UoM Senior Leadership Team: “More committed to profit than people?”
The Mancunion spoke to academic staff at UoM about their relationship with the Senior Leadership Team
‘I have no time to eat, shower or look after myself’ – Life as a student nurse in Manchester
With long, gruelling and unpaid work placements, one nurse who qualified from Manchester last year even told The Mancunion she had to use food banks during her final year
UoM’s China-backed institute denies propaganda role
There are more than 500 Confucius Institutes around the world, with each one ‘serving its community’ in a unique way
Are Manchester’s international students getting value for money?
Making up 27% of the total student body, they pay almost half of all tuition fees.
Manchester students turn to tactical voting
Manchester students are turning to tactical voting to get their voices heard
Concerns raised over UoM’s racism reporting process
The University has been accused of making students of colour feel like an “afterthought” with a complex complaints procedure that can be difficult for them to navigate
Manchester graphene research: is the military muscling in?
Questions are being asked about some of the organisations helping to fund graphene research
“I don’t feel safe at all”: Manchester’s EU students speak out
The October Brexit deadilne is fast approaching, but it’s been 117 days since the University updated its guidance for EU students considering studying here
What’s your degree worth? UoM grade inflation revealed
In the last ten years, the number of top grades being awarded has jumped, amid concerns that so-called ‘grade inflation’ is lessening the value of degrees across the country
Manchester students handed free cash to gamble
Would you take £5 cash in hand to place on online bet?
Year In Review 2019: Liberation & Access Officer Sara Khan
The figure behind clap-gate goes under the microscope
Year In Review 2019: International Students’ Officer Riddi Viswanathan
She spent £1,000 on an 83-second-long video on mitigating circumstances
Year In Review 2019: Activities Officer Lizzy Haughton
Haughton introduced the Zero-Waste shop in the SU
Year In Review 2019: Education Officer Olivia Meisl
Olivia Meisl has enjoyed a very active year as Education Officer at the Students’ Union (SU). She attended 97% of her scheduled meetings, spent just 3.6% of the Exec’s budget, and successfully helped introduce the new Postgraduate Students’ Officer role for 2019/20. Meisl’s £298 spend was mainly on travel for the Lessons From Auschwitz programme, […]
Year In Review 2019: Communities Officer Shamima Khonat
She recorded an average meeting attendance of 86.6%
Year In Review 2019: Welfare Officer Deej Malik-Johnson
Malik-Johnson only attended 12.5% of his meetings
Year In Review 2019: Women’s Officer Sara Heddi
In a year wrought with controversy surrounding Reclaim The Night, Sara Heddi has delivered a large bill but improved outcomes for the womens’ safety march
Year In Review 2019: Gen Sec Fatima Abid
The Mancunion review Fatima Abid’s performance in her first and only year as Students’ Union General Secretary, in the year when she pioneered the GMSA
