9/10 students think Greater Manchester Police don’t do enough to prevent hate crimes against women
This comes as the government launches a review of whether to include misogyny as a hate crime in UK legislation.
Manchester’s housing crisis: Is gentrification ripping the soul out of the former Cottonopolis?
Proposals to build a 35-storey tower bloc, dubbed the ‘Flintoff Towers’ by local residents, have been turned down by Manchester councillors after fears it would have a ‘disastrous’ impact on the Castlefield Conservation area
Fallowfield’s food under the microscope
Felix Hanif-Banks explores whether your favourite Fallowfield eateries are really up to the hygiene scratch
Students unhappy at soaring Vice Chancellor pay
In a nationwide survey students were found to be supportive of a Living Wage for University staff and for Vice-Chancellors’ pay to be cut, as wage statistics for universities are revealed.
Clapgate: What do you think?
Felix Hanif-Banks takes a holistic view of ‘clapgate’ and makes an argument for the policy’s existence, encouraging students to engage more wth senate.
Langdale Hall expansions opposed by local community
A proposal to build six ‘townhouses’ with 36 bedrooms for students in Victoria Park has been turned down by Manchester City Council after opposition from nearby residents
Who’s Helping the Homeless?
Manchester is known internationally as one of the UK’s best places to live, a reputation that locals and students alike will never tire of flaunting. Buzzing nightlife, expansive shopping centres and an ever-rising skyline all show off the best Manchester has to offer, but in stark contrast to this the issues of rough sleeping and […]
Crime in Fallowfield – What is to be done?
Whilst senior officers have declared that they have increased patrols, promising relentlessness in their attempts at alleviating crime in Fallowfield, there remains wide-scale doubt and fear amongst students living in the area. There are of course schemes in place to offer safety to students, so why is there such unrest amongst them? Greater Manchester Police’s […]
Time and money: students struggling with societies
Students are engaging less with societies, a Mancunion survey suggests
End of year report: exec team 2017-18
In this shocking end of year report, The Mancunion exposes the activities (or lack thereof) of the 2017-18 exec team