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Win the chance to DJ at Parklife
Nando’s is offering aspiring student DJs the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to DJ at Parklife festival, which draws over 70,000 revellers each day
University cut Counselling course which “doesn’t bring in enough money”
Students express serious concern after the closure of a course that provides a large amount of voluntary mental health care to the city
Newcastle SU introduces cheap drug testing kits for students
Students for Sensible Drug Policy have been successful in introducing £3 kits which can test for dangerous adulterants in drugs
Manchester University Expedition Society announce photography competition winners
Two winners of MUES’s Photography Competition have been named for their spectacular shots taken on their travels
The Wooden Spoon of European Cuisine: Britain
‘The onlooking cameras salivate, food bloggers moan. Drip, drip, drip goes the butter.’
Keep The Caterers protesters disrupt Estates meeting
Demonstrators interrupted a talk about the university’s £300 Engineering Campus plan to raise awareness and gain support for their cause
Manchester student aims to connect East and West with Behind Beijing
Architecture student David Adesanya made the most of his opportunity to travel to Beijing with Study China by carrying out this photojournalism project
NUS National Conference 2016 – a round-up
Last week’s NUS National Conference saw delegates voting on decisions both international and local
AMBS release animated poem for 50th anniversary
Last year saw the 50th anniversary of the Business School as well as a huge donation from Lord Alliance of Manchester
Union budget cuts threaten future of The Cambridge Student
Despite bringing revenue to CUSU, trustees have told The Cambridge Student their resources will be cut, forcing the publication online only
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TEDxUniversityofManchester – Infinite Possibilities
TEDxUniversity of Manchester returned with the theme of Infinite Possibilities on Saturday, with a host of inspirational and lauded speakers and live performers
Malia Bouattia wins NUS Presidency
Current NUS Black Students’ Officer Malia Bouattia has been elected President of the National Union of Students at their National Conference. Bouattia beat incumbent President Megan Dunn who has served as NUS President for one year. Despite a number of Union Presidents including Hertfordshire SU’s, Bath SU’s and Keele SU’s supporting Dunn, Bouattia beat Dunn […]
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25 UK universities amongst best young universities in the world
The University of Dundee has been named the Best Young University in the UK in the recently released global ranking in The Times.
Peeking pervert perturbing pooping people punished
David Brown, a Ph.D. student living in Manchester, has been put on the Sex Offenders Register for five years after being caught peeking in a toilet
Graduates might be earning less than non-graduates
Gender, parental income, university, and subject choice have large impacts on earning power, IFS finds
App launched by Manchester scientists to better understand seasonal allergies
Scientists from the University of Manchester invite people to get involved with one of the biggest experiments they have ever conducted.
Newcastle University develops genetic blood test to diagnose liver disease
A team of medics and scientists from Newcastle University have developed a test to diagnose liver scarring before occurrence of symptoms
Student activist forms new democracy party in Hong Kong
Wong gained public recognition through ‘the umbrella movement’ and seeks to protest the One Country, Two Systems policy with his newly-formed party
Same-sex schools “ill-prepared” in dealing with transgender pupils, ATL warns
The conference aimed to encourage schools and colleges to be better informed and more sensitive when dealing with future cases of transgender students