024

EXCLUSIVE: University of Manchester sends placement students into workplace with ‘toxic culture’ of bullying and harassment

The University of Manchester promotes placements with industry partner Sellafield Ltd, nuclear company subject to investigations into safety failings and culture of bullying and harassment.

Fallowfield’s 18.35%: Why are students not voting?

26th February 2024

Fallowfield’s 18.35%: Why are students not voting?

“They decided they didn’t want a Nightline any longer”: Why did Manchester SU close Nightline?

12th December 2023

“They decided they didn’t want a Nightline any longer”: Why did Manchester SU close Nightline?

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Spot checks on international students attendance set to be introduced

27th November 2023

Spot checks on international students attendance set to be introduced

The University plans to implement spot checks alongside in-person attendance checks for international students

Students fall victim to ticket scams on Manchester Students’ Group

14th November 2023

Students fall victim to ticket scams on Manchester Students’ Group

Increasingly sophisticated ticket scammers have been operating in the popular Facebook group Manchester Students’ Group

“The last kick in the teeth”: The class of 2023’s chaotic graduation

31st October 2023

“The last kick in the teeth”: The class of 2023’s chaotic graduation

Graduates express their discontent with unclassified degrees, £500 cash pay-outs, and a summer of unclear information

The true cost of university sports: membership fees increase by up to 35%

23rd October 2023

The true cost of university sports: membership fees increase by up to 35%

Changes in the way the university charges for sports memberships has led to an increase in prices whilst leaving students feeling “ignored” when concerns were raised.

Dirty underwear, a broken boiler and £400 in cleaning fees: a laundry list of problems with Thornley Groves

Dirty underwear, a broken boiler and £400 in cleaning fees: a laundry list of problems with Thornley Groves

From holes in the roof to melting oven trays, students tell us about their experience renting with Thornley Groves Fallowfield and how it’s impacted their wellbeing

What have your SU execs been up to this year?

What have your SU execs been up to this year?

The Mancunion investigates whether each member of the 2022/23 Exec Team has fulfilled the promises in their manifesto, whilst looking into the structure of democracy at our SU more widely

350 or 44: How many students are engaging in the rent strike?

17th March 2023

350 or 44: How many students are engaging in the rent strike?

UoM Rent Strike predict up to 350 students are engaging in organised action, whilst the University ‘anecdotally’ advise only 44 student have contact with Credit Control

Students still being fined for drug possession one year after UoM announces harm reduction approach

28th February 2023

Students still being fined for drug possession one year after UoM announces harm reduction approach

Over a year after the University of Manchester announced a shift from zero tolerance to harm reduction £3,300 has been collected in drug possession fines

Ghosts of Fallowfield past: Why is the Owen’s Park Tower still standing?

14th December 2022

Ghosts of Fallowfield past: Why is the Owen’s Park Tower still standing?

The Mancunion has discovered there are currently no plans for Owens Park accommodation despite having stood empty since 2019

No mandatory consent module for UoM students

29th November 2022

No mandatory consent module for UoM students

As Reclaim the Night comes into students’ focus, The Mancunion investigates the limited consent education offered to students and the current improvements being made

Drug testing crisis: Only 250 kits for 40,000 students

4th October 2022

Drug testing crisis: Only 250 kits for 40,000 students

Unadvertised and unavailable: drug testing kits for students still not readily accessible

Saving Private Students: What is life like in university-leased private halls?

Saving Private Students: What is life like in university-leased private halls?

Students placed in private halls as students seeking university accommodation soars.

Money on our minds: Students set to lose money amidst cost of living crisis

26th April 2022

Money on our minds: Students set to lose money amidst cost of living crisis

The Mancunion’s projections show some student maintenance loans will lose around £450 in value in the coming academic year

“Burnt out before you’re qualified”: Life as a nursing student

“Burnt out before you’re qualified”: Life as a nursing student

Nursing students are still relying on food banks three years after The Mancunion last investigated

“A nightmare and total faff”: The inconsistencies in our local contraception services

24th March 2022

“A nightmare and total faff”: The inconsistencies in our local contraception services

The Mancunion reveals the complications many patients have struggled with when attempting to get contraception from their GP in Fallowfield. Students spoke of the inconsistent and unhelpful contraceptive and sexual health services in Manchester.

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